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Edtech. OER. TED. TED: Ideas worth spreading. Courses & lectures. The openedu Daily. The Tweeted Times - personal newspaper generated from your Twitter account. Planet News | Knowledge Media Institute | The Open University. Teresa Connolly, Tuesday 31 January 2012 Teresa Connolly recently delivered two workshops at an Open Education Resources (OER) event in Leicester for the National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE): "Open Educational Practice - making best use of free resources".
Attendees soon became immersed in the imaginary world of OERopoly, a game that raises awareness about OER and encourages collaborative learning. In the spirit of openness some of the participants requested copies of the board game and associated project cards in order that they might replicate their enjoyable experience with their own colleagues and students elsewhere in the UK. This is the seventh occasion at which OERopoly has been used in this way. Previous events have included workshops at the OpenEd '10 conference in Barcelona, the OER '11 conference in Manchester, and the Open CourseWare Consortium international OCWC '11 conference in Boston. Related Links: « previous story | next story » Why Be Open?
Why Open Education Matters. Open everything Exploring open in higher education. Open Education. Elements of the Periodic Table. Open Education and the Future of Science Education. Bio Mitch Altman Mitch is a San Francisco-based hacker and inventor, best known for co-founding 3ware (with J. Peter Herz and Jim MacDonald), his pioneering work in Virtual Reality at VPL Research and inventing TV-B-Gone. He is also President and CTO of Cornfield Electronics. Rhiju Das Dr. Alex Peake Alex Peake is the founder and CEO of Primer Labs, a start-up that creates endless learning games to make all knowledge playable. From a young age, Alex believed that games were going to change the world and he set out to gather the pieces to make it happen. He created an online empire simulation game called Mage Princes using play-by-email turn files to bypass FirstClass BBS systems' lack of game support. Ingmar Riedel-Kruse The Reidal-Kruse lab is developing biotic games suited for educational purposes in schools and in public settings like museums.
To download this program become a Front Row member. ZOOM IN: Learn more with related books and additional materials. Encyclopædia Britannica Article. EDU 2.0 for school: the free, easy way to teach and learn online. Big Think. Project Reason: A Non-Profit Dedicated to Reason. Scitable | Learn Science at Nature. 6 Free Websites for Learning and Teaching Science. From robotics to space research, from physics to computer science, the Internet is a vast trove of information about the sciences. Resources such as Wikipedia (and its easy-on-younger-minds counterpart, Simple English Wikipedia) and online video make the process of learning about and teaching science subjects much easier than ever before.
Rather than resorting to yet another 600-page textbook, next time you're hard up for understanding or inspiration, check out one of these six websites that offer information on the sciences. And particularly if you're a scientist or educator yourself, let us know in the comments where you hang out online to learn about and discuss your favorite science topics. 1. Scitable If genetics and evolution are of interest to you, Scitable is a must-see resource.
This free (paid for by sponsorships from brands) science library acts as a classroom resource as well as a personal learning tool. 2. iTunes U 3. 4. 5. 6. 10 Free Online Resources for Science Teachers. One of the greatest ways technology can empower teachers is by helping them demonstrate concepts and by making it easier for students to learn through their own exploration and experimentation. Because science teachers are often called upon to teach topics that are too large, too small, happen too fast, happen too slowly, require equipment that is too expensive, or has the potential to blow up a laboratory, the Internet can be particularly helpful in assisting them convey a concept. Universities, non-profit organizations and scientists with free time have put an overwhelming number of resources for teaching science on the web. These are nine of our favorites. 1. The Periodic Table of Videos A group of scientists based at the University of Nottingham added some character to the static periodic table of elements by creating a short video for each one.
The group also puts out a non-YouTube version of the site for schools that have blocked the site. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.