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Are Open Educational Resources Right For Business Training?

Gutenberg Technology

Open educational resources (OER) are openly licensed digital assets that are beneficial for learning and research. These resources are freely available to all. Anyone can use, share, and modify it. It sounds too good to be true, right? You are thinking - I don’t need my eLearning vendor anymore. Well, don’t fire him, right away.

OER 45
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Learner Resources in the Digital Age

BrainCert

From language learning apps like Duolingo to brain-training apps such as Lumosity, these apps offer a fun and engaging way to acquire new skills and knowledge. Organizations and individuals host webinars on topics such as business, technology, and personal development.

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How Can K-12 Publishers Adapt in the Digital Era

Kitaboo

Just like every other publisher in the business, educational publishers also must take the plunge and dive straight into the midst of digital publishing. Pearson’s digital-first strategy is a significant step towards a more sustainable business model. Use a Training Management System. Publish Superior Content Than OERs.

Digital 64
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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

As the latest edition of Educause Review indicates, universities are fee-for-service businesses. There’s no point rehashing the same lectures when the world’s best authorities have already recorded them and offered them to the world as OERs. Universities will finally accept they are service providers.

OER 279
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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

As the latest edition of Educause Review indicates, universities are fee-for-service businesses. There’s no point rehashing the same lectures when the world’s best authorities have already recorded them and offered them to the world as OERs. Universities will finally accept they are service providers.

OER 224
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Role of L&D in the 21C Workplace

ID Reflections

It is increasingly becoming evident that L&D department in organizations can no longer function the way they used to, at least not if they want to be relevant and be a business partner to the organization. This means getting the buy-in of key stakeholders and talking the language of business. And time to production improved.

Roles 167
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What Makes a MOOC a MOOC?

ID Reflections

The OER movement was the trigger for the MOOCs then. However, the flipside is that training and other forms of structured, top down learning—the pillars of organizational learning so far—are tottering. The MOOCs evolved and morphed as all things new must going through its various avatars of cMOOCs, xMOOCs, with more to come.

PKM 157