Archive for February, 2009

ABC Interview with Shai Reshef

Feb 25, 2009 at 11:30 am, Jared Stein

Ron Hammond sent me this interesting introductory interview with Shai Reshef, founder of University of the People. University of the People is a free, open-access online university that relies on social networking, self-directed learning, and self-forming online communities:

Notes: Brian Lamb's Keynote, The Urgency of Openness

Feb 23, 2009 at 10:10 am, Jared Stein

These notes pertain to Brian Lamb’s keynote on Feb 23, 2009 in Portland, Oregon at the ITC 2009 e-Learning conference. Resource/pres page: http://blogs.ubc.ca/open/open-up/ (more…)

IPT 692R Notes – Thurs, Feb 12, 2009

Feb 12, 2009 at 1:25 pm, Jared Stein

Today’s session of BYU’s IPT 692R was a collaborative workshop day. The following are merely my contributions to the Google Doc, posted as per Dr. Wiley’s request (more…)

IPT 692R Notes – Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009

Feb 10, 2009 at 9:39 pm, Jared Stein

At the start of today’s class session of Dr. David Wiley’s IPT 692R at BYU, Aaron offered thanks for tithe payer contributions to BYU. In response David shoots, “Let’s figure out a way to give the tithe payer a little something back.” (more…)

Estimating "Reuse / Remix" Value of 7 OER Projects

Feb 5, 2009 at 11:20 am, Jared Stein

This week I ventured to explore a number of OER projects and conduct a preliminary assessment of the reusability and remixability of the OER hosted in each. Based on earlier (albeit shallow) familiarity with some of these OER initiatives I am able to presume that the structure and technology of a selected sample OER from each is generally representative of all or most OER in the given project (more…)

OER Rogue

Feb 3, 2009 at 7:53 pm, Jared Stein

For David Wiley’s Intro to Open Ed course I had settled on the “artisan” character class, helping to round out the on-campus “guild”. Though the artisan had clear value and balance with the other classes, I was not satisfied with it for a couple of reasons (more…)

Wanted: Exemplary Reuses and Remixes of OER

Feb 2, 2009 at 7:21 pm, Jared Stein

Over the next ten weeks or so I’ll be looking at the viability and results of different methods and approaches to reusing and remixing OERs for David Wiley’s Intro to Open Ed course.

I would love to see examples of your reuses/remixes so I can highlight them in future posts, and gain new ideas and insights. Please comment, pingback, or e-mail me URLs or details!