Comments on: Openness, Networks, and the Disaggregation of Higher Education

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:37:18 +0000

We are following the Wikiversity Course on OER at the moment. It'd be interesting to read (or see or hear) what you say on the web.

By: Valentina Comba

Valentina Comba — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:31:56 +0000

Dear David,
I do share your point of view. A brilliant support to OER has been Fred Mulder’ sspeech (Rector of the Open University -The Netherlands) at the 2007 EADTU conference.
In Italy there is still a certain resistance to Open Access in general, and in particular to OER.
I try, in my position of University of Bologna E-Learning Centre to share and support this new approach, especially in my teaching ( I recently finished to produce an e-learning course in information literacy devoted to medical doctors, where I explain the advantages of open educational resources).
Yours
Valentina Comba

By: leighblackall

leighblackall — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:31:29 +0000

all quiet on the Southern front.

Great abstracts though – there’s plenty to cite hey

By: ismael

ismael — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:51:36 +0000

Hi David,

About point (2), please check
http://ictlogy.net/bibciter/reports/bibliographies.php?idb=33
which is a collection of articles and speeches about the “personal research portal”. “Core” article is cited at the beginning. Then you find other articles and some slides.

Best,

Ismael.

By: Stephen Downes

Stephen Downes — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:18:54 +0000

Screaming? Who screams…?

I’ve done quite a bit of stuff on groups and networks over the last couple of years. One thing that might not Google well is ‘That Group Feeling’, which I think you might enjoy.
http://www.downes.ca/post/38554

By: Chris G

Chris G — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:23:32 +0000

Also see this paper by Jim Taylor on the Meta-University concept:

http://www.usq.edu.au/electpub/e-jist/docs/vol10_no1/papers/full_papers/taylorj.htm

By: Chris G

Chris G — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:21:32 +0000

David – there’s quite a bit about this from the online/distance learning perspective, also the course redesign (blended learning) perspective.

What you’re talking about builds on work like this: Twigg, C. (2001). Innovations in online learning: Moving beyond no significant difference, Troy: The Pew Learning and Technology Program.

http://www.center.rpi.edu/Monographs/Mono4.pdf

I haven’t seen anything yet from the OER perspective – looking forward to seeing how you approach it.