I joined CC two years ago this January, and since then my views about CC’s role in culture and education have evolved. Back then, I was pretty much a novice to this space, though sharing in education sounded like a no brainer to me. But I’ve had time to grow with my program (CC Learn), [...]
Friday, November 20, 2009
Photo by John Britton CC BY-SA
A Peer 2 Peer University co-founder recently posed this question to our tight knit community of volunteers: “Where are we in terms of P2PU’s evolution (one guy with his shirt off, or three people falling over themselves?)” Of course, this question was in reference to this infamous YouTube video of [...]
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Current textbook initiatives give the impression that educational quality will suffer without textbooks. In response to economic crises, these initiatives focus on saving the textbook, by either reducing its cost or digitizing many of its components. However, this public perception, that educational quality will suffer without textbooks, begs the question.
Filed in Education, Open Educational Resources, Open Textbooks
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Tagged california, free digital textbook initiative, K-12 education, Open Textbooks, quality, social content review, state standards, textbook adoption, textbooks, thomas b. fordham institute
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I like Boston; it’s unassuming. The city doesn’t pretend to be anything but what it is, namely, a smallish town with high rises in some directions and green, trimmed shrubbery in others. Granted, I have not seen much of the city; having wandered to the Commons after my talk, I managed to surprise only Paul [...]
Filed in Education, Event, Open Educational Resources, Open Journalism, Open Media
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Tagged ccLearn, Creative Commons, journalism, new media, open education, Open Educational Resources, student journalism 2.0, WhippleHill, WHUC09
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What I originally thought would be the highlight of the Open Video Conference did not come to pass. Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody (The Power of Organizing Without Organizations) canceled last minute due to flight delays, sending conference organizers scrambling in the wee hours to find a suitable replacement.
