Resources and information
23 April 2013
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Publication | Other
Web 2.0 services such as social bookmarking allow users to manage and share the links they find interesting, adding their own tags for describing them. This is especially interesting in the field of open educational resources.
International
23 April 2013
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Publication | Official Document
The European Network of Education Councils (EUNEC) has issued a statement as a reaction to the European Commission’s recent Communication “Rethinking education: Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes.”
Pan European
22 April 2013
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Publication | Blog
Observing the 1980s offers a unique and inspiring insight into the lives and opinions of British people from all social classes and regions during the 1980s decade. A lot of the material comprises the personal memories of people who lived through the Thatcher era, making this resource seem all the more resonant now.
International
22 April 2013
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Resources | Generic Resources
QuadBlogging is a free online collaborative teaching tool created by British Primary School educator David Mitchell. The idea connects students with readers around the world, bringing together classes with blogs into a “quad” over four week cycles. Since its launch in September 2011, more than 100,000 pupils have been involved in QuadBlogging from...
International
22 April 2013
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Publication | Study
The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) has published a white paper analysing the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and other forms of online education.
International
22 April 2013
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Resources | Generic Resources
The Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) is a partner and sponsor of the OpenCourseWare (OCW) international consortium since 2009.
Spain
19 April 2013
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Publication | Study
This white paper published in March 2013 sets out to help decision makers in higher education institutions gain a better understanding of the phenomenon of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), trends towards greater openness in higher education and the implications for their institutions.
International
19 April 2013
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Resources | Generic Resources, Mathematics
“Collaborative Statistics” is an OER written by Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean, professors of mathematics and statistics at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. The textbook was developed over several years and has been used in classes that range from 20 to 120 students and in regular, honor, and distance learning classes.
International
19 April 2013
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Publication | Study
“Build it and they will come?– Inhibiting factors for reuse of open content in developing countries” is a paper written by Mathias Hatakka, from Örebro University (Sweden) and published in 2009 in the “The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries.“
International
18 April 2013
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Resources | Generic Resources
Académie de Besançon has produced a brief guide to help organise a classroom debate around the topic “The role of the Internet in democratic life – Public opinion and media”.
France