Open Education Resources

#1

Post by nprincigalli » Fri, May 06, 2011, 2:12 PM UTC

Open Education Resources
mindshift.kqed.org

Re: Open Education Resources

#2

Post by barry-cotter » Fri, May 06, 2011, 3:00 PM UTC

Pap. If you know Opencourseware exists there are two things worth learning on that page, ck-12 and flat world knowledge make freely downloadable textbooks.

Not worth your time.

Re: Open Education Resources

#3

Post by gbrindisi » Fri, May 06, 2011, 3:11 PM UTC

barry-cotter wrote: post #2

Pap. If you know Opencourseware exists there are two things worth learning on that page, ck-12 and flat world knowledge make freely downloadable textbooks. Not worth your time.

Clickables:

http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/

http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/

Re: Open Education Resources

#4

Post by eftpotrm » Fri, May 06, 2011, 4:29 PM UTC

I have to admit an interest in this as I work for them, but the Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/) do have quite a lot of material online....

http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/

http://open.edu/itunes/

http://www.youtube.com/user/oulearn

Re: Open Education Resources

#5

Post by huherto » Fri, May 06, 2011, 4:34 PM UTC

I am testing learnboost.com to manage a class. It works ok. But I have found a couple of wrinkles. I hope it is just a matter of time.

Re: Open Education Resources

#6

Post by jasonmcalacanis » Fri, May 06, 2011, 4:40 PM UTC

The progress in free education is astounding.

Re: Open Education Resources

#7

Post by pasbesoin » Fri, May 06, 2011, 5:26 PM UTC

gbrindisi wrote: post #3

barry-cotter wrote: post #2

Pap. If you know Opencourseware exists there are two things worth learning on that page, ck-12 and flat world knowledge make freely downloadable textbooks. Not worth your time.

Clickables: http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/ http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/

That's one lame "Javascript is off" warning, on the former.

Degrade gracefully, and let the client see something of what you have to offer. They might actually decide it's worth their while, and gather sufficient trust, to enable Javascript.

Re: Open Education Resources

#8

Post by buckwild » Fri, May 06, 2011, 5:48 PM UTC

I can't believe they didn't mention Khan Academy.

Re: Open Education Resources

#9

Post by marcomonteiro » Fri, May 06, 2011, 7:39 PM UTC

buckwild wrote: post #8

I can't believe they didn't mention Khan Academy.

That was my first thought after reading the article.

Re: Open Education Resources

#10

Post by nprincigalli » Fri, May 06, 2011, 8:06 PM UTC

buckwild wrote: post #8

I can't believe they didn't mention Khan Academy.

They do, first link in the 4th paragraph. Noticed now that Academic Earth ( http://academicearth.org/ ) is missing, tho.