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opencontent Readers of my blog know how much respect I have for Stephen Downes. He’s a pillar of morality in our community, with a never-swerving dedication to his idea of what is right. I love him for it. It’s that love and respect that makes me me sit up and want desperately to understand when Stephen … Read more
BadgeWidgetHack is a very basic, lightweight OBI-compliant badge displayer. The UI is not very sexy, but I figure that’s ok since you only have to use it once. After you walk through the wizard you receive some Javascript you can embed in your blog or elsewhere (see you can see it running at the bottom … Read more
I had a chance to learn more about Boundless last week. Extraordinarily interesting stuff. Boundless is definitely “an OER company.” A Boundless textbook is comprised of 95% or more pre-existing OER, with a very minimal amount of newly written material. Their development model appears to be as follows: take a popular textbook, analyze its structure … Read more