Over the years, I have worked on a lot of large educational technology projects across all grade levels and subject areas. Many have been grant-funded; some have been funded through instructional materials or other school operating budgets. Most have involved
“Is Open Source too difficult?” and how do we avoid being just a fringe movement?
Steve O’Connor> wrote a thought-provoking post “Is Open Source too difficult?” in response to the formation of the K-12 Open Source Community on ning. I’ve been slow to respond, in part, because life is a bit chaotic for me right
What You Can Do – Idea #1
For OER to be successful, lots of people need to participate. Not just in creating OER, but also in using it, modifying it, and generally making it useful. In order for this movement to take off and reach its potential,
Open ed workshops
I am doing some new open ed workshops for schools and am rethinking my approach a bit. (I am constantly revamping my workshops.) I’m leaning more toward focusing mainly on what I call open “building blocks” (photos, clip art, music,
Who controls our content, and what will be our reaction?
Last year at NECC (the largest ed tech conference in the U.S.), there was quite a stir when the organizing group, ISTE, issued a statement prohibiting audio/video recording without the written permission of both the presenter and ISTE. After a