Flexknowlogy – Jared Stein's ARCHIVED blog – update to jaredstein.org

When I think of open education I tend to think of it at a granular level, in terms of open educational resources (OER), opencourseware (OCW), or even the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCWC). At these more limited levels engaging in open education makes a lot of sense to me, and offers very attainable, short-term goals which serve bot the “target audience” (whoever that is) and my institution. But OER, OCW and open education are not synonymous. Open education, though often referred to as a “movement” is a broader philosophy, one which prescribes aspects of the creation, release, and access to education (more…)

In revisiting a post I drafted Saturday morning I decided to split out the following passages into a new post to isolate a few details and trivia on the history of the open education movement, mostly to facilitate explicit fulfillment of quests for IPT692R (more…)

I was working on a task for Dave Wiley’s IPT 692R course which asked me to summarize the history of the open education movement. I had begun by reflecting on the history of the internet, particularly the aspects of conflict between creators, consumers, and copyright holders. This, I figured, would help me lay out in my own mind a context for considering both the history and the future of open education. With a little tongue-in-cheek mirth and zeal for the future of openness, I typed out the following take on the history of the Internet (more…)

Those of you with PHP experience may already know by reputation how easy WordPress is to modify, and I’ve been having a lot of fun customizing themes for the past year. This is a quick and dirty post illustrating how to customize a WP theme to select a Creative Commons license for each post. (more…)

At 11 o’clock this morning I decided to sit in on David Wiley‘s Intro to Open Ed course, so after a trudging drive to the heart of Provo I parked my car at the public library and walked three blocks and up a delightful hillside path to the BYU campus. (more…)