Recently I contrasted ds106 with a course in statistics from Udacity, as part of my participation in a course on Open Education from the Open University. I got very frustrated writing that post because I felt constrained by the script, by the instructions.…
Tag Archives: Open Access, open ed, OER
MOOCs I have known
So far in 2013, while on sabbatical, I’ve actively participated in two MOOCs (Massive, Open, Online Courses): the OU course on Open Education, and ETMOOC (Educational Technology and Media MOOC). The latter was one of the best educational and professional development experiences I have ever had.…
Why do I care if I’m attributed?
During one of the Twitter chats for the ETMOOC topic on “The Open Movement – Open Access, OERs & Future of Ed,” Pat Lockley Tweeted this:
#etmchat – most of github is now unlicensed, I think we are moving into a post-license world
— patlockley (@patlockley) March 7, 2013
We were talking about sharing our educational or other work, why some people find this difficult, the difference between “open access” and things being open in a wider sense, and more.…
(etmooc) On openness and panopticism
“Panopticon,” cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by chad_k
A year or two ago a student came into my office and told me about some podcasts he had been listening to, which consisted of some lectures by a well-known philosopher as part of one of his university courses.…