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Open to Change: An Interview with Leaders of the Open University

elilly — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:14:36 -0600

“The movement toward open content forces us to really think about what value it is we bring to students who enroll at the Open University. I think that we are getting to that tipping point—rethinking the underlying pedagogy with which we have conventionally delivered distance education and open learning.”

The nanoHUB: Community and Collaboration

ckeller — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:22:54 -0500

nanoHUB is an online portal for nanotechnology researchers, instructors, and students created by Purdue University and the National Science Foundation. It uses cyberinfrastructure to provide access to scientific tools for research, demonstration, and collaboration, as well as instructional materials. Users can run experiments, review research, or download lectures. nanoHUB is a virtual toolkit as well as a community where students and faculty contribute to the science of nanotechnology.

InCommon: Toward Building a Global University

drupal — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:56:26 -0600

Tracy Mitrano outlines her vision of a Global University and the necessary technological components involved. The middleware that would make the Global University a reality already exists with InCommon, which is a framework that allows for authenticating technologies between individual institutions.

The Visible Classroom

drupal — Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:09:59 -0500

The author discusses two extremes of digital access to course work produced by students. The author questions whether there isn't a middle ground between the two.

Multi-User Virtual Environments

drupal — Mon, 05 May 2003 12:06:54 -0500

The author discusses the growing use of multi-user virtual environments as a supplement to face-to-face learning.

Building an Effective Online Course-Development Community

drupal — Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:03:55 -0500

Higher education institutions can focus on an economy of scale and resources through collaborative on-line instructional development.