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4 reasons to use Creative Commons

Learning with e's

This raises a number of tensions around creativity, intellectual property and copyright. Creative Commons (CC) is a copyright management system that goes a long way to addressing these issues. Creative Commons licences can enable teachers everywhere to access content and share their ideas freely. Unported License.

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The Rise of OER and Digital Textbooks in Higher Education

Kitaboo

Future Trends of Open Educational Resources OER and Digital Textbooks Increased Adoption Improved Interactivity Personalized Learning Integration with Learning Management Systems (LMS) V. However, considering the power of DRM, it is best to check specific licenses like the Creative Commons licenses for re-use permissions.

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OER for Precedent

CourseArc

OER is not a new concept, so why has it not been adopted everywhere? Many claim the biggest barriers to a full adoption are: time, lack of resources and fear. Many educators are hesitant to adopt OER because they already feel overloaded. These are just a few of the benefits of OER. OER benefits to researchers.

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Barriers to innovation?

Learning with e's

Image from Pxhere In March I posted a survey question as a part of my ongoing research into the adoption of new technologies in learning. There are clearly more factors to consider than these as barriers to the adoption of new ideas and innovation, but this is a good start. Unported License. Barriers to innovation?

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What do online educators need?

Learning with e's

There was a wide spectrum of responses, from fervent adoption through to vehement rejection of the idea. The bottom line for online education is schools today though, is how prepared teachers are to adopt new online educational practices. Unported License. What do online educators need?

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Digital identity

Learning with e's

It's just the ticket for teachers who have recently been compelled to adopt technology supported learning. Digital identity by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. You'd be mad to miss out. You're welcome.

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Categorisation cults

Learning with e's

Learning styles theories are not the only myth some teachers are fooled into adopting. The Cult of Categorisation is very strong because it adopts ideas that are convenient. Unported License. It extends to generational distinctions. There are many versions of this, depending on what kind of drugs people have been taking.