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Blaine Victor Morrow
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This Week's Best OER Articles and Newsbytes

The Oddity of MOOCs as OER and the Issue of Integration Cost. "I spent a good ten minutes trying to come up with a metaphor to explain the absurdity of the situation only to find that there really is no metaphor. I suppose if pressed, I’d say that it was as if you’d invented a groundbreaking…See More
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Aug 8, 2012
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OER Videos On Demand: An Annotated List

  Here are some of the best videos on the Web related to Open Educational Resources (OER) and open textbooks. Most were recorded in the past year and many were given by national leaders in the open learning revolution. CCCOER MAY WEBINAR- PUBLIC SPEAKING with the OPEN COURSE LIBRARY Ellen Bremen, Instructional Designer and Faculty member of Highline Community College,…See More
Jul 16, 2012
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New Videos from the Online Teaching Conference

Last week, the Online Teaching Conference was held at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, CA. Among the over 80 presentations were these gems from OER advocates.OpenCourseware Development: Health Ed Case Study with …See More
Jun 22, 2012
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Cloud-based Copyright Clearance Services at Stanford University (SIPX)

The Stanford Intellectual Property Exchange (SIPX) is designed to automate the copyright clearance process, and is expected for rollout later this year for Stanford campuses. SIPX is a Web service comprised of:a) a copyright registry, where users…See More
Jun 19, 2012
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Brief Guide to Re-Using and/or Adapting OER Resources

I just came across a very useful and informative article entitled "The Re-Use and Adaptation of Open Educational Resources." I'll try to make it even briefer with an outline of available technologies:Authoring and Delivery Technology…See More
Jun 11, 2012
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Peer Production and Co-Production: A New Approach to Solving Common Problems Together

Aalto University in Finland has a new publication: Towards Peer Production in Public Services: Cases from Finland available for free download. The book's description reads: "There are many challenges and opportunities in designing,…See More
Jun 8, 2012
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How To Find Open Content Needles in the OER Haystack

One of the challenges to widespread OER adoption is that of finding everything that's available and discovering what's out there. I've tried in other posts to point to repositories…See More
Jun 1, 2012
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May 25, 2012
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Open Educational Resources on the California Community Colleges YouTube Site

Here are some very helpful presentations you can share with constituents. Presenters include Jacqui Cain, Matt Gehrett,James Glapa-Grossklag,Una Daly,…See More
May 24, 2012
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Open Educational Resources on the California Community Colleges YouTube Site

Here are some very helpful presentations you can share with constituents. Presenters include Jacqui Cain, Matt Gehrett,James Glapa-Grossklag,Una Daly,…See More
May 21, 2012
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Open Academics Textbook Catalog (University of Minnesota)

http://www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2012/UR_CONTENT_383497.htmlThe Open Academics textbook catalog [http://open.umn.edu], created in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), is a searchable online catalog of “open textbooks” that will be reviewed by University of Minnesota faculty.All textbooks in the catalog are:Openly Licensed. Acceptable licenses…See More
May 2, 2012
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Apr 24, 2012
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Apr 18, 2012

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Academic/Professional Biography
Director of CCC Confer, 3C Media Solutions, and @ONE for the California Community Colleges.
How have you used open textbooks?
I've created some, hosted several courses that use them.
What is your website address?
http://cccmoodle.org
Which college, university, company, or organization?
California Community Colleges
Role: Student, Instructor, Author, Staff, Other (be specific)
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Blaine Victor Morrow's Blog

This Week's Best OER Articles and Newsbytes

The Oddity of MOOCs as OER and the Issue of Integration Cost. "I spent a good ten minutes trying to come up with a metaphor to explain the absurdity of the situation only to find that…

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Posted on February 22, 2013 at 2:30pm

The Story of OERs

Classroom Aid has made available a free Slideshare that describes what OERs are and their history and current state: very useful. Better yet, there's a …

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Posted on February 21, 2013 at 9:00am

Open Access Library

Open Access Library now has a scholarly search engine that does NOT require registration and provides FREE access to nearly 150,000 openly accessible academic articles. Learn more…

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Posted on February 20, 2013 at 4:24pm

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Academia and the MOOC

Posted by Ken Ronkowitz on April 17, 2013 at 5:01pm — 7 Comments

Open Education Conference 2012 – Beyond Content

Posted by Charles Key on October 26, 2012 at 12:01pm

ODG-COT announces DynamicBooks Sponsorship

Posted by Open Doors Group on October 3, 2012 at 1:30pm

Do you need help with editing an open textbook?

Posted by Bob Sawyer on May 30, 2012 at 8:59pm — 1 Comment

Open Education Site Dictionary

Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on March 9, 2012 at 11:03am — 1 Comment

New OER Logo

Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on February 27, 2012 at 3:20pm — 2 Comments

Why Pay for Intro Textbooks?

Posted by Ken Ronkowitz on February 9, 2012 at 8:00pm

COT Adopter Community Grant Awards Announcement

Posted by Una Daly on November 2, 2011 at 7:19am

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