I have recently completed a four-week online Future Learn course on the poetry of Robert Frost. Robert Frost: The American Voice This course is offered by Ralston College. I came across it because I subscribe to Ralston College’s newsletter. I… Continue reading →| Jenny Connected
A later timing this year (June instead of April) for ALT’s Open Education Conference meant that for a few months last year, some wondered whether the conference would be held at all. Most ha…| Catherine Cronin
At the recent OER24 conference in Cork, Ireland, Laura Czerniewicz and I had the great honour of giving a joint keynote, in the company of another keynoter, the inimitable Rajiv Jhangiani. In addition, we were inspired by the range and depth of work shared by so many in the international open education community who presented…| Catherine Cronin
Human Teachers and AI Teachers| improving learning
I was asked to deliver the keynote address for the MI OER conference on Sept. 20th, 2024. This post is adapted from my notes after…| Is a Liminal Space
This is the video recording of my recent talk, “Why Open Education Will Become Generative AI Education.” I previously published some of the content in written form as How Generative AI Affects Open Educational Resources and Why Generative AI Is More Effective at Increasing Access to Educational Opportunity than OER.| improving learning
There is a huge number of open education / online tutorials that teach earth and environmental data science skills. However, these lessons will quickly become obsolete as tools evolve. This blog is about why simply publishing a lesson online is not enough.| Leah A. Wasser
The idea of Open Education Resources (OER) and the field of earth and environmental sciences are not new. But the terms have become popular in recent years. While I only recently identified with these terms, i’ve been working in this space for years. Here I talk about how I discovered open education in the context of building online resources.| Leah A. Wasser
Open Education Resources (OER) referred to lessons and materials that are published online for anyone to use. Here I present a few lessons learned from my experiences.| Leah A. Wasser
Did a workshop on Finding and Using Open Educational Resources (#OER) on Learning Day. Here some of the resources we checked out: http://bit.ly/oervalencia We also tried to make the case for open textbooks and OER to the Learning Council and…Read more ›| EdTechDev – Doug Holton