To launch the newly formed Open Education Group and as part of Open Education week we are asking you to make a commitment to Open Education. By signing and acting on the commitment below.
“I will, whenever possible, release the educational content I produce under an open licence and whenever I am looking for resources for education I will endeavour to seek out content with an open licence.” 
Last week, I visited the AcessAbility Centre at University of Leicester. It had been suggested to me that it might be good if I found out more about accessibility requirements for learning material... Via Terese Bird Animated video introducing the concept of a "Massive Open Online Course" Via Dr. Nellie Deutsch, Anne-Christin Tannhäuser 
Guest author Wes Burns introduces four different tools that provide free file sharing functionality. This document is an introduction to Open Learning. It examines briefly what “Open” means and the different facets of the open movement and what “Learning” means and how it is different for every person. Via Andreas Link Video Presentation by Ms. Trudi van Wyk, Education Specialist -eLearning, Commonwealth of Learning for Open Education Week, 5 - 10 March 2012 (Worldwide). Via Andreas Link 
Your education doesn't have to stop once you get out of school—being free of the classroom just means you have more control over what you learn and when you learn it. Via Robert Farrow, Tim Seal 
Australia is ranked first among English-speaking counties and second in the world in leading a global, digital, open education revolution. For years the Australian government has been creating a world-class digital infrastructure with opportunities for all Australians to benefit from a digital economy. It is working with the publishing, copyright, digital content, and creative industries with two key initiatives: the National Broadband Network and the Digital Education Revolution. The Australian government has invested over AUD $2.4 billion (US $2.56 billion) to support these initiatives. Via OLnet Team 
Join us for the third in our series of four evening functions - get hands on as we show you how to use 21st Century tools the Siyavula way! Lectora e-Learning Software Hosts Free Webinar with Time-Saving Tips | Blog Interact® Press Releases
Attendees Will Learn How to Create, Share & Reuse Library Objects in Lectora e-Learning Software Cincinnati, OH (PRWEB) May 14, 2012 Lectora® e-Learning software will host a free e-Learning webinar Wednesday, May 16 to demonstrate how to ... 
Sustaining the Open Educational Resource (OER) movement requires an understanding of the drivers and barriers to stakeholders engaging with it. This workshop will consider what can be learned from the OER Impact Study, the synthesis and evaluation of the JISC OER phase 1 and 2 projects, and OlNet, to highlight what research tells us about stakeholder engagement and the reasons for it, lessons learnt, and what the movement can do and is doing, going forward. Presentations will be followed by an opportunity for delegates to contribute to the ongoing discussion around sustainability by considering ‘where do we go from here?’ 
The Spartacus Educational website provides a series of free history encyclopaedias. Entries usually include a narrative, illustrations and primary sources. The text within each entry is linked to other relevant pages in the encyclopaedia. In this way it is possible to research individual people and events in great detail. The sources are also hyper-linked so the student is able to find out about the writer, artist, newspaper and organization that produced the material. Via Ana Cristina Pratas |
Ed tech professionals offer five tips for approaching professional development that will help smooth the way to adoption of open educational resources. 
Welcome to the Lets Talk About It learning resource. This resource covers a number of topics each shown on the left hand side of the screen. The learning resources are designed for use by teachers, home educators and individuals. 
Banning is not the answer. Administrators need policies for today's students and teachers need to update outdated practices. We're well into the 21st century and it's time for schools to encourage educators to start using methods that will prepare students for their future rather than relying on the comfortable policies and methods of the past. Via Donna Browne A one day forum discussing the use of OERs in Art, Design and Media in HE. Organised by the HEA ADM and held at the University of Brighton 16/5/12. Via Tim Seal 
Developing PGCE students' research as OER to improve reflective enquiry and pedagogic practice Via Tim Seal 
Open content licensing for educators is a free online workshop designed for educators who want to learn more about open education resources, copyright, and creative commons licenses. Via Anne-Christin Tannhäuser 
... new models, new markets, new media! This EADTU conference will take place 27-28 September 2012 in Paphos, Cyprus, and the deadline for submitting papers has been extended to 1st June 2012 Via Anne-Christin Tannhäuser 
The Faculties are a new, free educational resource for secondary schools and especially those A-level students thinking about applying to University. Via Tim Seal 
My 11 year old son just took a course at Stanford. That has a nice ring to it but it is actually meaningless because these days anyone can take a course at Stanford. You don’t even have to pay. Via markusmind 
The computer – or, most specifically, the global Internet connected to it – is ultimately disruptive, not just to the classroom learning experience, but to the entire rationale of the classroom, the school, the institution of learning, says Mark Pesce Via OLnet Team |
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