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Open Textbook Authoring Tools Part 4 – The Rest
Well, we are nearing the end of this series on Open Textbooks, just one or two posts to go. Before we leave off this section on Authoring Tools, though, I wanted to provide some annotated links to a host of others I have discovered in my travels in case they were of use to someone. [...]
Open Textbook Authoring Tools Part 2 – WordPress and Pressbooks
I moved this blog on to the wordpress platform in 2007 (I think.) I built a open learning search portal on wordpress in 2009. I have participated and helped organize a bunch of different “wordpress in education” events here in BC, and maintain wordpress installations for both BCcampus and etug. So I probably don’t need [...]
A Day in the life of an “OER Librarian”
OK, so “OER Librarian” is a bit of a stretch – much as I might secretly harbour a desire to be a librarian, I don’t even play one on TV. But recently I was asked to help find some suitable Open Textbook alternatives for a collaborative program in ICT here in BC, and I wanted [...]
Your Favourite Open Textbook Examples?
While I predicted that 2011 would be the “Year of the Open Textbook” (and I don’t think I got that wrong), for me personally it’s looking more like 2012 will be. BCcampus is hoping to help catalyze the production of a number of open textbooks here in BC. While we’re still working on the funding, [...]
SEO as Enclosure – Another Real World Example
I know in the past people have given Stephen and others lots of grief about their stance on the Non-Commercial clause. And I admit that, while I understood the theoretical possibilities Stephen was concerned about, that commercial entities often seek to obscure or enclose free resources so that even if the original is still literally [...]
OLNet Fellowship Week 2 – Initial Thoughts on Tracking Downloaded OERs
As I mentioned when I first posted that I was coming to the UK for this fellowship, my main focus is how to generate some data on OER usage after it has been downloaded from a repository. In looking at the issue, it became clear that the primary mechanism to do so is actually the [...]
OLNet Fellowship – Week 1 Highlights
At the rate it seems to be going, my month here in Milton Keynes will be over in the blink of an eye, but my first week is coming to a close and I wanted to reflect on some of the things I’ve learned and experienced so far. Community and Open Education Two examples I [...]
What is the most "successful" "formal" "OER" project?
Simple question, right – what is the most “successful” “formal” “OER” project? Except, not so simple, which is why the scare quotes. I asked the question on twitter, and got some interesting answers so far: the public library UMW blogs Smarthistory TED or Sputnik observatory Khan Academy I don’t think there is one “right” answer, [...]
Look out Milton Keynes, here I come! – My OLNet Fellowship on tracking OER Reuse
http://olnet.org/ I’m still not 100% clear on whether I can tell anybody about this, but… too late now. Earlier this year I took a bit of a flyer and submitted an application for an OLNet Fellowship, which offered the chance to work with the folks at the renowned Open University in the UK on issues [...]
Open Textbooks followup – Where to find good ones?
The feedback on “favourite Open Textbooks” was hugely valueable, but I felt a bit sheepish, like I shouted out for feedback before doing enough due dilligence myself. Because when I did some digging of my own, I found an enormous amount of helpful material already being produced by people focused in specifically on Open Textbooks
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