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Announcing the OERRH/MERLOT collaboration

I’m pleased to announce that our collaborative research with the MERLOT network is being launched today. Based at California State University, MERLOT is a free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services contributed and used by an international education community. We’re very pleased to…

August 4, 2014
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OER Research Hub: July Round-Up

What’s been happening at the Hub in July? It’s time for our monthly news round-up! Open Textbook Bonanza July kicked off with the release of a range of our research on open textbooks during the aptly named Open Textbook Research week. With contributors from all of our fantastic open textbook collaborators, this…

July 30, 2014
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Listen to Barbara Illowsky on the Journey of Collaborative Statistics! (Part Two)

This is the second part of an interview with Barbara Illowsky, OCWC Educator ACE Award winner, Professor of Math and Statistics at De Anza College and co-author of the OpenStax College open textbook Introductory Statistics (previously Collaborative Statistics). Read the first part of this interview to find out more about Barbara, De Anza College, the impact of high…

July 24, 2014
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Listen to Barbara Illowsky on the Journey of Collaborative Statistics! (Part One)

Earlier in the year I posted transcribed excerpts from an interview with OCWC Educator ACE Award winner, Professor of Math and Statistics at De Anza College and co-author of the OpenStax College open textbook Introductory Statistics (previously Collaborative Statistics) Barbara Illowsky. You can find my original post on the OpenEd13 interview here, which is still worth checking out for…

July 24, 2014
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Open Knowledge Festival 2014

Earlier this week I was lucky enough to head to Berlin with colleagues Rob Farrow and Martin Weller to participate in the Open Knowledge Festival (#okfest14) Open Minds to Open Action at the amazing Kulturbrauerei… Thank to everyone we spoke to over the course of the festival; it was great to…

July 18, 2014
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EdTech is Widening Skills and Achievement Divides. Why Not Narrow the Engagement Divide?

Elaine Heinzman outlines the case for public OER that can help children from less affluent backgrounds to develop their learning and technology skills.

July 18, 2014
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The Role of OER in a New World of MOOC

Recently I attended a mini conference dedicated to Open Educational Resources (OER). I found it to be quite interesting as there aren’t many events completely dedicated to OER these days. In fact, the organizers made it quite clear that the event was exclusively for discussing all matters OER. However, maybe…

July 8, 2014
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The iceberg model of OER engagement

(reblogged from Martin’s blog) I’m pretty sure I’m the first person to ever use the iceberg analogy… I’ve been pondering ways of thinking about open education awareness, and OER usage that might help shape OER policy. So here’s one I want to try out. Open education in general, and OERs…

July 7, 2014
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Hay fevOER: a June update

It is that time of the year when I get watery eyes, a runny nose and I feel I could sneeze my way to the end of the world, but would that stop me from updating you guys on what we’ve been up to in June? Hang on, let me…

July 7, 2014
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Elise Adamson on OpenStax College Textbooks

Earlier in the week we heard from Paul Shaber on his experiences of using OpenStax College (OSC) textbooks. Today we’re going to hear from two more educators, who I was fortunate enough to speak with earlier in the year: Elise Adamson and Adrienne Williams. This post is dedicated to excerpts from Elise’s…

July 4, 2014

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