Massive Open Online Courses are leveraging today's technology to provide (typically) free access to world class education. Only the proverbial ostrich (you (How will MOOCs impact the future of college education?
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The Open Educational Resources Research Hub (OER Research Hub) will provide a focus for research, designed to give answers to the overall question ‘What is the impact of OER on learning and teaching practices?’ and identify the particular influence of openness. We work in collaboration with projects across four education sectors (K12, college, higher education and informal) extending a network of research with shared methods and shared results.
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Nothing has more potential to let us reimagine higher education than massive open online course, or MOOC, platforms. Via Dennis Richards, Robert Farrow Delete the scoop?
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This is a collection of best practices for the adaptation of learning materials and explains what we.. Via Gema Santos, Robert Farrow 
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Collection of best practices for the usage and adaptation of learning materials targeted. This guide will help you to understand how you can benefit from OER and learn necessary things to be taken in to account while adapting materials for your own needs. Delete the scoop?
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Notice to the Press: Secretary Clinton To Host the Announcement of the Open Book Project Via Robert Farrow Delete the scoop?
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As high fees exclude more people from education, alternative and free courses are being set up – and not all of them are online Via Robert Farrow Delete the scoop?
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A month or so on from its PR launch, and with a steady trickle of press mentions since then (though no new updates on the website?), I’m guessing that the folk over at FutureLearn must be put... Via Robert Farrow Delete the scoop?
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High Impact OER: Connexions and OpenStax College Daniel Williamson, Richard Baraniuk & David Harris, OpenStax College, US Phyllis Hillwig, Words and Numbers, US Conference Theme: Impact Abstract: Limited access to higher education is one the... Via Robert Farrow Delete the scoop?
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Pantò & Comas-Quinn (2013) Digital culture and the remix culture it has generated have changed the way in which knowledge and learning are constructed. The last decade since the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) launched the Open Courseware initiative (OCW) in 2002 has seen a significant increase in the number of initiatives related to Open Educational Resources (OER) and open education in general. New institutions, with different objectives and business models, are emerging rapidly outside traditional universities: start-ups that offer free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), consortia of universities from four continents that share teaching materials and infrastructure, and universities where classes are taught by the students themselves.
This paper seeks to provide a historical overview of developments in the world of open education and a look at the key challenges that it faces. It considers how technology has altered the way in which information is obtained and shared and the consequences this has for the organization of education, from online learning to the flipped classroom. It also shows how roles and the balance of power between producers and consumers of content have become blurred leading to new possibilities for learning in different ways such as MOOCs, from peers and networks, etc. The new learning opportunities on offer can reach new groups of learners, a challenge that universities cannot ignore. Delete the scoop?
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Why most of what currently excites the ed-tech world is hot air: MOOCs, Learning Analytics and Open Education Resources, amongst other fads. I already know what my new year’s resolution will be. As... Via Robert Farrow Delete the scoop?
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Using mLearning and MOOCs to understand chaos, emergence, and complexity in education Via Robert Farrow
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January 21, 3:55 AM
In this paper, we look at how the massive open online course (MOOC) format developed by connectivist researchers and enthusiasts can help analyze the complexity, emergence, and chaos at work in the field of education today. We do this through the prism of a MobiMOOC, a six-week course focusing on mLearning that ran from April to May 2011. MobiMOOC embraced the core MOOC components of self-organization, connectedness, openness, complexity, and the resulting chaos, and, as such, serves as an interesting paradigm for new educational orders that are currently emerging in the field. We discuss the nature of participation in MobiMOOC, the use of mobile technology and social media, and how these factors contributed to a chaotic learning environment with emerging phenomena. These emerging phenomena resulted in a transformative educational paradigm. Delete the scoop?
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Known for innovation in higher education, the Netherlands is aggressively pioneering OER’s use in universities, while developing long-term plans to meet institutional and national objectives.Watch a video clip in which key authorities talk about developing a coherent strategy and raise some important issues for educators around the world to consider.We offer ten questions to raise as your institution devises its own OER plans and policies.
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January 21, 4:02 AM
Key findings of the survey include: Use of OER material remains consistent but low, with little increase seen over time; 50 percent reported that they “Currently use” OER content in online courses in 2011, while 49 percent reported that they “Currently use” OER material in 2009More than 50 percent of chief academic leaders have a very positive view of OER material and its potential value to their institutionChief Academic Officers and faculty report that key barriers to adopting OER are the lack of a single, comprehensive catalog of content, difficulty finding content, and concerns about time and energy spent selecting and evaluating the materialPublic non-profit institutions are most aware of OER material; nearly 60 percent report being “Aware” or “Very aware”Open Education Resources are not well known among chief academic officers; one-half are either “Not aware” or are only “Somewhat aware”Delete the scoop?
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The document's authors want to make sure that the rapid rise of MOOCs and other digital tools does not obscure traditional obligations to students. Via Dawne Tortorella, Robert Farrow 
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January 24, 1:20 PM
My fear is that higher education will co-op MOOCs. We are already seeing changes that are driven by higher ed and not learners. It is vitally important that students who are committed to learning, irregardless of credit - paid certificates - transferability to certain universities, have a strong voice that is not just heard, but present at the table. Delete the scoop?
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Boundless, the company that builds on existing open educational resources to provide free alternatives to traditionally costly college textbooks, has released 18 open textbooks under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA), the same license used by Wikipedia. Schools, students and the general public are free to share and remix these textbooks under this license. The 18 textbooks cover timeless college subjects, such as accounting, biology,chemistry, sociology, and economics. Boundless reports that students at more than half of US colleges have used its resources, and that they expect its number of users to grow. Via Robert Farrow Delete the scoop?
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Open Educational Resources | Learn about Open Educational Resources on instaGrok, the research engine Via Andreas Link, Robert Farrow
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One of the things I've most appreciated about the MOOCs I've participated in is the work faculty and providers have done to make quality resources available free. It certainly makes a big difference in affordable learning. Delete the scoop?
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Nothing has more potential to let us reimagine higher education than massive open online course, or MOOC, platforms. Via Robert Farrow Delete the scoop?
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So what happens when Google, Amazon, and your local library come up short in your quest for free educational eBooks? Via Robert Farrow Delete the scoop?
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OER include full courses, course materials, knowledge activities, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support… Via Robert Farrow Delete the scoop?
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Download 650 free courses from Stanford, Yale, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley and other great universities to your computer or mobile device. Via Robert Farrow Delete the scoop?
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A mood of unsurprised disappointment amongst media commentators accompanied Friday’s release of India’s Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2012 on ... Continue reading Via Robert Farrow Delete the scoop?
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In this way, these MOOCx, or rather our reaction to them, have not disrupted the Academy at all. To the contrary they reinforce the established academic canon in a sphere where a new, more egalitarian dispensation was gaining a foothold. To an extent these MOOCx and the automatic legitimacy they have been granted may have the result of delegitimising of all else before them. Of course, this too often is a necessary by product of “progress”: early innovators – true believers – often get trampled underfoot when the big boys join the party. So we accept it, bitterly maybe, but happy that open and distance learning is finally getting the recognition it deserves. This alone will disrupt the established order. Via Yishay Mor, Robert Farrow 
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December 21, 2012 6:51 PM
MOOCx perpetuate content-centric learning rather than innovation. Delete the scoop?
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