Italians do it better? December 18, 2007

Here is the last feedback by David Wiley to the participants.

OpenEd week 15: Wrap Up December 5, 2007

Overall feelings about the course: the Italian Group has worked on a shared document.
On the content side, what did you learn?
I learned a lot about free culture and open content phylosophy and practice.
 How will you use it after the class is over?
I designed ScribaLAB two years ago, this course has made it appeared to me as if [...]

OpenEd week 14 December 5, 2007

…didn’t have time to catch my breath and reflecting on week 13, this time. I read the posts commented on Wiley’s Blog and those ones of my Italian Group.
I also left some comments.

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  [...]

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 [...]

OpenEd week 10 to 15 October 28, 2007

Week 11: Open Education and Learning Objects
The Learning Objects Literature (Wiley, 12 pages)
RIP-ping on learning objects (Wiley, 3 pages)
Openness, Localization, and the Future of Learning Objects (Wiley, 36 minutes)
Recording from David Wiley’s session at The Future of Education Online Conference

Week 13: The Future of Open Education
The OpenCourseWars (Wiley, 13 pages)

Week 15: Wrap Up
Blog your overall [...]

OpenEd week 9 October 24, 2007

Week 9: Elective Reading Synopses David’s recommended books:
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom (Benkler)
Coase’s Penguin, or Linux and the Nature of the Firm (Benkler)
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists’ Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics (Easterly)
An overview of the book
Chapter with the title “Educated for What?” (…wanted to learn more)
Education [...]