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What Makes a MOOC a MOOC?

ID Reflections

The OER movement was the trigger for the MOOCs then. Access to good quality courses via a technologically sound platform is the bare minimum—the hygiene factor for starting a MOOC. Hence, the role of an enterprise community (learning) manager could become even more imperative in the success of a MOOC.

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Open Source LMSs Facts and Insight

eLearning 24-7

Edmodo – Limited free, the “Enterprise” version is fee-based, and BTW, I’ve never seen EdTech use the words “Enterprise” before, which is a corporate term. . OER – Open Educational Resources exist and there are plenty to choose from, which you can add to your system.

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Innovation at the Intersection of Technology and Teaching

TechSmith Camtasia

Open Educational Resources (OER) is digital content available for widespread sharing, redistribution and, in some cases, alteration. It’s disruptive to the status quo (textbooks) by providing quality, inexpensive resources that supersede copyright. OER opens up all kinds of new opportunities for teaching and learning.

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Three Misconceptions and Myths about Learning

OpenSesame

Here’s how to build, purchase and create inexpensive elearning resources: Open educational resources (OERs) like the Khan Academy and the MIT OpenCourseWare project put high quality resources at your fingertips. Truth: None of the above are necessarily true! Put free tools to work in your organization.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Reusing eLearning material (OER) from other sources or not, asks UNESCO. Three reasons why I hesitate - Ignatia Webs , September 22, 2010 Unesco is inviting us to jointly discuss OER, so if you are interested, let yourself be heard! concerning OER. Social Enterprise White Paper (PDF). Results of the Experiment.

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

link] or [link] December 1, 2010 UNESCO-Commonwealth of Learning Policy Form on Open Educational Resources (OER): Taking OER beyond the OER Community – Policy and Capacity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France. link] December 6-8, 2010 Assessing Quality in Higher Education , 3 rd international conference, Lahore, Pakistan.

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eLearning Conferences 2013

Tony Karrer

link] December 3-14, 2012 Open Content Licensing for Educators (#OCL4Ed), organized by the OER Foundation, offered online. link] January 23-26, 2013 Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU): The Quality of U.S. [link] December 3-7, 2012 Computer Security Applications Conference , 28 th , annual, Orlando, Florida, USA.