Jesse Farb's blog
concerning the former
I have never done anything like the last two posts, I've always have just been very casual in my blogging. So I have no idea what exactly was expected in the other blogs, but they're there. In my opinion this interface feels a little too... formal? strict? something to that effect, to be a true blog. Oh well, have fun blogging!
Open textbooks
Being a student there would be nothing better than having my textbooks cost less. I mean, let's face it, textbooks are really expensive, and I'm paying tuition on top if it. Most students I know would like to see this happen, and the way that was proposed in session 3 was to make it available online. Connextions specifically is the organization that would make it happen. By breaking courseware down to maintainable modules, their system would stay up to date and flexible.Click here to read more »
Educational standard information attachment to OERs
The nation and each state has set standards for educators to achieve in their learners. It seems that to be able to search OERs by standard, or check the standards the OERs covers would be beneficial to educators, however there are some issues in creating such a database. One issue is that state standards are based on the nation's standards, but often the wording of the individual states' standards are widely different.Click here to read more »
Submitted by Jesse Farb on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 8:14am
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