Tag: OER
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How WP and GPL Can Save Academic Freedom – WordCamp Grand Rapids 2014
My presentation on “How WordPress and the GPL Can Help Save Academic Freedom in Higher Education”. I’m giving the presentation tomorrow, Aug 16 at WordCamp Grand Rapids 2014.
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Open Textbooks Nearby
No sooner do I make a post about open textbooks and the impact it could have on community colleges, then there’s a news item in the local Lansing State Journal about a retired Michigan State Univ prof that’s written an open textbook about organic chemistry that’s being used in our own backyard, as well as…
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Open Education Resources / Open Textbooks
I had a discussion the other day with a couple colleagues where the issue of textbook costs arose. I am a huge advocate of open educational resources and open textbooks (see If You Believe in “Intellectual Property”, How Do You Teach Others? – Answer: you can’t). I also know from my consulting work in the…