Colleen Worrell's List: Online Education Resources

"Badges"

"the movement to badges in education, and what it means for democracy"

And that is what a badge is for. Recently, in the education sphere, there has been much talk about badging. As Peter Levine, Director of The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement and Research Director of Tuft’s University’s Jonathan Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, points out, badging “could be the start of something big.”

Badges indicate the acquirement of skills and goals and provide employers, teachers and peer communities with a visual understanding of an individual’s talents and abilities.

"How Open Educational Resources Can Increase Opportunites for Everyone"

"Pearson launches OpenClass: First full-featured learning environment that's free, easy to use and scalable"

"Pearson, Blackboard, And Education's New "Openwashing" "

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From researchers whose work has made waves across the world, to repositories that have given a nation’s research a foothold in the international scientific community, all the stories on this site bear testament to the power of open access.

They range across Europe, across disciplines and across stakeholders but all share a common core value – that access to freely available research online can change lives and, perhaps, change the world.

Explore the stories using the menus above and to the side – dip into any of the stories by clicking on ‘success stories’ at the top of the page or choose a category from the menu on the right to look at specific countries, types of story or benefits."

"Project Kaleidoscope is implementing a set of fully open general education courses across eight colleges serving predominantly at-risk students. The project will dramatically reduce textbook costs and allow collaborative improvement of course design to improve student success."

"8 Colleges Collaborate on Open Courses "

"Teaching about Plagiarism in a Digital Age (The Council Chronicle, Nov. 05)"

"These web-based resources are intended for librarians, technology coordnators, students, parents, teachers, administrators. However, others interested in life-long learning will also find useful information."

"My Thoughts and Ideas about Instructional Design"

"Outline for Online Course Training"

"10 Principles of Effective Online Teaching:
Best Practices in Distance Education"

"Digital Storytelling "

"About SAS® Curriculum Pathways®"

"Some great resources to get you started..."