The first reading by K. Tomaševski has been thought-provoking for me. I am surprised how much I am struggling with the answer to the question “Is education a ‘basic human right’?” My initial response was yes, of course, but the
New OER search tool
ccLearn is working with the Hewlett Foundation and Google to create a new “open education web-scale search.” This should offer much wider access to all the great open resources already out there. Hopefully, it will also increase awareness so that
OpenEd-Is education a “basic human right”? – Part 1
So for the next 10 weeks or so, this blog will mostly be devoted to coursework for the Open Ed course. For week 1, here is the question we’re contemplating: QUESTIONS: In your opinion, is the “right to education” a
It’s a small world
What fun to see Mario Mattioli enrolled in the Open Ed course. I used some of Mario’s music on a couple of my podcasts about open content. Thanks, Mario! You do great work.
New blogroll
OK, I’ve got the blogroll for the Open Ed course working from a Google Reader public page now. (See right column below.) Something isn’t right with the ordering; not sure if it has to do with international dates or weird