HB418, passed by the NH Legislature requires all state agencies to use “open source software when acquiring software and promotes the use of open data formats by state agencies. ” The Bill goes on to define the term “open source” and boldly states “The Department states proprietary solutions will require agency justification to the Department and approval of the proprietary… (more…)
Categotry Archives: OCW/OER
A new year and a new venture. I’m currently enrolled in the Open Education course hosted by David Wiley: http://openeducation.us/welcome and working my way towards some badges. I’ve begun a study group to work through this course with me: The OER Taskforce for the ESC Center for Distance Learning. We will earn badges together, and at the same time work… (more…)
As we wait for the dawn of this new year
Every year, at about this time, I make a list of all the things I accomplished during the year. It helps me to reflect on the year, stimulates my memory, and encourages me. So, as the New Year has arrived in various parts of the world already and is moving around the globe, I wanted to add my two cents… (more…)
A Challenge begins
Stanford University has begun opening up some of its courses to the world, for free. This fall they offered three of them, and beginning in January they are offering seven more. The enrollments for the the fall courses reached in the range of 60,000–yes, 60,000 students. No, you don’t get credit from Stanford for the courses, but technically you could… (more…)
- A critical look at education: assessment of learning, institutional assessments, and assessments of the education system
Open Education Week: March 5 – 10, 2012
The OpenCourseWare Consortium announces the first annual Open Education Week from March 5-10, 2012. Open Education Week is a global event that seeks to raise awareness about the benefits of free and open sharing in education, especially Open Educational Resources (OER). OER are high-quality, free and open educational materials that offer opportunities for people anywhere in the world to share, use and reuse. “The vision of the open education movement is to create a world in which the desire to learn is fully met by the opportunity to do so, where everyone, everywhere, is able to access affordable, educationally and culturally appropriate opportunities to gain whatever knowledge or training they desire.-
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