It may seem strangely ironic that a project like the Open Course Library received the People’s Choice award for “most accessible” since our finished product is not yet available. (If it’s so accessible, where is it??) Let me explain. Accessibility and universal design principles have been a priority from the…
Looking back at Open Ed 2010, looking forward to 2011
Today I reviewed some presentations from Open Ed 2010 and thought about the last several years of the Open Education movement. Here are a couple clips from the Barcelona conference, starting with a nice overview from my favorite OER advocate, Hal Plotkin: Hal Plotkin: impressions about Open Ed 2010…
Free Samples – USU OpenCourseWare is a Virtual Visitor’s Center: Part 2
David Wiley left a comment on my last post about USU OpenCourseWare sustainability that sparked a new post. David’s comment: I think the problem of the moment is that every person on campus is asking, with regard to their specific program, “how do you justify NOT paying for it?” And…
USU OpenCourseWare is a Virtual Visitor’s Center
I’ve been talking to several schools about how they fund their OpenCourseWare programs. The more I do, the more I see that most OCWs are simply not going to make money. That is not their aim. So what does it mean to be sustainable or self-sustaining? Does it always involve…
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…