OpenEd -week 13 November 27, 2007

The Future of Open EducationThe OpenCourseWars (Wiley, 13 pages)
QUESTIONS: What will the future of higher education look like? What impact will the open education movement have? How will we get there from here? What will be the effects of open education?
I really enjoyed reading the 13 pages and want to focus my attention on one [...]

OpenEd – week 12 Crossblogging November 18, 2007

I left a comment on Andreas’ post.

OpenEd week 11 – What if we emphasize the “Learning” part of the Object? November 6, 2007

I’d like to start from the definition of OERs as it appears in the report which first introduced the term (UNESCO, 2002):

Open Educational Resources are defined as “technology- enabled, open provision of educational resources for consultation,  use  and  adaptation  by  a  community  of  users for non-commercial purposes.” They are typically made freely  available  over  the  [...]

Animal Farm week 1 – Anticipation November 4, 2007

Imagine you are a buddhist, choose an animal you would like to be to come back to life. Think of this animal in its natural habitat and complete the following sentences:
On my right I can see…
Around me I can smell…
In the distance I can see…
Suddenly I hear the sound of…
I get up and move towards [...]

OpenEd -Week 10 cross-blogging November 4, 2007

I found quite useful the idea of Megan to gather and updating the book reviews during this week.
It really fits my need of the usual ‘Work in progress’ modality I adopted to follow this Course.
Books Reviewed
Free Culture (Lessig)
Commented on by: Elisa, Emanuela, Greg, Silvana (Me)
Coase’s Penguin, or Linux and the Nature of the Firm (Benkler)
Commented [...]

OpenEd – While reading “Free Culture”by Lawrence Lessig November 4, 2007

How would we re-write the following episode of intellectual property in the Internet era (Italian Context, this time) ?
“In 1888, Verga gave his permission to G. D. Bartocci Fontana to produce a booklet out of his novel entitled “ Mala Pasqua” (Bad Easter). The booklet with the music by Stanislao Gastaldon was admitted to a [...]