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
Digital Badges For Lifelong Learning Competition Announced
From the Digital Media & Learning competition website: This Competition focuses on building digital badges for lifelong learning. The Competition is designed to encourage individuals and organizations to create digital tools that support, identify, recognize, measure, and account for new skills, competencies, knowledge, and achievements for 21st century learners wherever…
Upcoming Saylor Foundation Open Textbook Challenge
From the College Open Textbooks blog: To spur authors to openly license their work, the Saylor Foundation will offer a $20,000 award for submitted textbooks accepted for use in our course materials after a round of peer reviews. To be eligible for the award, the author(s) must agree to license…
Where are your courses, Mr. Most Accessible?
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…