Want to help further research in the field of open education? Then, respond to this short survey from MIT OpenCourseWare! We received the survey via email from MIT OCW, which read: A message from Dr. Curtis Bonk: “My research team and I from the Instructional Systems Technology Department at Indiana University are conducting a study […]
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Continuing our Consulting Professor Profile series, I’d like to introduce you to John W. Rooney, Ph.D., J.D. Hi John, and thank you for taking to the time answer a few questions! Can you please tell our readers what you’re currently working on for the Saylor Foundation? Certainly! I’m currently putting the finishing touches on […]
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“This is AWESOME! This is, like, as close as it gets to ‘in person’!” These were among the first words that I heard from Josh Lipovetsky, a 20 year-old Saylor.org student, studying from his home right outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I first saw Josh when he posted a video about Saylor.org on his website Optimistic […]
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Here are some of last week’s headlines: Berkeley Joins ‘EdX’ Effort to Offer Free Open Courses The University of California at Berkeley is the third institution to join EdX, which also includes MIT and Harvard. What’s interesting about this is that UC Berkeley will not be contributing any money to EdX – instead, they will […]
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Wikimedia UK, a charity supporting Wikipedia, is inviting you to the Education Conference run on 5-6 September 2012 in Leicester, UK. A day-and-a-half event will be looking at Wikipedia and related projects in terms of educational practice including open content and global participation. It’s a chance to find out more about this, talk about innovative work in your […]
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