Tag Archive for ‘open textbook’
What to Consider When Publishing #OER
For creating open content as a continually ongoing process of refinement, re-distribution, correction, modification, re-arrangement and reuse, better quality of the open content is the result of these possibilities. It’s important to make reuse easier. This requires authors to consider visibility and circulation of the published open educational resources(OER). In this presentation we highlight the… Read More ›
Designing for the Accessibility of #OER
Designing online courseware so that it’s accessible to all people is important. Accessible means usable by people who are blind or who have low vision, people with impaired mobility, people who are deaf or hard-of-hearning, people who are color-blind, people with a minimal command of the language, and people with a cognitive disability. Broadly speaking, different… Read More ›
How to Create OER and Join to Grow The #OER Tree
Plan, research, curate, design, create, publish OER and share it out under an open license, so someone else can discover it, then start with the next step. Maybe it will be improved or expressed in different forms. Creating OER is the 9th lesson of our online PD course : Using Open Educational Resources To Create K-12… Read More ›
School of Open offers free Wikipedia course
Posted by LiAnna Davis on May 10, 2013 Pete Forsyth, an early designer of the Wikipedia Education Program, is now teaching a free online course on Wikipedia and Open Educational Resources, along with Wikipedian and education researcher Sara Frank Bristow. The six-week course, “Writing Wikipedia Articles,” recently concluded its first run, and will be offered again starting 14 May… Read More ›
A Guide to Free and Open Source Education (#OER)
by Carolyn Fox, from OpenSource.com Nearly every week, if not every day, there are more and more open source and open educational resources available and accessible to us. It’s impossible to ignore. It also seems impossible to keep pace with the sheer volume. Despite this, I will attempt here to give a comprehensive listing of many… Read More ›
Evaluating #OER and Quality Control for #OER as Textbooks
The OER report published in February 2007 by Atkins, Brown and Hammond (2007) at the request of the Hewlett Foundation shows the evolution of OER movement. By proposing Open Participatory Learning Infrastructure (OPLI), it envisions to nurture a culture of learning in which both intellectual capital (content) and human capital (talent) spiral upward, together. Continuous Improvement of OER… Read More ›
Planning Framework for #OER Implementation
from Achieve.org This document is intended as a guide for those state teams planning to implement Open Educational Resources (OER). The exercises included within it were completed by seven states as part of the OER Institute in November 2012. Based on the experiences of those states, the exercises have been adapted slightly and are included… Read More ›
How to Create Open Content (#OER)
From Open.Michigan - a University of Michigan initiative that enables faculty, students, and others to share their educational resources and research with the global learning community This handout outlines the process for creating materials using openly-licensed content. By taking a few simple steps, you can ensure that the educational materials you create are not only of value to your… Read More ›
Knowing Where to Find High Quality #OER so You Don’t Need to Reinvent The Wheel
To jump directly to what you are searching for, use these links: (from open4us.org) General Search Photo/Image Search Video Search Audio/Music Search General Education Search Recorded Lectures & Video Tutorials Search Open Textbook Search Simulation and Animation Search Modular Course Components Search Complete Courses Search Gooru (for K-12, Common Core State Standards Aligned) OER Commons… Read More ›
Next Practices for #OER Quality Evaluation
by Lisa Petrides Keynote at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference (LAK 2013), Leuven, Belgium – for the Learning Object Analytics for Collections, Repositories & Federations workshop, by Lisa Petrides, entitled “Next Practices for OER Quality Evaluation: Using Analytics to Support Continuous Improvement”
New Pathways to Learning – #OER and Non-formal Education
from Dr. Don Olcott, Jr don.olcott@hct.ac.ae Manager of Strategic Planning and Engagement at the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) system office in the United Arab Emirates Abstract The growth of non-formal education is expanding teaching and learning pathways for the delivery of global education. This growth, in concert with the expanded use of Open Educational Resources (OERs), is… Read More ›
10 Policy Guidelines for Mobile Learning and The Importance of #OER Going Mobile
Today, a growing body of evidence suggests that ubiquitous mobile devices – especially mobile phones and, more recently, tablet computers – are being used by learners and educators around the world to access information, streamline administration and facilitate learning in new and innovative ways. Last week, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) published a document “UNESCO Policy Guidelines for… Read More ›
Free #OER Trend Report with #MOOC and Innovative Learning Foci
from Ignatia/Inge de Waard (licensed under CC BY-NC-SA) The renowned SURF group that are situated in the Netherlands just published a wonderful, insightful and all over great read on the trend of Open Educational Resources (OER). The English report can be found and downloaded here and consists of 112 pages of great up to date OER information. This report… Read More ›
9 Case Studies about Using Open Educational Resources(#OER) to Foster Creativity
