open content

On ZTC, OER, and a More Expansive View

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For the first decade of the modern open education movement (1998 – 2007), the distinguishing feature of our work – the thing we cared most about and talked most about – was the open licensing we applied to educational materials. MIT OCW, CMU OLI, Rice’s Connexions, my group at USU, and others applied the new … Read more

It’s a Long Game After All

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It’s a world of laughter A world of tears It’s a world of hopes And a world of fears There’s so much that we share That it’s time we’re aware It’s a long game after all. OER advocacy, like most work, is filled alternately with advances and setbacks. Speaking from firsthand experience, because I live … Read more

Everything Old is New Again: Textbooks, The Printing Press, The Internet, and OER

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There’s much to learn from history. Sadly, as Audrey Watters has frequently noted, it might be impossible to find a field of endeavor outside educational technology where more of the participants are so utterly ignorant of its history. (I hope you’re aware of and looking forward to her upcoming book on Teaching Machines.) Even within … Read more