What a great idea! DeAnza College has a community service learning project that involves developing open educational resources. They suggest several projects that students can contribute to. What a phenomenal way to teach about OER while contributing something to the
Want to stop buying textbooks?
I was on a panel discussion on open content in K-12 education and was asked “What advice would you give to a superintendent, principal, or curriculum director who would like to stop buying textbooks? ” Here is a response to
Open education discussion tonight
There is a discussion of open content in education tonight on the Future of Education. Hope you’ll join us there, but if you can’t make it, a recording will be posted.
Dictionary hits 20% and 5,000 words
Thanks to the hard work of a dedicated group of contributors, the Kids Open Dictionary has hit 5,000 words, marking 20% of our total word list. If you haven’t stopped by and defined a word, give it a try. Your
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