By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Top Fears Shutting the Door on Open Education
A.J. O'Connell, Campus Technology, 2017/02/01
Some people say fear is the reason professors don't want to open up classrooms. More...
23 février 2017
23 février 2017
Loving It
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Loving It
Alex Usher, Higher Education Strategy Associates, 2017/02/01
Just a day or so after authoring a good article Alex Usher comes out with this piece defending the agreement made between McDonald's and Colleges Ontario to recognize part of the corporation's training program as equivalent to college credit. More...
23 février 2017
European MOOC Platform Expands to 5 U.S. Universities
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. European MOOC Platform Expands to 5 U.S. Universities
Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology, 2017/02/15
I can think of all sorts of policical questions that might be asked in the U.S. following this announcement (especially if the British import succeeds where the US-based alternatives failed). More...
23 février 2017
How Google Chromebooks conquered schools
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How Google Chromebooks conquered schools
Anick Jesdanum, Associated Press, 2017/02/15
This is an interesting statistic: "Chromebook's share of the U.S. education market was 49 percent last year, up from 40 percent in 2015 and 9 percent in 2013, according to IDC figures released this week." Who would have thought it. More...
23 février 2017
Ellucian Stops Support for Brainstorm, its CBE platform
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Ellucian Stops Support for Brainstorm, its CBE platform
Phil Hill, e-Literate, 2017/02/15
"Winter is here," writes Phil Hill as Ellucian ends support for Brainstorm, the competency-based education platform it acquired two years ago. More...
23 février 2017
We Are Not Agreed
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. We Are Not Agreed
noreply@blogger.com (Stephen Downes), Half an Hour, 2017/02/15
A few days ago University Ventures authored a piece in response to a post from the New America Foundation comparing Republicans who defend for-profit colleges to climate change deniers. More...
23 février 2017
A Growing (But Controversial) Idea in Open-Access Textbooks: Let Students Help Write Them
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A Growing (But Controversial) Idea in Open-Access Textbooks: Let Students Help Write Them
Ellen Wexler, EdSurge, 2017/02/09
I've promoted the idea of having students author learning resources since forever, but not surprisingly the idea hasn't caught on. It won't catch on after this article either but each voice in support is a tiny step forward. More...
23 février 2017
If content is king, why are OER still uncrowned? A developing world perspective’
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. If content is king, why are OER still uncrowned? A developing world perspective’
Asha Kanwar, Balasubramanian Kodhandaraman, Abdurrahman Umar, Pan-Commonwealth Forum, 2017/02/09
This is a conference presentation from 2010 which was listed in the OER Knowledge Cloud today (10 page PDF). So it's a bit dated but it's well written and I felt it was a pretty good description of some fundamental trends and issues in open educational resources. More...
23 février 2017
MOOCs and Open Educational Resources: A Handbook for Educators
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. MOOCs and Open Educational Resources: A Handbook for Educators
Peter B. Kaufman, Intelligent Television, 2017/02/09
This is a longish guide (60 page PDF) outlining MOOCs for instructors and (mostly) developers. There are long sections devoted to video and open licensing, which I consider to be the least important aspects of a MOOC. More...
23 février 2017
How will education change in the next 10 years?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How will education change in the next 10 years?
Various authors, Quora, 2017/02/09
This is a question thread on Quora which has just been graced by Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy. More...
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