We research all kinds of materials…only some of which end up in one of our courses. Many resources are too good to keep hidden, so we’ll be presenting them here every Friday. Today’s a 10-for-1 deal…enjoy! As our world grows smaller and even more globalized, many people have looked to the stars and space to […]
Read More… from Great Astronomy Resources (For the Educator, Student, or Adventurer)
Older news, but the first I’ve (consciously) heard of it: São Paulo Legislative Assembly Passes OER Bill (Creative Commons) This bill would make state-funded learning materials open and available for “copying, distribution, download and creation of derivative works.” Word is, the governor hasn’t signed the bill just yet, and it could, of course, still be vetoed. More […]
Read More… from OER Bill Passed in São Paulo State Assembly (via Creative Commons)
The free education project of The Saylor Foundation, from its very beginning, has been committed to open educational resources (OER). We also committed early on to an…er, ambitious…slate of courses — 241, to be exact. To get there, we had to source great content from all over, working hard to gather up open resources when possible, […]
True confession time: I have explored, but not signed up for, Memrise. And lest I inadvertently mislead anyone, this lovely web app is not openly licensed or open source to the best of my knowledge. So why am I sharing it here, on a Saylor.org blog, where we love to talk about OER and open access and Creative […]
This comes courtesy of the ever-resourceful Akash K., who’s clued us in to more than a few free and/or open resources out there. We like that! If you’d care to contribute your own, let us know — comments, social media, or straight to David, who’s keeping track of this sort of thing. We haven’t yet […]