Three More Open Everything Projects
Here are three open education resource projects worth exploring. I categorize these here under my larger umbrella of "open everything" because many people think only of open source software when they hear the word "open" attached to (educational) resources. Open textbooks and other resources make the category much wider and it is also getting deeper every day.
OCW Scholar courses from MIT are designed for independent learners who have few additional resources available to them. The courses are substantially more complete than typical OCW courses and include new custom-created content as well as materials repurposed from MIT classrooms. The materials are are also arranged in logical sequences and include multimedia such as video and simulations.
SmartHistory Kickstarter is a campaign to create 100 new art history videos. See the blog post by Philipp Schmidt, Director and co-founder of the Peer 2 Peer University and watch the SmartHistory video there.
Smarthistory.org is a Webby-award winning, free and open educational resource for the study of art history. Smarthistory was created by two art historians, Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, each with twenty years of teaching experience, who saw an opportunity to use conversation and the web to make art history accessible to their students. The Smarthistory website currently covers more than 300 works of art and is fast becoming a viable alternative to the commercial textbook.
Commonwealth of Learning President and Chief Executive Officer Sir John Daniel says that the World Library of Science announced on January 14 is "the most important event of the year for the future of education globally – and certainly the most important initiative to date in the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. It is a partnership between UNESCO and the Nature Publishing Group. See http://www.col.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=107
OCW Scholar courses from MIT are designed for independent learners who have few additional resources available to them. The courses are substantially more complete than typical OCW courses and include new custom-created content as well as materials repurposed from MIT classrooms. The materials are are also arranged in logical sequences and include multimedia such as video and simulations.
SmartHistory Kickstarter is a campaign to create 100 new art history videos. See the blog post by Philipp Schmidt, Director and co-founder of the Peer 2 Peer University and watch the SmartHistory video there.
Smarthistory.org is a Webby-award winning, free and open educational resource for the study of art history. Smarthistory was created by two art historians, Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, each with twenty years of teaching experience, who saw an opportunity to use conversation and the web to make art history accessible to their students. The Smarthistory website currently covers more than 300 works of art and is fast becoming a viable alternative to the commercial textbook.
Commonwealth of Learning President and Chief Executive Officer Sir John Daniel says that the World Library of Science announced on January 14 is "the most important event of the year for the future of education globally – and certainly the most important initiative to date in the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. It is a partnership between UNESCO and the Nature Publishing Group. See http://www.col.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=107
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