pragmatism over zeal
Lots going around late today about Adam Bosworth’s closing keyonte (links to audio) at the MySQL conference. I enjoyed Ryan Tomayko’s writeup most, especially this deceivingly simple line:
Systems that were designed through observation of the web and/or in adherence to the core principles of the web must be more suitable to the web than those that were not.
This recognition will either make or break the entire open education movement, including eduCommons and the OpenCourseWares.
Tufts OCW has launched, with course materials in medicine, nutrition, veterinary science, etc. The OCW Finder now includes the Tufts courses as well.
At the request of list members, I am republishing part of the exchange on IT Forum between myself and Larry Lipsitz, and absolutely great guy who publishes Educational Technology Magazine. I’ll leave it to you to guess which voice I am. 
Continue reading ‘IT Forum Debate on Open Education and Publishing’
Every so often I get the almost irresistable itch to write some code… Oishii! was my most recent attempt until today. So I’m happy to announce the OpenCourseWare Finder, a remix of the succulent delicious director that lets you interactively browse/search OpenCourseWare materials from several schools. I’d love to hear what you think about it…
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