By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Developing a framework for teaching open courses
Alec Couros, Open Thinking, 2015/07/31
Long and enormously useful post from Alec Couros describing 'semi-structured' open courses. The concept is drawn from Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown. More...
UMBC Training Centers, a mid-Atlantic provider of technical, engineering and professional skills training, has announced a merger with /training/etc Inc., a leader in the design, development and delivery of content-rich Open Source technology training. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Usually, the higher-ed industry has a reputation as being one of the slowest adopters of new technology. But when it comes to open source software (OSS), campus IT departments are ahead of other industry and consumer tech adoption curves, says Scott Wilson, service manager of OSS Watch at the University of Oxford. More...
By Joshua Kim. A primary reason that we are dipping our toes into open online learning at my institution is to create opportunities for experimentation. There is something that is liberating about free. What we earn from providing zero cost educational opportunities for lifelong learners is the right to try new things, to take some educational risks, and to learn as we go. Read more...
Eurolib, the collaboration group of libraries of the EU institutions, EU agencies and services, held its 2015 general assembly on 21 and 22 May at Cedefop in Thessaloniki, Greece. Discussions mainly focused on library management tools, collaboration and information sharing. More...
This guide will take you on a learning journey through a range of free online resources from The Open University's award-winning OpenLearn website.
First published on Tue, 28 Jul 2015 as Pathways to employment, training or higher education. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. More...
The CONSTRUIT! project aims at introducing new principles and tools for a computing practice that enables educators and learners to collaborate in creating live interactive resources ("construals") that serve as personal, shareable 'working models' or understandings. More...
The Review Project is based on an article submitted for publication in a journal in February 2015. The objective is to continue to add reviews of new articles as the teams becomes aware of them. More...
Academics are increasingly aware of the need to have a more engaged online presence, and open licences are an important mechanism for facilitating enhanced visibility of scholarly work. “Open Content Licensing: a Three-Step Guide” is aimed to help researchers to make informed and purposeful decisions around licensing their work in line with international open access principles. More...
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