Special Themed Issue on Creativity and Open Educational Resources (OER) Various Authors, European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, December 22, 2011. A new edition of the European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning is now available. I survey four papers in this newsletter. [Link] [Comment] This was posted on Google+
Tony Bates on the announced MITx project
Tony Bates on the announced MITx project. “I fear that some of these elite institutions in the USA are making it up as they go and are failing to base their strategies on the substantial body of knowledge, research and experience that already exists about online learning and distance education. They are coming to the […]
Online workshop on Open Content Licensing for Educators
If you are interested in open licensing, register for the free online workshop on Open Content Licensing for Educators – #OCL4Ed – organized by WikiEducator (23-27 January 2012). About – WikiEducator From WikiEducator. < Open content licensing for educators. Jump to: navigation, search. #OCL4Ed. Another free professional development opportunity from the OER Foundation and Ako […]
Gráinne Conole’s keynote slides at the SRHE Conference
Gráinne Conole’s keynote slides at the SRHE Conference, Celtic Manor Resource, 07-12-2011 Conole srhe Learning trajectories: navigating the future of learning with new technologies Gráinne Conole, University of Leicester This was posted on Google+
Mike Loukides – The end of social
Mike Loukides – “When you take the friction out of sharing, you also remove the value.” The end of social – Forbes Magazine If you want to tell me what you listen to, I care. But if sharing is nothing more than a social application feed that’s constantly updated without your volition, then it’s just […]
Jonathan Zittrain – The personal computer is dead
“If we allow ourselves to be lulled into satisfaction with walled gardens, we’ll miss out on innovations to which the gardeners object, and we’ll set ourselves up for censorship of code and content that was previously impossible. We need some angry nerds.” Great post on why “web silos” are a pretty bad idea for users. […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson – Suppose …
Neil deGrasse Tyson – “Suppose there was a place where there wasn’t even space… what is that?” http://tinyurl.com/cvbynp9 (via OLDaily) This was posted on Google+
Leigh Blackall on OERU and Open Education
Great post by +Leigh Blackall on OERU and Open Education. “All these initiatives make the common mistake of overly focusing on content, and in doing so they are chipping away at the institution’s strangle hold over assessment and accreditation – which is ultimately where these developments matter most (…) OERU by name, seems largely focused […]
Downes – MOOCs and the OPAL Quality Clearinghouse
+Stephen Downes on #MOOCs, connectivist pedagogy, #OER and Open Educational Practices. #change11 Half an Hour: MOOCs and the OPAL Quality Clearinghouse MOOCs and the OPAL Quality Clearinghouse. I have submitted the following responses about #change11 and MOOCs in general to the Open Education Quality Initiative (OPAL) survey of OER practices (I love … This was […]
Brian Lamb on Disconnectivism
Brian Lamb on “Disconnectivism” (via OLDaily). Very good! CONCLUSION:Disconnectivism presents a model of knowledge that confuses the shifts in a society where living is no longer a cooperative, mutually beneficial activity. How people work and function is defined by the inexorable self-destruction brought about by disembodied power. The clueless have been slow to recognize both […]