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Home | Professional Development Online | ASCD. PD Online™ ADDITIONAL TERMS OF USE Welcome to PD Online™ ("Site"), an Interactive, On-Demand Professional Development Web-Based Platform for Educators ("Service"). The Site and Service (collectively, the "Site") are operated by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development ("ASCD"). By accessing or using the Site, you, as the individual purchaser or an authorized employee or designee of the purchasing party (collectively, the "User") signify that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by the Terms of Use posted on ASCD's Web Site, www.ascd.org ("Terms of Use"), along with the following additional terms relating specifically to this Site ("Additional Terms" or "Agreement"), and consent to the collection and use of information as described in ASCD's Privacy Policy.

In the event of a conflict, the following Additional Terms shall control with respect to their subject matter. 2. Copyright 3. 4. 5. As a subscriber, the Site is available for your non-commercial use only. Why Give Knowledge Away for Free? The Case for Open Educational Resources. "At the moment the OER movement is taking its first steps beyond a culture focused around "my site" towards a culture that is focused around "our commons. " Most people who create OER sites have a sense of who they expect their users to be and what needs those users have. This is all to the good, if it is not to the exclusion of those users whose needs--or innovations--we have totally failed to imagine. " Towards a Global Learning Commons An apparently extraordinary trend is emerging.

Although learning resources are often considered as key intellectual property in a competitive higher education world, more institutions and individuals are sharing digital learning resources openly and without cost, as open educational resources (OER). The issues of why this is happening, who is involved, and the important implications were addressed in a 2006 study carried out by the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation with the support of the Hewlett Foundation. What are OER? Buying the company but not the IP rights. Terms_conditions. Permission to use student-developed intellectual property. QPS-IP-Principles-v2. Action research and evaluation on line (web) To subscribe to the course offered twice a year by email, contact Bob Dick and ask for a subscription form. Areol, action research and evaluation on line, is a 14-week public course offered twice a year as a public service by ALARA, the Action Learning Action Research Association Inc.

Individual sessions are briefly described below. (For a more detailed description see the fourth orientation file: click here) There are four orientation sessions. Introduction 1: required commitment Introduction 2: orientation Introduction 3: forming learning groups Introduction 4: program overview Sessions 1 and 2 provide some context. Session 1: Examples of action-research-like processes Session 2: The change process and action research Some action research is done more for the action than the research. Session 3: Entry and contracting Session 4: Participation and involvement Session 5: Achieving participation Session 6: Achieving rigour Sessions 7 to 9 introduce the topic of process design.

Action learning and action research.