By Phil Hill. Thanks for update from Brent Auernheimer, I found out that the Hawai'i Senate Committee on Higher Education recently debated a bill regarding Open Educational Resources (OER) usage at the University of Hawai'i system of 10 campuses. More...
Open Education Resources (OER) Applications from Around the World
Rory McGreal, Contact North, 2018/02/07
This is a set of thirteen OER case studies from around the world. The descriptions follow a common format, describing the opportunity, innovation, benefits, challenges and potential in turn. A contact person is provided for each. Some of the descriptions become fairly detailed. More...
How I coined the term 'open source'
Christine Peterson, OpenSource.com, 2018/02/05
This 'I' in this post is the author, Christine Peterson. She describes in this post her contribution to the origin of the term 'open source'. More...
OpenCourseWare: Simple Idea, Profound Implications
Good article tracing the implications of MIT's open courseware project. More...
SchoolForge Coalition Formed to Advance Open Resources in Education
Patterned on the open source software initiative called SourceForge, SchoolForge, founded January 8, is intended to be a central repository for open source projects related to education. More...
By Henry Trotter. Educators in Asia’s diverse higher education sector are increasingly calling for educational resources that are more affordable for students, have undergone stringent quality assurance processes, and are of greater relevance to their local contexts. More...By Henry Trotter. Given the social, financial and infrastructural challenges facing many African universities, could the provision of free and open educational materials to students and educators improve higher education provision on the continent. More...By Sharon Dell. A 21-country study aimed at understanding how open educational resources (OER) can improve access, enhance quality and reduce education costs in the Global South not only fills a major gap in empirical research, but has helped to grow a community of researchers in the region and given educators in the South a space to voice their own perspectives and participate in a global conversation. More...
The open-source ledger behind bitcoin is touted as revolutionary for everything from banking to health, but the jury is still out. More...
By Doug Lederman. Macmillan Learning will offer low-cost digital textbook bundles in 16 gen-ed courses, joining experiments that drive down prices for students (and potentially profits for publishers). More...
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