Browse: OER Community Topic: Teaching and Learning

100+ Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators: A Guide to RSS and More

• Abstract: As part of my presentation for the K12 Online Conference I am publishing this 50 page document. It is a combination of the 50+ RSS Ideas for Educators document and the Teaching Hacks wiki. It is geared towards an introduction to RSS, but carries on a bit further into topics such as tagging, social bookmarking, wikis and more. Link is to a pdf document.

• Subject: Science and Technology
• Grade Level: Primary, Secondary

2005 Program Evaluation Findings Report

• Abstract: With 1,400 courses now available, MIT is delivering on the promise of MIT OpenCourseWare. We have heard from educators and learners around the world that they are benefiting from the materials offered freely and openly on the MIT OCW site. In order to understand how well MIT OCW is fulfilling its mission -- as well as to establish a thorough and continuous feedback process that guarantees its improvement over time -- we have developed a substantial evaluation program. The evaluation is focused on understanding specifics in three areas of user behavior: Access: Who is accessing MIT OCW, what are their profiles (educator, student, self-learner, other), what are their disciplines (or other interests), and where are they located? Use: How do educators and learners use MIT OCW and is MIT OCW designed appropriately to facilitate that use? To what extent and in what ways are MIT course materials adopted or adapted for teaching purposes? Impact: What effects -- positive or negative, intended or unintended -- are being realized through the use of MIT OCW? The evaluation was undertaken in 2005. Data collection employed an integrated "portfolio approach," as a combination of methods helped to achieve both breadth and depth in the evaluation.

• Subject: Science and Technology, Social Sciences
• Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abject Learning - Brian Lamb's social learning and open education blog

• Abstract: Brian Lamb, at the University of British Columbia, and his weblog on social learning, online learning, and open education

• Subject: Social Sciences

Access Excellence

• Abstract: Access Excellence, launched in 1993, is a national educational program that provides health, biology and life science teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web. The program was originally developed and launched by Genentech Inc., and in 1999 joined the National Health Museum, a non-profit organization founded by former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop as a national center for health education. Access Excellence will form the core of the educational component of the National Health Museum Website that is currently under development. .

• Subject: Science and Technology
• Grade Level: 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.

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

The Bazaar

• Abstract: The Bazaar is a community portal for people who want to use, exchange and share Open Source Software and resources to support learning

• Subject: Science and Technology

BC Campus (Canada)

• Abstract: BCcampus was established in 2002, with a mandate to provide British Columbia learners with a web-based access point to online learning programs and services.

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

Blackboard vs. Moodle

• Abstract: Blackboard vs. Moodle: A Comparison of Satisfaction with Online Teaching and Learning Tools

• Subject: Science and Technology, Social Sciences
• Grade Level: Primary, Secondary

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.

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 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.

Colorado Teaching Learning and Technology

• Abstract: Welcome to the Colorado Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) web site. CTLT was established over four years ago to move innovations in technology and data-driven decision-making into the practice of educators (Pre-K-20) across Colorado. CTLT is now a project of the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Denver. We continue to serve educators at all levels through a variety of grant-funded and fee-for service initiatives. This website provides a window to the varied offerings of CTLT as well as links to additional information about the projects that CTLT either leads or in which CTLT participates.

• Grade Level: Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary

Commonwealth of Learning Publications

• Abstract: A wide range of studies, reports and research documents have been published by the Commonwealth of Learning. Materials include monographs, curriculum and course development, training toolkits, directories, videos, and more. Most are available for download, free-of-charge, on this web site. Government agencies and institutions in developing Commonwealth countries may receive copies at no charge. Nominal charges apply to orders from developed, newly developed and non-Commonwealth countries.

• Grade Level: Secondary, Post-secondary

Commonwealth of Learning Speeches and Presentations

• Abstract: Speeches and presentations by the Commonwealth of Learning officials. Archives from 1996 to present. Topics include new technologies, distance learning, and open universities

• Grade Level: Post-secondary

Connectivism Blog

• Abstract: This site has been created to foster discussion on how our thinking, learning, and organizational activities are impacted through technology and societal changes.

COSN Consortium for School Networking Conference

• Abstract: More than 1,000 educators, technology experts and policymakers from across the country convened in San Francisco, California, for the CoSN 12th Annual K-12 School Networking Conference, representing the largest crowd ever in attendance. For the first time in more than a decade, the conference was held in a city outside of Washington, DC, and participants traveled from across the country and abroad to discuss the conference theme – Bridging Individualized Learning and High-Stakes Accountability in Education.

• Subject: Science and Technology, Social Sciences
• Grade Level: Primary, Secondary

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

Critical Success Factors for Internet-Based Learning in Developmental Mathematics

• Abstract: PLATO designed a study to explore "critical success factors for computer-based distance learning in developmental math programs" during the course of two academic semesters.

• Subject: Mathematics and Statistics