Tag Archives: David-Wiley

What Are Ed Tech Entrepreneurs Good For?

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

The recent ASU Education Innovation Summit, which brought together venture capitalists with aspiring ed tech entrepreneurs, created quite a stir in the edublogosphere and the edutwitterverse. A lot of the reaction came from people who were watching from a distance … Continue reading →

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Textbook Publishers and OERs

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Not too long ago, The Chronicle ran an piece called “Publishers Criticize Federal Investment in Open Educational Resources.” The meat of the article was some quotes of textbook company executives on a panel at an SIIA conference speaking out against … Continue reading →

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David Wiley on DIY U

Posted on April 1, 2010 by

Since it was David Wiley’s unique blend of relentless idealism and can-do pragmatism that first convinced me to give the open education movement a closer look, I was curious to know what he thought of the discussion about DIY U … Continue reading →

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ITOE: History of Open Education

Posted on January 10, 2009 by

Update: If I had watched the class lecture video before writing this, I would have known exactly what role open source played in early thinking about open educational resources. My bad. This is the first assignment post for the Introduction to … Continue reading →

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The Quest for Openness

Posted on December 18, 2008 by

I have signed up for David Wiley’s Introduction to Openness class. It’s free for online participants (although you don’t get college accreditation for it). In an intriguing move, he’s modeled the course somewhat after RPGs, where course “credit” (whatever that means … Continue reading →

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