The Open CourseWare movement began in 2002 when MIT began offering its courses for free online. Since then, the Open CourseWare offerings have increased significantly, and the effects of that growth have spawned calls for credentialing of learning achieved via OCW. This year has seen some pretty spectacular progress towards this with the founding of OERU, Badges for Learning, and… (more…)
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Key Elements to Consider for E-Portfolios
For most instructors and institutions considering adopting an e-portfolio system, the focus is on assessment and accreditation. Institutions need to be able to show “growth” over time, to demonstrate learning. It is this need, generally for accreditation purposes, that has driven the interest in e-portfolios. That, however, is not the primary concern or interest of the students who will own… (more…)
A case for e-portfolios
It might seem strange that I would begin this blog with an entry on e-portfolios, but a blog is a reflection on an artifact whether it be knowledge, or a thought, or an image. E-portfolios are one of the best tools for giving students a place to collect, and reflect, on their work. Even the task of choosing which pieces… (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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