by Cameron Nichol | May 15, 2015 | Best Bang for the Buck, Ed Tech use, Open Ed Resources
First the DPLA is a free fantastic resource and they are wonderful people. “The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.” Not content with just...
by Cameron Nichol | Dec 5, 2014 | Copyright, Ed Tech use, Open Ed Resources
“Microsoft has just announced that it’s killing off the last trace of clip art in its Office products, instead pointing users in need of imagery toward Bing Image Search. Why? Because most people are just getting their images online anyway.” “The...
by Cameron Nichol | Nov 28, 2014 | Ed Tech use, Open Ed Resources
“UNESCO launched the UNESCO World Library of Science (WLoS), a newly created, free online science education resource for a global community of users. Developed through the joint efforts of UNESCO, Nature Education and Roche, the WLoS was created to give students...
by Cameron Nichol | Nov 6, 2014 | Open Ed Resources
“On one hand, faculty see open resources as just as good — if not better — than the products produced by traditional publishers. On the other, few faculty members have actually heard about OER.” “The OER movement has sprung up in response...
by Cameron Nichol | Jul 9, 2014 | Ed Tech use, Open Ed Resources
If you have a bit of time and want to see what is out there in the land of OER this isn’t a bad list to start with. At a practical level we still need topic specific gateways that pull from all these sites. Until we do, finding relevant resources is going to be...
by Cameron Nichol | Nov 8, 2013 | Best Bang for the Buck, Ed Tech use, Open Ed Resources
Here are a few more Open Education Resources to add to your list. Open Educational Resources (OER): Resource Roundup (Edutopia) “OER, a part of the global open content movement, are shared teaching, learning, and research resources available under legally...