Open educational resources can be change agents leading to the release of creativity for organisations, for teachers and for learners. Here are 8 research publications that observed the evidences and best practices - Special Themed Issue on Creativity and Open Educational Resources (OER) from The European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning – EURODL. Exploring OER: Internet Information Literacy,… Read More ›
Designing #OER with Diversity in Mind
From Open Education Week 2013 Webinar : The presenters will discuss factors which act as barriers and enablers regarding the creation and reuse of accessible teaching resources focusing on approaches of educators towards accessibility issues in the context of OER. Pedagogical, technical, and policy-based strategies to design, create and deliver OER/OCW learning experiences that can… Read More ›
6 Major Recommendations for K-12 Textbook in a Digital Age
Founded in the fall of 2001, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is the principal association serving, supporting, and representing US state and territorial educational technology leadership. SETDA works in partnership with like-minded individuals and organizations as a forum for inter-state collaboration, cooperation, and best practices. To help the transition into digital textbook, through SETDA’s report : Out… Read More ›
Learning Content in the 3-5 Year Horizon
This slide deck is from the Next Is Now webinar delivered by Dr. Rob Reynolds on April 25, 2012. In his presentation, Rob explores key Internet trends affecting education, and makes projections regarding the future of learning technology and learning content. More reading: The Shift to Touch Will Introduce Major Changes in Education Flat World… Read More ›
Open The School of Open
The School of Open (http://schoolofopen.org/) is launching during Open Education Week, March 11-15. This means that all facilitated courses will open for sign-up that week, and all stand-alone courses will be ready to take then or anytime thereafter. A community of volunteers from P2PU, Creative Commons, Open.Michigan, and Wikimedia will offer free online courses on copyright,… Read More ›
#OER in K-12 – Sharing Common Core
From Washington OER Project by Digital Learning Department, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction : As the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics are implemented, school districts will be looking for instructional material to meet the new standards. Open Educational Resources (OER) may help fill that need. Open educational resources (OER) are free and… Read More ›
Open Educational Resources - primer videos
Reblogged from E-Learning Development Team: A few nice videos created for the ongoing OLDS MOOC outlining what OER’s are and some of the issues to do with licencing. OER overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H5JT7Tc9qDo What are OER and Open Licensing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=z2rilbg0xE8 Finding and using OER https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z6QsK-fdTO8#! Want more? The JISC OER toolkit or OU’s SCORE (Support Centre for Open… Read More ›
The History of Education and Textbooks [Infographic]
by Jessica Owen, Boundless (blog.boundless.com) To understand where we’re heading in education and edtech, it’s important to look back at our educational roots. As we searched for some of most memorable moments and discoveries in the history of education, we found there are lots of things that haven’t changed in hundreds of years! The groundwork for clunky, physical… Read More ›
OER, Internet and The Power of Pull
The keynote from Joe Ito, MIT Media Lab, on Hewlett OER Grantees Meeting 2012 highlighted some inspiring ideas of how internet has changed the ways we work and learn together. From David Weinberger : Small pieces loosely joined – decentralizing power From David Clark : Rough consensus running code – keeping doing and iterations since the cost… Read More ›
The Story of OER and Why It Matters
The Story of Open Educational Resources(OERs) to share with you, it’s not intended to be an exhausted list of OER development in the past decade. The copy in Google Document is public, you are welcome to add anything that’s important or useful. Why is OER important ? The copy in Google Document is public as… Read More ›
When Game-Based Learning Meets Open Education Resources
from OER Commons, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License In game play, the progress a player makes is through learning. This happens as students grasp and understand embedded knowledge and skills required to successfully navigate a new system. The challenge and the progress of understanding a new concept through gaming is what makes a… Read More ›
8 Exemplary Open Textbooks and The Meaning Beyond Bringing Cost Down
For decades, college students have been exploited by publishers of introductory textbooks. But thing are changing, now there are several organizations bringing open textbooks to students. Saylor.org, OpenStax College, Free High School Science Textbooks , BioQUEST, The Math Open Reference, Utah Open Textbook Project, Open Math, and Open Source Physics are only to name a few. More open textbooks information can be found in this… Read More ›
Re-imagine Education – Learning from Scientists Directly
About one year ago, as Apple announced its interest in digital textbook market, WIRED had an article which might not raise your awareness : Digital Textbooks Go Straight From Scientists to Students. Duke University’s Cachalot app, a novel digital textbook is designed for students enrolled in Duke’s Marine Megafauna class, but free for everyone, everywhere. Johnston, who… Read More ›
Boundless releases its content under Creative Commons
