Author: karen

I’ve refined my awareness presentation about Open Ed: Free Content + Open Tools + Mass Collaboration = Learning for All view presentation (tags: creative_commons open_source oer xiaohang) This info and all the links (as well as the ODP, handouts, etc.)

I am very excited that the new build-your-own-glossary feature is up on the Kids Open Dictionary. Try it out and let me know what you think.  (We’re still refining and adding features.) I’m excited about this for a couple reasons.

Ed Week recently published an article about Open Ed. I thought it was a pretty good article (aside from misquoting me twice* and misspelling my name :). This article definitely shows the growing attention to Open Ed in K-12. Here

Here is an interesting poll of K-12 educators about their awareness of open licenses and CC. (Note that at the time I’m posting this, the sample size is pretty small.) My own experience in surveying hundreds of people at ed

Jimmy Wales was recently a guest at the Long Now forum with Stewart Brand. The podcast was very thought-provoking. (Summary here; MP3 here.) Here are some random notes and reflections. Asked to speak about “vision,” Wales began by saying he