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Dramatic Growth of Open Access December 31, 2016

Dramatic Growth of Open Access December 31, 2016 | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Download data here  Highlights Arguably the best indicator of the global collaborative growth of open access, whether throug
R Hollingsworth's curator insight, January 13, 2017 9:00 AM
Great list of the various aggregators of OER - and compelling portrait of growth in OA in general. For example, Internet Archive (which includes A/V) has hit a new milestone: "11 million texts (up from 8.8 million at the end of 2015, a 26% growth rate."
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IDP Database of Research on International Education

IDP Education conducts research to explore issues that affect international education, such as the drivers of student mobility and perceptions of study destinations. We also lead a program of IELTS reserach and partner with the Database of Research on International Education
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Compendium of case studies about Open Education in the Mediterranean: now online!

Compendium of case studies about Open Education in the Mediterranean: now online! | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
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Redefining Open: MOOCs and Online Courseware in the Age of Creative Commons and Wikipedia | Research | Intelligent Television

Redefining Open: MOOCs and Online Courseware in the Age of Creative Commons and Wikipedia | Research | Intelligent Television | The 21st Century | Scoop.it


There is no doubt now that the video production community with new stakes in education is growing, as is the educational community with new stakes in video production.  Books will forever be important, and in-class, in-person instruction will forever be as essential to effective teaching as it is to parenting, but video has become the dominant communications medium of many of our lives, and screens – computer screens, cell phone screens, and tablets – the new, dominant form of information transmission.  

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Did you say free? Educators turn to textbooks that cost nothing, as U.S. Department of Education throws its weight behind them

Did you say free? Educators turn to textbooks that cost nothing, as U.S. Department of Education throws its weight behind them | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
The avant-garde of educators on social media went aflutter last week as the U.S. Department of Education announced new developments in its effort to assist schools that embark on plans to ditch old-sc
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Pedagogy, Technology, and the Example of Open Educational Resources

Pedagogy, Technology, and the Example of Open Educational Resources | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
When no meaningful relationship exists between an educational technology and pedagogy, the tool itself loses value. Open educational resources provide a relevant example of how pedagogy can point toward a richer way to integrate technology into our courses and our teaching philosophies.
Dan Memmott's curator insight, June 9, 2016 12:21 AM
Collaboration breeds creativity 

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Some Entry Points for Education Leaders To #GoOpen

Some Entry Points for Education Leaders To #GoOpen | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
After looking at the impressive work done by districts like the Williamsfield Community Unified School District, all school leaders should be putting the investigation of Open Educational Resources at the top of their to-do lists.
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A Guide to Top Academic Search Engines and Databases for Scholars - TechnoDuet

A Guide to Top Academic Search Engines and Databases for Scholars - TechnoDuet | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
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The Open Educational Resources Impact Map: researching impact through openness and collaboration.

The Open Educational Resources Impact Map: researching impact through openness and collaboration. | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Much sharing and use of open educational resources (OER) is relatively informal, difficult to observe, and part of a wider pattern of open activity. What the open education movement needs is a way ...
Margarita Gutiérrez's curator insight, January 14, 2015 3:45 AM

Los OER son el futuro de la educación

 

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Open Textbook Library

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Carlos Fosca's curator insight, October 19, 2014 7:51 AM

Extraordinaria iniciativa que puede facilitar enormemente el acceso a libros texto desarrollados de manera colaborativa por profesores especialistas de todo el mundo.

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ePedagogies, Social Media and Open Practices

National Teaching Fellow 2012 EDEN fellow 2013 Ascilite fellow 2012 E-pedagogies, social media and open practices Gráinne Conole, University of Leicester …
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Open Education Matters: Why is it important to share content? - YouTube

3rd place winner on the "Why Open Education Matters" contest of the US Dept. of Education http://www.ed.gov/blog/2012/07/why-open-education-matters-video-com...
Fiona Harvey's curator insight, September 19, 2014 3:48 PM

Really nice, simple video - gets the message across.  How can we apply this to MOOCs for example? 

Henriette Kootstra's curator insight, September 23, 2014 10:59 AM

Interessant filmpje over de voordelen van het delen van kennis en onderwijs wereldwijd.

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Open Book Publishers - Open Book Publishers

Open Book Publishers - Open Book Publishers | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

We publish high-quality, open access academic research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Read all our books for free online.

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Open Access Week

Open Access Week | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
A global event now in its 9th year, promoting Open Access as the new default in scholarship and research.
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4 Special Features of Teacher Resource OpenEd - Class Tech Tips

4 Special Features of Teacher Resource OpenEd - Class Tech Tips | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
OpenEd is an open educational resource library for teachers. It contains videos, games and formative assessments from across the Internet all in one place.
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An introduction to open access | Jisc

An introduction to open access | Jisc | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Víctor Xepiti Eme's curator insight, August 9, 2016 7:04 PM

Open access can be more than making research available to read, but also allowing others to re-use that research. For example, allowing the content to be analysed using text mining1 or reused for commercial purposes. Research data is also increasingly made available openly.

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The Missing Link to Open Educational Resources: A Search Engine (EdSurge News)

The Missing Link to Open Educational Resources: A Search Engine (EdSurge News) | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Andrew Carnegie believed “There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as a free public library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.” To actualize this belief, he donated ...
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How To Find Openly Licensed Educational Resources You Can Use [Infographic]

How To Find Openly Licensed Educational Resources You Can Use [Infographic] | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Infographic from the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning that can help you find free educational resources you can use, alter and share.
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Open Educational Resources - UEN

Open Educational Resources - UEN | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
The Utah State Office and the Utah Education Network have gathered these Open Educational Resources, such as Utah's Open Textbooks, that support the Utah Core Standards.
inspiration4kidz's curator insight, February 2, 2015 10:00 PM

Love all this free information.

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Seamlessly Access, Organize and Share OERs

Seamlessly Access, Organize and Share OERs | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
By Jennifer Aalgaard - Curriculum Foundry, an OER platform that puts the right digital curriculum into the hands of teachers and students.
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Share My Lesson, Clever Team Up to Meet Teachers' Classroom Needs

Share My Lesson, Clever Team Up to Meet Teachers' Classroom Needs | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Popular AFT-supported Share My Lesson is collaborating with Clever to help streamline the classroom experience for teachers.
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The Library of the 21st century, through its online repository, is transforming the role of academic publishing. Enabling access is what librarians do.

The Library of the 21st century, through its online repository, is transforming the role of academic publishing. Enabling access is what librarians do. | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
    This is a weekly series highlighting Open Access Button users from around the world, discussing their work, and sharing their stories. If you would like to participate, please email o...
Michael Millard's curator insight, October 14, 2014 11:56 PM

Något vi diskuterade i lärarrummet nyligen.