By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Putting Student-Produced OER at the Heart of the Institution
Michael Caulfield, Hapgood, 2016/09/08

There have been numerous open education resources (OER) projects over the years, but they tend to disappear. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Open University of Brazil goes open
Tel Amiel, Universidade Aberta do Brasil, 2016/09/30

According to this article, the Open University of Brazil (UAB) "has just announced its open educational resources repository — eduCAPES, during the 9th meeting of UAB Coordinators in Brasília. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Open Educational Resources
Michael Q. McShane, Education Next, 2016/10/25
This article opens as an account of the nature and history of open educational resources. But then it turns sceptical. Michael Q. McShane writes, "open resources are offered free to users, but they are not necessarily free to produce... the people who create them want to be paid for doing so." Fair enough, and for the most part creators are paid by their school, company, university or government department. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Open Practices
Stephen Downes, Oct 21, 2016.

This post is a response to a request for my thoughts on the value of open practices and methodologies for putting them into practice. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. New Directions in Open Education
Michael Caulfield, Hapgood, 2016/10/10
Transcript of an excellent talk by Michael Caulfield. He begins with a historical perspective, first with a description of some of his own projects from the 90s, then a more general account of web history, leading ultimately to MOOCs and open learning. More...