Open Organ Resources? Lessons from Sharing

You should read this post by Cable Green before proceeding below. In 2001, MIT President Charles Vest’s annual report was titled Disturbing the Educational Universe: Universities in the Digital Age — Dinosaurs or Prometheans?. It is an absolutely seminal piece of writing in open education that is, sadly, underappreciated today. To most people, Prometheus is … Read more

Showing #OpenGratitude for: Open Textbook Network

This is another post in my series of posts showing gratitude and appreciation for members of the open education community. Today I’m going to focus on the Open Textbook Network. From their website: The Open Textbook Network (OTN) helps higher education institutions and systems advance the use of open textbooks and practices on their campuses. We maintain … Read more

Showing #OpenGratitude for: BCcampus OpenEd

This is another post in my series of posts showing gratitude and appreciation for members of the open education community. Today I’m going to focus onBCcampus OpenEd. It’s difficult to fully wrap one’s mind around all the things they do. Their cornerstone project is amazing BC Open Textbooks Collection. They do unique and valuable work in the Trades … Read more