What’s happening inside the world’s largest OER project? What patterns exist among grantee projects in their use and attitudes of OER and proprietary content? This blog post summarizes initial results of a survey conducted in February and March of 2014, exploring knowledge areas and use patterns of Open Educational Resources (OER) and proprietary educational content…
Image by Billy Meinke Attribution 4.0 International / CC BY 4.0 ? During the final two weeks of February, I spent time with the research team at the OER Research Hub at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. Supported by the Hewlett Foundation, the fellowship program brought in researchers working on OER-related projects whose work…
The topic of iBooks has gained some real momentum over the last few months. With Apple’s latest operating system “Lion,” users were also given access to iBooks Author, fully-functional software for creating iBooks. This was a big deal. To be perfectly honest, iBooks Author is a well-featured application that makes creating iBooks…enjoyable! I spent about … Continue reading
I’m proud to say that yesterday concluded the initial usability testing of my resource website. After some major changes in the way I would build out the site, the navigation was completed in Weebly. Here’s what the Home Page looked like: To be honest, I wish I had taken more time investing in the content … Continue reading
Making your ePortfolio can seem like a stressful process, but these five tips will help you put together an ePortfolio that colleagues will respect and you’ll be proud to point employers to! Let’s begin… 1) Start with a theme that fits your needs A free WordPress.com account is a simple way to get your ePorfolio moving. Sure, … Continue reading
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