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Eric Stokes's picture

OCW4ALL: Automatic Accessible Learning Materials

As I was waiting for the presentation to begin I was slightly confused by the acronym OCW4ALL. Thankfully before it started I understood it stood for “Open Courseware for All”. The ideas that were presented focused on making recourses accessible to those who are deaf, blind, or can’t speak the same language as the material is presented in. Those who were presenting explained that they knew they were taking accessibility to an extreme of sorts yet explained how they felt it was an important step.&Click here to read more »
Submitted by Eric Stokes on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 9:53am
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Assessing Awareness and use of Open Courseware Among Incoming Students

 One of presentations I was able to attend discussed the effect open courseware had on incoming students at John Hopkins School of Public Health. While John Hopkins University only serves medical/public health students I believe a number of their findings can be beneficial for colleges and universities that have an array of degrees and majors.   They found that over half of incoming students knew about the open courseware available from John Hopkins, yet only 35% of those who knew about it actually used it. (Keep in mind this is rClick here to read more »
Submitted by Eric Stokes on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 9:52am
Jozanne Lund's picture

TUSK to mobile

Susan Albright from Tufts University gave an overview on how her Tufts research team has adapted access to their curriculum database Tufts University Sciences Knowledgebase (TUSK) for mobile devices.  This presentation caught my eye because one of my primary interests is in finding new instructional technology applications in the developing world.  Creating small-screen-friendly content addresses one of biggest barriers to information access in low-resource areas.  Susan spoke about TUSK information organization, the need to adapt their content for cell-phone access, interfClick here to read more »
Submitted by Jozanne Lund on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 8:18pm
Jennifer Morgan's picture

Open Education Conference - Open Textbooks

Open Textbooks is a great new teaching technology. As a teacher I had the experience of working with online textbooks, this type of technology has its pros and cons. After reading the information at the Open Textbook website (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_textbooks) I have gained a greater appreciation for this type of technology.Click here to read more »
Submitted by Jennifer Morgan on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 12:45pm
Gisela Martiz's picture

My impression about "What Web 2.0 can teach the Open Education Movement"

Among the several sessions I attended during  Open Education 2008, this was one that  specially called my attention.
 
I can not really say what Web 2.0 means, but this session was mainly about the impact that four websites have had in many   “web users”, and how we can make a good use  of them in education. Facebook, Wikipedia, YouTube and Delicious ( I just knew about this last one during the session) are worl-wide known s websites.Click here to read more »
Submitted by Gisela Martiz on Sun, 09/28/2008 - 11:33pm
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