Bruce Perens' Open Source Series, with Prentice Hall PTR Publishers
The people at Slashdot are all over this, of course, as Prentice Hall will publish a series of books under an open source license. More...
11 avril 2018
10 avril 2018
IRE special issues available in open access
In 2017, IRE, UNESCO’s peer-reviewed journal of lifelong learning, published three special issues on key topics: experiential learning in informal educational settings; language learning to support active social inclusion; and non-formal and community learning for sustainable development. More...
9 avril 2018
Proceedings of the Fourth National Technology Leadership Summit: Open Resources in Education
Proceedings of the Fourth National Technology Leadership Summit: Open Resources in Education
Detailed discussion of the concept of an "Educational Source Forge," a free and open source repository for educational materials. More...
6 avril 2018
Knowledge Environment for Web-based Learning (KEWL): An Open Source Learning Management System Suited for the Developing World
Knowledge Environment for Web-based Learning (KEWL): An Open Source Learning Management System Suited for the Developing World
With recent price increases in LMS software, there has been a lot of talk about open source alternatives. This article describes one such, Knowledge Environment for Web-based Learning (KEWL). But though released under GPL, KEWL depends on Microsoft Active Server Pages (which virtually negates any advantage it might have offered). More...
5 avril 2018
OpenGov - Gouvernement et Assemblée nationale lancent leurs plans d'action pour plus de transparence
Le gouvernement et l'Assemblée nationale ont chacun publié, ce mardi 3 avril, une série d'engagements en faveur de la transparence de l'action publique, de l'ouverture des ressources numériques et de la participation citoyenne. Plus...
5 avril 2018
Open data par défaut : qui s'en charge ?
Les résultats de l’Observatoire open data des territoires - fruit d’un partenariat entre la Caisse des Dépôts et l’association Opendata France -, ont été présentés le 21 mars. Cet observatoire a pour mission de mesurer précisément l’avancée de l’ouverture des données dans les collectivités territoriales, en vue de l’échéance réglementaire d’octobre 2018 selon le principe d’ouverture des données par défaut qui s’imposera à près de 4.500 collectivités locales. Plus...
3 avril 2018
Open University plans major cuts to staff and courses
Open University chiefs are planning significant reductions in the number of courses the institution offers and the number of lecturers it employs, writes Diane Taylor for The Guardian. More...30 mars 2018
UMW professors transform education with open textbooks
Highlighting? Not allowed. Underlining? Don’t even think about it.
That was Caitie Finlayson’s approach to textbooks as a college student. More...
30 mars 2018
MERLOT updated for better searchability
MERLOT, the repository of open educational resources developed by the California State University system, has entered its third decade of operation with a new facelift. The project, as always, provides a gateway to OER. More...
28 mars 2018
Is there still time to save the Open University from slow strangulation?
Plans to cut staff and courses threaten the OU’s specific mission of making tertiary education open to all. More...
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