By David Matthews. Articles that are free to view are also more frequently shared on Facebook, new research finds. More...
Open learning must support global ethics and development
By Stephen Coan. A “tricky world with pervasive war and tragedy” is nevertheless one that “could see the golden age of open learning”. Read more...
Education Department announces new open educational resources hire, college website
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Andrew Marcinek was hired by the Office of Educational Technology to work on connecting K-12 and higher ed schools to openly licensed educational resources. More...
OpenEd Assesses ‘Most Effective’ Online Learning Resources
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Animated flashcards and sub-two-minute videos turn out to be the most effective online resources for K-12 against all other common options. More...
Half-life is half the story
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Half-life is half the story
Danny Kingsley, Unlocking Research, 2015/10/16
This post is a response to a recent panel in which Elsevier c.e.o. Ron Mobed said that Green Open Access threatens the viability of academic journals and that the embargo period must eb longer than 12 months. More...
First meeting of the EUA Expert Group on Science 2.0/Open Science
On 24-25 September 2015, the Expert Group on Science 2.0/Open Science met in Brussels for the first time. The Expert Group on Science 2.0/Open Science was set up by decision of the EUA Council in January 2015, in order to expand the work of EUA’s Open Access taskforce, which operated between 2012 and 2014, and to take account of the implications of the Science 2.0 tools and Open Science for universities. More...
OpenCampus - The largest resource library on professional certifications
OpenCampus is the largest resource library on professional certifications. They are offering access to course materials for various courses like, PMP, Six Sigma, Big Data and more for free of cost. It's a great resource for professionals who are in need of certifications.The free resources also contain Flash cards, Tool Kit, Practice questions and others. More...
Chrissi Nerantzi on the importance of Open Education in Europe
Chrissi's approach is playful and experimental. She specialises in creative and open learning & teaching and has initiated a number of open cross-institutional collaborative and enquiry-based initiatives in the area of professional development for teachers in higher education that have been very successful. Her work is collaborative and she actively seeks to develop sustainable partnerships models that bring practitioners and institutions closer together. More...
“Opening up Education is the key to overcome today societal challenges”
Vanessa Camilleri is an academic at the Faculty of Education, University of Malta. Her expertise is in the area of educational technologies and use of games for learning. More...
Open Education Europa Tour Challenge for Innovative European Teachers
Please complete the following form if you are interested to join Open Education Europa's (OEE) Education Pioneers Network.
More information: http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/blogs/oee-tour-connecting-education-pioneers-across-europe. More...