I usually blog about open education and instructional technology, but I want to share a great campaign to help build schools and create sustainable educational programs in developing nations. The organization is called Effect International. Effect International has built a school in Bihar, India and is looking to build additional…
How To Protect Your IP Through Open Licensing (Thoughts on Pearson’s OpenClass LMS)
Pearson’s new OpenClass LMS hit the Google Apps Marketplace today. While this has already been covered in several places, I’ve had many discussions about the wide array of learning management systems out there, and the one question that comes up repeatedly is “how do we know they won’t just get…
Going Open: Lessons Learned from the Open Course Library
Scott Dennis and I presented at NorthWest eLearn in Vancouver, WA last Thursday and Friday. As usual, I threw my slides on SlideShare before the presentation. On Sunday I got an email telling me my prezi was “hot” on SlideShare. 5300 views later I am wishing I spent a little…
WA Representative Chris Reykdal at the Textbook Rebellion
WA Representative Chris Reykdal at the Textbook Rebellion #txtbktour11, originally uploaded by caswell_tom. WA Representative Chris Reykdal supporting textbook affordability at the Textbook Rebellion #txtbktour11 chrisreykdal