I’ve been working for the last couple of months on a new project: a K-12 open educational resources (OER) online community of practice. It’s not really done yet. In fact, it may never be done. Which makes unveiling it publicly
Open is more than a technicality
As open has gotten “popular,” there have been some disturbing trends in how the label has been applied. On a few recent occasions, I’ve run into content that is advertised as open and Creative Commons licensed. But in trying to
Open Education Week 2014
Open Education Week is next week, and there are lots of great events and projects on tap. For myself, we’re highlighting the Kids Open Dictionary and the soon-to-be-unveiled K-12 OER Community of Practice (stay tuned for a link and video
Best Open PD
I was happy to see Open PD as a category in the Edublog Awards for 2013 and even happier to see several projects I worked on over the last year nominated. These include: Make/Hack/Play Together (on P2PU and being offered
A new take on “open”
This is going to a long, somewhat circuitous post, but if you hang in to the end, it will wind around to open education. A thought occurred to me yesterday: If kids who did well on tests like me would