College Open Textbooks Community
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LINKS:
Open Educational Resources:
Openness as Catalyst for an Educational Reformation
Dramatic Growth of Open Access
Open Questions on Open Courseware
Open Education Is Transforming the Way We Learn
Creative Commons Kiwi - clever video explaining how open licenses
work
Vic Vuchic of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation discusses OER
Open Educational Quality Initiative (OPAL), UNESCO and the European
Foundation for Quality in E-Learning (EFQUEL) invites organizations
to join the OPAL Register at http://www.oer-quality.org/
CSU Affordability initiative
Five Educational Innovations that won Gates NGLC Grants
Why Badges Work Better than Grades
How Online Education Is Changing the Way We Learn
First OER Debate from 2010. The next one is May 27, 2011
Part 1 is not available but it had no real content
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbyuuuPDctw&feature=related
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5uRon0L3Bg&feature=related
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGN4-jnd6kc&feature=related
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5lalv2D3Z8&feature=related
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLCN7lT4-SU&feature=related
The Architecture of Access to Scientific Knowledge
presentation by Lawrence Lessig at CERN April 18, 2011
A Time for Reform, Innovation, and Investment -input to our
Hats Off to Virginia blog post
Open Access: A Matter For Definition A dozen
definitions/policies of open access appear in this report:
Using Open Content to Drive Educational Change by Bill Fitzgerald
with lots of replies
Open Studio - A collection of art-making ideas by artists
Issuu self-publishing
Info about the forthcoming World Library of Science
Proof that OER Works
OER Mindmap by Donna Gaudet
Quality Matters
Blog of (Jan) Philipp Schmidt, Director and co-founder of the Peer 2 Peer
University called Sharing Nicely
Books were a new idea once upon a time
Considerations for Creative Commons Licensing of Open Educational Resources
Case study about the COT project by this instructor
Five Ways Technology Startups Can Disrupt Education
CORRE: A framework for transforming teaching materials into
OERs
Lessons learnt from transforming teaching materials into
OERs
Open Content Online - a blog by Andreia Inamorato dos Santos
'Open licences' of Copyright for authors, educators and
librarians Julien Hofman & Paul West
Swedish Musings on the definition of Non-Commercial
What is non-commercial use?
Barcelona Charter
How to Build an Online Community by Richard Millington
Training Educators to Design and Develop Open and Distance Learning
Materials
More OER Blogs than You Can Believe
Not everyone thinks modifiable books are a good idea
Archived Webinar given by open textbook adopter, a zealot,
and a publisher
The Future of Educational Publishing, Thad Mclroy
Blog Posts
Academia and the MOOC
Posted by Ken Ronkowitz on April 17, 2013 at 5:01pm — 5 Comments
Is the education situation a crisis or an opportunity? Manny Barbara and Nicholas Smith share ideas with ODG
Posted by Open Doors Group on May 18, 2013 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment
Hewlett Awards Open Textbook Grant
Posted by Judy Baker on August 23, 2009 at 8:07pm
Foothill College Instructor Brian Evans Completes Open Textbook Cost Study
Posted by rod kirk on April 7, 2010 at 4:30pm — 8 Comments
Open Access Un/Conference: Promote, Impact, Assess -- Call for Proposals
Posted by Ann Agee on May 20, 2013 at 12:15pm
OER Grant Reviewers Needed ASAP
Posted by Judy Baker on August 6, 2010 at 12:14pm — 1 Comment
Open Course Library - Washington State Community Colleges
Posted by rod kirk on April 3, 2010 at 1:30pm
Quick Start to Open Textbook Adoption
Posted by Judy Baker on December 25, 2008 at 9:00am
Distributed Learning
Posted by Sam Norwich on March 12, 2010 at 11:45am — 1 Comment
Coursera Collaborating with Publishers to Bring More Affordable, Accessible Educational Resources
Posted by Ken Ronkowitz on May 9, 2013 at 3:41pm
Tools to Improve Students' Online Reading
Posted by Judy Baker on September 14, 2009 at 9:23pm
Open Education Resources - Free Math Textbooks
Posted by Geoff Cain on January 13, 2011 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment
Open Access Library
Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on February 20, 2013 at 4:24pm
OER News and Announcements
Posted by Judy Baker on September 16, 2009 at 12:32pm
WordPress and Pressbooks for Open Textbook Authoring
Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on February 9, 2012 at 10:33am
Innovators Dilemma author and Disruptive Technologies Guru Clayton Christensen looks at higher ed
Posted by Open Doors Group on February 23, 2013 at 8:00am
Open Education Position Available at Saylor Foundation's San Francisco office
Posted by Jacky Hood on December 11, 2012 at 10:00pm
Researching the Impact of Open Textbooks on Student Outcomes
Posted by Clare Middleton-Detzner on April 5, 2010 at 6:14pm — 5 Comments
Peer Production and Co-Production: A New Approach to Solving Common Problems Together
Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on June 8, 2012 at 1:05pm
Bookboon
Posted by Christopher Gilbert on October 2, 2011 at 8:53am — 1 Comment
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