Friday, March 28, 2008

WEEK 4: Open Access Assessment and Accreditation

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I found this week postings quite amazing. I found myself very aligned with all that Nichthus said and appreciated the perspective provided ...
Monday, March 24, 2008

Open Access Accreditation

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I want to discuss if people think it is possible to create an international accredited institution that could give me a graduate level deg...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

WEEK 3: Shoulders of Giants

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During this weeks task we had a look at a number of sites / references that set the philosophical foundation for OER. The sites we visited i...
Saturday, March 08, 2008

WEEK 2: Introduction to Wikiversity

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This week we are exploring either LeMill or Wikiversity . We need to set ourselves up to be a contributor to one of these OER sites by creat...
Thursday, March 06, 2008

WEEK 2: Existing OER projects

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I’ve been familiar with all these open education projects for a while; Open University (UK) Open Content Initiative Rice Connexions MIT Open...

OER - Two important and relevant views

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This 2006 stream speaks to what MAY be coming with OER. This more recent 2008 stream that looks at the reality of the sharing we nee...

Models for sustaining OER

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Stephen Downes wrote a good article on approaches to sustaining OER. It's a good read if you have the time. http://ijklo.org/Volume3/IJK...

WEEK 1: Ilkka has created a valuable contribution

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I found this paper by Ilkka filled with a very good description of OER and some very important statements about OER and it influence on edu...
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Lawrence Lessig Free Culture Video

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In my opinion this video is an accumulation of Lawrence Lessig's work. It shows his historical depth regarding the issue of freedom and ...

Peter welcomes everyone to composing OER

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Hello all participants, I am very excited about this wikiversity course. I have had an interest in OER and all things open and free for a wh...
Monday, December 31, 2007

Buy only what you NEED

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This is something that has kicked around in my head for many years and i try an practice it every day... This 20 minute flash video explain...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

Composing free and open online educational resources

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I just signed up for this course about developing OER. It is very similar to what I was proposing in my paper titled "Utilizing Open E...
Wednesday, December 05, 2007

The OER4D Program

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So I finished another paper and put it over on my academic blog . The paper is more of a proposal for a new university level program about u...
Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Why a Learning Systems Architect?

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So I was prodded into making a defense for my new role of Learning Systems Architect… Here is my rant of a response, enjoy. Nobody apparen...
Monday, February 05, 2007

Learning Systems Architect

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Learning Systems Architects perform some or all of the following duties: Collect and document user’s requirements and develop logical and ...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007

New Job Description

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I am looking for a new job. I have just spent a year in St. John’s Newfoundland on a paternity leave and doing some instructional design a...
Monday, January 08, 2007

Recording a Lecture

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I’ve been giving some thought to recording lectures using a voice recorder and lapel mic. Once you get past the argument of whether you be...
Thursday, January 04, 2007

I’ve chosen Ubuntu

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I’ve chosen Ubuntu linux as the OS for this Moodle project. Why Ubuntu? A number of reasons; There has been a lot of positive buzz about Ub...
Thursday, December 21, 2006

My Journey to Moodle and Beyond

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I knew this day would come. I am beginning the build up of my Moodle Server. I have been watching the LMS / CMS space for a number of years...
Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Memorial Workshops

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I added a summary page of the workshops I facilitated while working with the Instructional Development Office of Memorial University. Th...