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Tag Archives: Open Educational Resources
Textbook Publishers and OERs
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
Posted in Higher Education, Openness Tagged Cengage Learning, Creative-Commons, David-Wiley, OER, Open Educational Resources, textbooks 7 Comments
You, Too, Can Sponsor an OER Revolution
The internets are buzzing with the news of the $2 billion grant program jointly offered by the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor. There was some initial hype (driven partly by a blog post on CreativeCommons.org) that the grant would … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education, Instructional Design, Openness Tagged Open content, Open Educational Resources, smARThistory 5 Comments
The Future of Open Textbooks
In general, I have been an OER skeptic—not because I think OER is unimportant, but because getting the sustainability model right is really hard. But there is one notable exception to my gloomy outlook; one bright spot that I believe … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education, Openness Tagged Cable Green, Open Course Library, Open Educational Resources 17 Comments
Great OER Presentation in Eastern Mass Next Week
My good friends and fellow SUNY escapees Steven Zucker and Beth Harris will be giving a talk about their amazing art history open educational resources website smARThistory on Friday, October 1st at UMassOnline. There are several reasons why this talk … Continue reading
New LMS Entrant: NIXTY
You may have already heard a bit about NIXTY, since they have managed to make a significant media splash in the last few weeks. There have been a number of interesting analyses, both pro and con. I’d like to highlight … Continue reading
Posted in Openness, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) Tagged NIXTY, OER, Open content, Open Educational Resources 6 Comments