by Jane Park, first posted on Creative Commons Boundless, the company that builds on existing open educational resources to provide free alternatives to traditionally costly college textbooks, has released 18 open textbooks under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA), the same license used by Wikipedia. Schools, students and the general public are free to share and remix these textbooks… Read More ›
OERs in US, Canada and Netherlands
Last week, U.S. News and World Report published an article about the rise of openly-licensed educational materials. Simon Owens’ article outlined the important milestones of open education resources(OERs), or open textbooks movements. The nonprofit organization Creative Commons that created and updates the licenses released its first versions in December 2002. Founded by Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig… Read More ›
Our Favorite Open Educational Resources of 2012
Reblogged from Curriki's Blog: By Janet Pinto, Chief Academic Officer, Curriki Here are a few of our favorite resources from 2012. If you look these over, I’m sure you’ll find at least a couple of them to be interesting and useful! Click on each title to go to that resource at Curriki. STEMware Zombie Plague … Read More ›
15 Reusable Technology Solutions for OER
15 reusable technology solutions for OER from JISC Digital Infrastructure Team is a summary for the completion of the OER Rapid Innovation Strand. This is an introduction to the reusable technology solutions developed by the rapid innovation projects of the UK OER Programme during 2012. Bidders were asked to address problems identified through the Programme, and 15… Read More ›
Open Content as Teacher Professional Development
Bill Fitzgerald at FunnyMonkey is a big advocator of open source software and open contents, he often provides insights about the practices in going open for education. His recent post about open content revisiting the definitions and considerations to move it forward meaningfully. Worth a read. In general terms, when we talk about open content, this… Read More ›
From 2012 The Tipping Point to EPIC 2020
2012 The Tipping Point is a short presentation in a TED like format that was given by Bill Sams in June 2012 to the Ohio Tech Angel Fund members. It is a concise overview of what has already happened in the education world. The EPIC 2020 web site contains links and additional information on every thing discussed… Read More ›
Top 30 Resource Pages and Posts in 2012
Thanks to all readers who have visited our site in this year, it’s a taking off year for us. This site is just a node to connect with contents, people and community. It’s also a starting point for our next step — creating value through connections and creations. Here we list the top resource pages… Read More ›
OER in the Mobile Era
Mobile learning is no doubt one of the converging trend in Ed-Tech for the next several years. Open Educational Resources (OERs) repositories should adapt their features so their contents can be accessed from mobile devices. elearningeuropa.info has published a report : OER in the Mobile Era: Content Repositories’ Features for Mobile Devices and Future Trends This paper… Read More ›
Free and Open Versions of Flat World Knowledge Texts
by Sean Connor, published on Saylor.org : Saylor.org now hosts free and open versions of Flat World Knowledge texts We are very pleased to announce that all Flat World Knowledge textbooks published under an open license are permanently and freely available from Saylor.org — free to read, free to download, free to share and remix under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA… Read More ›
Reuse is Key to Positive MOOC and OER Impact
by Timothy Vollmer, first published on CreativeCommons.org : Keeping MOOCs Open (licensed under CC BY) MOOCs — or Massive Open Online Courses — have been getting a lot of attention lately. Just in the last year or so, there’s been immense interest in the potential for large scale online learning, with significant investments being made in companies (Coursera, Udacity, Udemy), similar non-profit initiatives (edX) and learning… Read More ›
Growing The Curriculum with Open Education Resources
If you can’t beat them, join them. That is Pearson’s latest approach to open educational resources (OER). Pearson showcased three solutions at Educause 2012 in Denver, CO. The products aim to foster personalized education and access to Open Educational Resources (OER). Pearson has partnered with Gooru, a search engine for learning materials, to create Project Blue Sky, a new… Read More ›
A Guide to Using Open Educational Resources in Marketing Education
A resource was created by Dr Philippa Hunter-Jones at the University of Liverpool as an outcome of research funded in part by an Academy of Marketing Teaching Research and Development Grant. Hunter-Jones, P. (2012). A Guide to Using Open Educational Resources (OERs) in Marketing Education: What are they? How do I develop them? And why… Read More ›
What Makes Disruptive Digital Textbooks?
Free Textbooks Spell Disruption for College Publishers - this is how Technology Review talked about Boundless Learning, a Boston company that has begun giving away free electronic textbooks covering college subjects like American history, anatomy and physiology, economics, and psychology. Ariel Diaz started this company in 2011. What’s controversial is how Boundless creates these texts. The company trawls… Read More ›
CK-12 Is Unlocking Cheaper, Better Learning
CK-12 is a leader of open educational resource(OER) provider for k-12 education. Beginning this month, CK-12 foundation launched the new, multi-modality platform, available for the majority of the expanding STEM concepts. Now CK-12 will surprise you with the quality, flexibility and depth that the open educational resources can offer. Some of the features of Multi-Modality… Read More ›
