ATutor

Abstract:

ATutor is an Open Source Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS) designed with accessibility and adaptability in mind. Administrators can install or update ATutor in minutes. Educators can quickly assemble, package, and redistribute Web-based instructional content, or conduct courses online. Students learn in an adaptive learning environment. The first Open Source LCMS to adopt the IMS Content Packaging specifications.

Subject:

Science and Technology

Academic Commons

Abstract:

Sponsored by the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College, Academic Commons shares these principles with the Center's exploration of liberal arts education: (1) Free exchange: open source technology and the free and open exchange of ideas, intellectual and creative work; (2) Heterogeneity: an understanding of, and sensitivity to, different modes of inquiry and their value for the larger academic enterprise; (3) Rational evaluation: a respect for evaluative processes that are anchored within professional expertise and are based on practices of open and rational deliberation.

Subject:

Science and Technology, Social Sciences

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Ariadne (European Union)

Abstract:

The ARIADNE Foundation was created to exploit and further develop the results of the ARIADNE and ARIADNE II European Projects, which created tools and methodologies for producing, managing and reusing computer-based pedagogical elements and telematics supported training curricula.

Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Abstract:

The Berkman Center is a research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.

We investigate the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.

Subject:

Science and Technology

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

CALIBRATE (Calibrating eLearning in Schools)

Abstract:

The CALIBRATE (Calibrating eLearning in Schools) project (October 2005 – March 2008) brings together eight Ministries of Education, (including six MoEs from new member states), to carry out a multi-level project designed to support the collaborative use and exchange of learning resources in schools.

Subject:

Science and Technology

The Center for Open and Sustainable Learning

Abstract:

The Center for Open and Sustainable Learning is housed in the Instructional Technology Department at Utah State University in Logan, UT.The Center for Open and Sustainable Learning helps people access high quality learning opportunities. By evangelizing open education, developing open source software, fostering strategic partnerships, and providing related services, COSL strives to create a worldwide environment in which individuals are able to gain access to the learning opportunities they want and need, and in which open education is a respected part of the larger educational ecosystem.

CoSN K-12 Open Technologies Website

Abstract:

Welcome to the website for the new CoSN K-12 Open Technologies Leadership Initiative.

The goal of this Web site is to help educators and technologists with the planning, evaluation, decision-making, and implementation processes associated with adopting Open Technologies in K-12.

Subject:

Science and Technology, Social Sciences

Grade Level:

Primary, Secondary

Code v2

Abstract:

The objective of Code v1 and Code v2 is to introduce and defend a particular way of understanding regulation, and to describe the trend that we should expect regulation in cyberspace to take.

While Lawrence Lessig himself has strong views about preserving important liberties that cyberspace originally protected, this book does not push any particular set of values. Unlike Lessig's other books, The Future of Ideas, and Free Culture, this book has no particular political agenda.

Subject:

Arts, Business, Humanities, Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology, Social Sciences

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

CogDogBlog

Abstract:

Welcome to CogDogBlog, Alan Levine's place to bark about cool technology, web X.0 hype, weird web sites, photography, and other targets big and small.

College Open Textbooks Blog

Abstract:

"This blog was created to keep our expanding audience informed about what is going on in the world of Open Textbooks and related topics. Please read and enjoy the posts. You are encouraged to add any comments that add to the discussion."

Subject:

Arts, Business, Humanities, Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology, Social Sciences

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

College of the Rockies donates 100 math and English lessons to WikiEducator

Abstract:

WikiEducator has received a donation of 100 Math and English lessons from the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook, BC. These learning materials will be freely available under a Creative Commons license.

Copyrighetous

Abstract:

copyrighteous is where I post scraps of text on a variety of topics. It's a grab bag of short reflections and ideas (usually humorous) and longer reviews and responses to things I read or have been thinking about. The more critical pieces tend to focus on issues of free software, intellectual property and copyright, and issues of free access to knowledge.

D4PL Designing for participatory learning - Building from open source success to develop free ways to share and learn

Abstract:

The 1st international workshop "D4PL Designing for participatory learning - Building from open source success to develop free ways to share and learn" will take place co-located with the OSS2009, 5th International Conference on Open Source Systems, on June 6, 2009, Skövde, Sweden (http://oss2009.org).

The Open Source world shows how volunteer collaboration can lead to great products and to great learning. We want to further explore at this workshop what happens using approaches from that community to break barriers between teachers and learners for today's Internet-savvy young people to design and co-construct sites for participatory learning.

The aim of this workshop is to explore the barriers for this type of learning in higher education settings. Content creation, knowledge exchange, community dynamics, and the impact on the boundary between formal and informal education are key subjects of this workshop!

Subject:

Science and Technology, Social Sciences

Grade Level:

Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary

DSpace

Abstract:

The DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material.

Research institutions worldwide use this open source system in a variety of ways -- as an institutional repository, a learning object repository, for records management, and more.

Subject:

Science and Technology

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Digging Digitally

Abstract:

Archaeology, data sharing, digitally enabled research and education. A weblog for archeology and the Internet, and semi-official news of the SAA Digital Data Internet Group.

Subject:

Science and Technology

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference

Abstract:

Focused on the theme "Information Futures: Aligning Our Missions," the diverse program offers a variety of ways to gather information, meet with peers in the higher education IT community, and hear from leading figures in the field—including preconference seminars; track and poster sessions; small group meetings; and corporate exhibits, presentations, and workshops.

Subject:

Science and Technology

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

ELGG

Abstract:

Elgg is an open source social networking platform based around choice, flexibility and openness: a system that firmly places individuals at the centre of their activities.

Your users have the freedom to incorporate all their favorite tools within one environment and showcase their content with as many or as few people as they choose, all within a social networking site that you control.

The Economics of Open Content Symposium

Abstract:

On January 23-24, 2006, Intelligent Television hosts the Economics of Open Content symposium at MIT to bring together representatives from media industries, cultural and educational institutions, and legal and business minds to discuss how to make open content happen better and faster.

Topics include Collaboration and the Marketplace, New Models of Creative Production in the Digital Age, Keynote Address: Openness as an Ethos, The Wealth of Networks, The Economics of Knowledge as a Public Good, The Economics of Open Courseware, The Economics of Open Text, Convergence Culture: Consumer Participation and the Economics of Mass Media, The Economics of the Music Industry, If Only We Knew Yesterday What We Know Today, The Economics of Open Archives, Museums, and Libraries, The Economics of the Public Domain, The Economics of Film and Television, The New Economics of Gaming, Everything is Miscellaneous, Business Interests in Open Content, Next Steps: Cooperation Across Institutions and Industries

Subject:

Science and Technology, Social Sciences

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

EdTechPost: Technologies for Learning, Thinking and Collaborating

Abstract:

Scott Leslie is an educational technology researcher and emerging technology analyst. He currently works as the Manager of the BCcampus Learning Resources Centre, a multi-disciplinary 'open content' repository. In addition, he researches course management systems, repository and eportfolio software with Dr. Bruce Landon as part of the Western Cooperative on Educational Telecommunications' (WCET) Edutools.info team.