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June 2012 Blog Posts (8)
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 …
ContinueAdded by Blaine Victor Morrow on June 22, 2012 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment
ODG/COT announces mentoring service at Online Teaching Conference
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Added by Open Doors Group on June 20, 2012 at 9:12pm — No Comments
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…
Added by Blaine Victor Morrow on June 19, 2012 at 10:24am — No Comments
Why Open Education Matters Video by Joseph Sumbi starring COT's Co-Director Mitchell Levy
Added by Jacky Hood on June 12, 2012 at 11:00pm — No Comments
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…
ContinueAdded by Blaine Victor Morrow on June 11, 2012 at 11:00am — No Comments
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,…
ContinueAdded by Blaine Victor Morrow on June 8, 2012 at 1:05pm — No Comments
Copy editing is needed by the whole country, not just the open textbook community!
What a coincidence! The day after I send a message out about copy editing for open textbooks, Merrill Perlman writes a rant about the need for editing on cnn.com. The one thing I would add is that many embarrassing mistakes are not as obvious as the ones she cites. I found several in my son's 9th grade physics textbook.
My original post was "…
ContinueAdded by Bob Sawyer on June 2, 2012 at 6:24pm — No Comments
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…
Added by Blaine Victor Morrow on June 1, 2012 at 2:32pm — No Comments
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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
Academia and the MOOC
Posted by Ken Ronkowitz on April 17, 2013 at 5:01pm — 5 Comments
Foothill College Instructor Brian Evans Completes Open Textbook Cost Study
Posted by rod kirk on April 7, 2010 at 4:30pm — 8 Comments
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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
EdX, a leader in open education, is hiring in Cambridge MA
Posted by Open Doors Group on February 11, 2013 at 7:05pm
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
Using Open Courseware to receive credit for learning documented in an e-portfolio
Posted by Una Daly on December 22, 2011 at 10:47am
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
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
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