By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Conference on Open Source for Education in Europe – Research and Practice
I don't do conference announcements. Just so you know. But this Open Source for education conference is an exception, because organizers of open source conferences usually don't have money for advertsing and publiscity (it's also kinda hard to get corporate sponsorships). More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Open Access Self-Archiving: An Author Study
Report from JISC. From the summary: "Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived at least one article during the last three years in at least one of the three possible ways — by placing a copy of an article in an institutional (or departmental) repository, in a subject-based repository, or on a personal or institutional website." More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Eighth International Open Forum on Metadata Registries
Presentations (PowerPoint, zipped files) are now available from the from the Eighth International Open Forum on Metadata Registries held last week. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. New Open Access Journal for Human-centered ICT Research
Just launched, a new open access journal, Human Technology. The first issue, available now, is on mobile communications. More...
With substantial experience in teaching innovation and MOOCs, Politecnico di Milano embarks on the 2019 edition of the Open Education Global Conference to strengthen its commitment to open learning. The theme, Open Education for an Open Future, aims to emphasize opportunities offered by Open Education as a means to empowerment and to increase accessibility and quality of educational opportunities for all. Under this theme, the Conference serves as a platform to imagine scenarios and discuss strategies to help safeguard an Open Future. More...
Sur le blog Educpros de Jean-Charles Cailliez. Et pourquoi ne pas imaginer davantage de nouveaux lieux, tiers-lieux, fablab… dans les écoles ? A condition bien sûr de les accompagner d’une véritable méthode pédagogique, ce qui n’est pas toujours le cas. L’illustration que j’ai voulu partager avec vous est un exemple de ce qu’il faut faire en la matière, c’est celle de ToutKouLeur : pour un collège upside-down and inside-out. Plus...
Universities are traditionally seen as exclusive institutions for the few, not the many. But that is changing as a new wave of online courses throws open the doors of academia to all. More...The New York Times dubbed 2012 the year of the MOOC. And for many, the seemingly unstoppable rise of Massive Open Online Courses – courses which are offered for free by prestigious universities – is where the discussion about open education begins and ends. More...This past year has seen new open access policies in the United Kingdom, the United States and from the European Commission. In Australia too, the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) now both have open access policies. More...Open access advocates normally work in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mechanics) subjects. The view of open access in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is often very different. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
