OK, I’ve given a close read to the Capetown Open Education Declaration. (If, like me, you’ve put off doing so because of time constraints, take 5 minutes and look it over. It is neither long nor complex.) For all the
Capetown declaration official launch
Ahrash Bissell, Executive Director of ccLearn, sent this message out about the recently issued Capetown declaration on OER: Dear friends and colleagues, Some of you may already know that I have been working with the Shuttleworth Foundation, Wikimedia and other
Mobile phones are the computers that are most universal
In the United States, schools are in a constant battle to try to keep cell phones out of schools. Districts issue policies that ban cell phones; parents protest the rules as a “safety issue”; court cases result. Few are seeing
Online course on ed tech
Alec Couros and the University of Regina are starting a new online course called Computers in the Classroom: Appropriate Curriculum and Instruction Related to Computer Technology. The course will include some coverage of open education tools, and Alec has told
Am I missing something?
NROC is well known as one of the best repositories of OERs. They have received funding from the Hewlett Foundation and are featured in collections like Curriki and OER Commons. If you look at the terms of use, it says