Category Archives: open education

A question of core values (comment in Times Higher Ed)

Posted on February 7, 2012 by P

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post on Apple’s move into the textbook world. It got quite a lot of attention and I wrote a slightly longer version for publication in the Times Higher Ed. I managed to add a little context from other initiatives in the field, including MITx. The full THE [...] Continue reading →

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2017: RIP, OER?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by david

I recently blogged about the Apple announcement and how it amounted to publishers ceding the “traditional” textbook market (whether print or digital) to OER makers. One way to interpret that concession is as a win for open education. And it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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“Think Different” about the College Completion Problem

Posted on February 3, 2012 by david

Literally dozens of government entities, foundations, and other organizations are concerned about “the college completion problem.” The problem in a nutshell is that people go into significant debt to go to college, dropout for a variety of reasons (good and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Apple Edu = It’s a revolution, just not ours.

Posted on January 20, 2012 by P

What a week. On Wednesday the Interwebs shut down. On Thursday Apple revolutionized textbooks. What will Friday bring? But after the hype has settled down (and yes, it was hard not to get a little swept away by all the great sounding announcements) we wake up with a slight hang-over this morning. Audrey Waters went [...] Continue reading →

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Flash Grant for Hackerschool

Posted on January 12, 2012 by P

One of the many cool things about being a Shuttleworth Foundation fellow is that I get to give away a “Flash” grant each year to people who are doing cool stuff. It’s a no strings (almost) attached 5000 USD and could be a first step towards a full fellowship application. I decided to give my [...] Continue reading →

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Senior Fellow for Open Education

Posted on January 10, 2012 by david

I’m humbled and very excited to announce that, as of today, I am the Senior Fellow for Open Education at the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies, also known as Digital Promise. I’ll post more detail … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Mozilla releases Learning, Freedom & the Web (e)book

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Timothy Vollmer

Anya Kamenetz and Mozilla have released a great book called Learning, Freedom & the Web. It details many of the activities and ideas generated at Mozilla’s eponymous festival held last year, “a 500 person meta-hackfest that took place in a Barcelona city square,” says Ben Moskowitz from Mozilla. The book features participant interviews, project highlights, [...] Continue reading →

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Learning with a little help from your friends

Posted on November 21, 2011 by P

Two weeks ago P2PU held its third workshop. This year’s focus was on “getting stuff done” and bringing together people who are working on concrete projects. And we did get a lot done. Check out the etherpad with our notes and visit our new projects board on trello for the details. But we also spent [...] Continue reading →

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Open Course Library Launches 1st 42 Courses

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Cable Green

On Monday, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) released the first 42 of the state’s high-enrollment 81 Open Course Library courses. The remaining 39 courses will be finished by 2013. Funded by the Washington State Legislature and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Open Course Library joins the global open [...] Continue reading →

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Eureka. It’s a lab – not (just) a platform.

Posted on October 19, 2011 by P

This announcement about Harvard receiving a US$ 40M gift to support teaching and learning innovation made me think more about the platform conversation we’ve been having (here and on the mailing list). Besides giving an elite university a lot of cash, how can we foster more innovation in learning and teaching in ways that will affect [...] Continue reading →

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