Learning objects in project-based learning

Here’s the paper I’ll be presenting at the “Learning Objects Symposium”:http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/symposium2003.htm at this year’s EdMedia: Using O2 to Overcome Learning Objects Limitations. It explains what I feel are some of the weaknesses with the ways people have traditionally thought about LOs (this will sound familiar if you know my work), and describes a project we … Read more

Why cc.edu is a good thing

Unsurprisingly, before the license language has even been announced folks have begun arguing that the Creative Commons Education (cc.edu) license is a bad thing. Below I present an extended argument explaining why cc.edu is a great thing for the “open education” movement and similar efforts. The draft language should be appearing on the Creative Commons site: http://creativecommons.org/ later today.

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