I remember back in the old days, in the early 90’s, when the Internet still seemed like a fad to most people. Back before America Online started flooding the world with its endless stream of AOL CD offers, and you couldn’t just assume everyone had email. Back in the days…
Setting the Default to “Open”
I just started a new job as Open Education Program Manager for the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC). My main challenge is getting up to speed with a major project that has been under way for several months. The Open Course Library is taking the top…
What Video Auto-Captioning Means for OER
Ever since YouTube’s official auto-captioning feature launch in early March 2010 (with a private beta back in November 2009), I can’t stop thinking about the enormous significance for OER and for the web in general. It’s huge. As you probably know, David Wiley was recently able to convince Sal Khan…
OER Access and Accessibility Session Live and on Twitter!
I will be conducting a panel session on OER access and accessibility in about an hour. It will run from 11:15am to 12:45pm CDT (UTC/GMT -5 hours). If you are not present at the OCWC Conference in Monterrey, you can connect via Elluminate web conference here: https://globalcampus.uiowa.edu/. To join the…