Generously shared by Martin Paul Eve I noted, on Twitter, how pleased I was to discover that there was good information available online about my current condition. I want, here though, to offer a few words to the ridiculous arguments that are sometimes brought against open access. Namely, that there isn’t a public for this…
Continue reading →Generously shared by Graham Steel from his McBlawg Why Open Access ? Here’s my personal story (Re-posted from my now deceased blog, 13th October 2008) I did re-post this to my WP blog a couple of years ago but it was worthy of an update. I decided to rewrite this post after receiving this tweet from…
Continue reading →Generously shared by bdelosarcos Featured image: Walton Hall by B. de los Arcos, CC BY-NC Yesterday I took part in an online hangout organised by the team behind #101openstories, hosted by the wonderful Jenni Hayman. The initiative started a few months back when six fabulous women, all members of GO-GN, got together to invite the rest…
Continue reading →Generously shared by Teresa McKinnon Prepared for the #101openstories project to celebrate 2017 as Year of Open. 1980’s My early days as a teacher involved lots of learning. As a new teacher you have to learn fast how to best capture the interest and imagination of your young charges or they will have you…
Continue reading →Generously shared by @cpjobling As an engineer with a keen interest in software development and the web I suppose I come to “Open” with a philosophy formed from my exposure to the Open Source Software movement. I remember reading Raymond’s The Cathedral to the Bazaar, and being fascinated by Richard Stallman, the Gnu Project, and his idea of Copyleft introduced by the Gnu…
Continue reading →Generously shared by @teresamackinnon Open Education: A response to Daniel Villar-Onrubia. CC BY 4.0
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Continue reading →Generously Shared by Chrissi Nerantzi During #openeducationwk 2017 Penny (Australia), Vivianne (Brazil), Judith (Kenya), Jenni (Canada), Sujata (India) and I launched together the #101openstories project. We hope by the end of this year to collect and curate 101 such stories which show how individuals have become open learners, open practitioners or open researchers. The Open Education…
Continue reading →Generously shared by crumphelen on April 1, 2017 Just wondering what’s body combat? Click here I’m really looking forward to attending #OER17 next week and participating in the conversation about openness in education, particularly as there’s an emphasis on critical perspectives. The conference theme is ‘The Politics of Open’. This couldn’t be better for me, as I’ve recently set my cap at doing…
Continue reading →Generously shared by @Philbarker We are setting up a new honours degree programme which will involve use of online resources for work based blended learning. I was asked to demonstrate some the resources and approaches that might be useful. This is one of the quick examples that I was able to knock up(*) and some reflections…
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