Education, and access to the best academic brains in the world, is changing. We can now access courses and classes in almost any field of study for free and online. While that participation remains relatively passive to date (accessing recordings) I’m confident that will change, as will the capability to mix and match a globally [...]
Entries Tagged as 'openeducation'
100 Incredible Lectures from the World’s Top Scientists
July 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Connections & collaboration, Networked learning, Resources
Thanks to Mark Smithers from RMIT for pointing to this great list of publicly available science and technology lectures. And thank you to those lecturers / experts for sharing their work. It’s a big step to publish content to the open web but it comes with a wide range of benefits including: engagement with a [...]
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Championing open education
April 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Learning & teaching, Networked learning, TELT news
[image: news@unsw] It’s great to see Richard Buckland gaining recognition for his work opening up education. Richard of course is not alone in making his content freely available on the open web. An increasing number of educators and institutions are making content freely available. Open Learn from the UK, MIT, and the WikiEducator project which [...]
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