Connexions open-source learning
Written by Agnes Bosanquet on July 3rd, 2009
In another fantastic TED video, Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions: a free global online education system that allows educators to rapidly create online courses that can be shared with students all over the world. Read more about it here. Richard talks about the benefits for “shut outs” - those who [...]
Academic Earth vs Open Education
Written by Agnes Bosanquet on February 20th, 2009
Wired Campus reports that a new group calling itself Academic Earth is offering free online videos of lectures from leading universities. AE describe themselves as “an organisation founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world-class education.” Read the fine print (Mission Statement) and you will find that “everyone on earth” [...]
Seven trends to watch in digital learning
Written by Agnes Bosanquet on December 10th, 2008
The IMS Global Learning Consortium, an international not-for-profit organisation that develops standards for the uses of learning technologies, has written a list of seven trends to watch in digital learning. The list includes questions to prompt discussion and reflection, which are thought-provoking if you can get past the weasel words:
1. The age of digital [...]
Open Education Workshop at MGSM (21 Nov)
Written by Agnes Bosanquet on November 12th, 2008
The Open Education Workshop 2008 will explore Open Learning platforms, Open Source Software for education and research and case studies from higher education and schools. A key activity of the workshop is a facilitated discussion to contribute to an open education strategy for cross sector collaboration, and to build skills and document best practice for [...]
What are the barriers to open access teaching tools?
Written by Agnes Bosanquet on November 6th, 2008
From Culture Matters, a blog by current and former Anthropology students and staff from Macquarie, comes a thought-provoking post on the barriers to sharing teaching tools. Here is an edited excerpt from what Lisa Wynn writes:
I just came from a [lecture] on using multimedia presentations to inspire students and facilitate learning. But I came away [...]