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21 décembre 2015

The server uses powerful GPUs and will be released through the Open Compute Project

http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/wp-content/themes/default/images/kubrickheader.jpgHigher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Facebook is releasing the hardware design for a server it uses to train artificial intelligence (A.I.) software, allowing other companies exploring A.I. to build similar systems. More...

21 décembre 2015

Research exhibits Large Open On-line Programs used principally by wealthier individuals

http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/wp-content/themes/default/images/kubrickheader.jpgHigher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A pair of researchers looking into whether Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are helping to bridge the disparity gap in education access in the U.S. has found that those who take the courses tend to be from wealthier neighborhoods. More...

20 décembre 2015

Major Study Finds OER Students Do Just as Well — or Better

http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/wp-content/themes/default/images/kubrickheader.jpgHigher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The study involved 5,000 students using OER and more than 11,000 “control” students using standard textbooks in courses at 10 different institutions around the country enrolled in 15 different undergraduate courses. More...

18 décembre 2015

Is Open Education a Movement?

By . Phil and I had a wonderful time co-keynoting the OpenEd 2015 conference. It was a hoot.
Phil and I approached our keynote as analysts because we figured that’s probably the main value that we have to offer. More...

16 décembre 2015

Christmas is over for journal publishers

By Paul Ayris. On 12 October 2015, the League of European Research Universities, or LERU, issued a public Statement on Open Access. The statement looked at both the 'Green' and 'Gold' routes for Open Access – the Green involving self-archiving in a repository and the Gold involving publishing in a fully open access journal or website. Read more...
16 décembre 2015

An OER degree pathway, and graduation takes a village

eCampus NewsBy . The idea that online learning could actually be better than face-to-face instruction has gained credence in recent years as new technology solutions promise to make the educational experience more personalized and engaging. Has that time finally arrived. More...

16 décembre 2015

Community college shares OER degree pathway

eCampus NewsFor colleges everywhere, offering a zero textbook cost degree program became easier as Northern Virginia Community College’s Extended Learning Institute (ELI) and open courseware provider Lumen Learning announced a collaboration to publish 24 online college courses for two complete degree programs. More...

15 décembre 2015

Going Open With LangOER

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Going Open With LangOER
Malgorzata Kurek, Anna Skowron, Jan Dlugosz University, 2015/12/15

This is a basic but effective guide in the use of open educational resources for teachers, focused mostly on licensing and selection. More...

15 décembre 2015

OER Issues: Apples, Orchards and Infrastructure

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/digital_tweed_blog_header.jpgBy Kenneth C. Green. Open Education Resource (OER) advocates are gathered this week in Vancouver for the 12th annual Open Education conference. Reflecting their energy and their evangelism, the home page of the conference web site proclaims “Open Education resources provide a massive, high quality open content infrastructure on top of which innovative people and organizations are building a new generation of educational models. Methodologically rigorous research is demonstrating that these OER-based models can be extremely effective in reducing the cost of education and improving student learning.” Read more...
14 décembre 2015

Beyond Textbooks and OER: reflecting on #OpenEd15

http://chronicle.com/img/photos/biz/profhacker-45.pngBy . There has been no shortage of critiques of the open textbook focus at The Open Education Conference #OpenEd15 – I wasn’t at the conference but I followed the Twitter stream and participated in three virtually connecting sessions in which I met both pairs of keynote speakers. Read more...
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