I’ve just attended another interesting Connexions conference, and now it’s time to dump a few ideas out here so I can get to sleep. Conference summary After a nice welcome and introduction, the first panel shared major content projects, demonstrating the supreme importance the Connexions team places on the content.…
Consortia as far as the eye can see! But why pay the fee?
It seems every time I turn around a new consortium has popped up somewhere on the Open Education landscape. While I see the value of like-minded folks coming together to compare notes, discuss interoperability, etc, I have to wonder if many of them couldn’t operate just as well as chapters…
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…