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We are now the torch bearers for the mission and energy of the recently closed journal Innovate. The work of Ideagora will continue and we encourage all members to invite new members, submit articles and create a Ideagora of action. 

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Reid Cornwell replied to Reid Cornwell's discussion 'The Closing of an Open-Access Journal'
I don't know if this is true. I do know that Innovate is an important organ for communicating the impact of technology in education. IMHO, Jim has done an incredible job of making it a fine open-source for scholarly information. If it is true, it ...
on Monday
James Morrison replied to Reid Cornwell's discussion 'Time limits?'
Whether a person is allowed to take a year or more to complete a course is up to the institution offering the course. Please know that some institutions do allow students to extend course completion times, and may require a fee to do so. I don't ...
on Saturday
Reid Cornwell replied to Reid Cornwell's discussion 'Time limits?'
Jim, Is there any sound reason why a person shouldn't be allowed to take up to a year or more to complete a course, particularly if all the curriculum and content is given online. Reid
on Friday
James Morrison replied to Reid Cornwell's discussion 'Time limits?'
Wisdom is not necessary. As Steve points out, the semester/trimester/quarter system is based on tradition. Some schools are revolutionizing the college calendar. For example, Rio Salado College in Phoenix starts each of its online courses every t...
November 4
michael j. trout replied to michael j. trout's discussion 'Why are so many duped by Second Life?'
An update... we are looking to be a force in building such platform for Asia who has an educational crisis http://bit.ly/3jzE8d. Something to consider, there are over 6000 languages and less than 5% of the world has broadband connectivity how will...
November 3
Michael H Sadowski added a group
Google Wave Implications
Usage of Google Wave in presenting material.
November 2
michael j. trout replied to michael j. trout's discussion 'The Billion Dollar Question... "How does Higher Education turn its OER into money?"'
great Jim will check out the links
November 2
michael j. trout replied to michael j. trout's discussion 'The Billion Dollar Question... "How does Higher Education turn its OER into money?"'
Michael: 1. You are not a rebel introducing the idea of free higher education to a waiting world. the idea is a commonplace, widely held, but with its prospects increasingly dim in this time of economic troubles. Umm yes I am. But, if you don't ...
November 2
James Morrison replied to michael j. trout's discussion 'The Billion Dollar Question... "How does Higher Education turn its OER into money?"'
Michael, you are correct; I was using the terms profit and turning something into a revenue stream as having the same meaning. I doubt that MIT is considering either course of action with respect to their OCW program. If someone uses a course ava...
November 1
michael j. trout replied to michael j. trout's discussion 'The Billion Dollar Question... "How does Higher Education turn its OER into money?"'
please don't add words to my question... I never used the word profit. And I never said anything about changing OCW direction only asking could it be added too? And I never said it would take up time from professors. think about what I am suggesti...
November 1
James Morrison replied to michael j. trout's discussion 'The Billion Dollar Question... "How does Higher Education turn its OER into money?"'
Michael, I doubt that the MIT provost is considering strategies to make a profit out of the OWC initiative because changing OWC directions at this point would be dramatically counter to what MIT has publicly stated. However, I could see someone ap...
November 1
Steve Eskow replied to michael j. trout's discussion 'The Billion Dollar Question... "How does Higher Education turn its OER into money?"'
Michael: 1. You are not a rebel introducing the idea of free higher education to a waiting world. the idea is a commonplace, widely held, but with its prospects increasingly dim in this time of economic troubles. 2. Education is never free: some...
November 1
michael j. trout replied to michael j. trout's discussion 'The Billion Dollar Question... "How does Higher Education turn its OER into money?"'
Let me put it this way.... If someone took the OER offered for free and embedded it in a 10-yr tested, patented and proven learning outcomes engine with million users and gave away the complete package to learning organization, institution, school...
November 1
michael j. trout replied to michael j. trout's discussion 'The Billion Dollar Question... "How does Higher Education turn its OER into money?"'
I disagree... OCW has just been around since 2003 around the same time social networks and web 2.0 started to take off. It wasn't created make money and we all know that edu institutions are slow to move and act. But its naive to think that if OCW...
November 1
michael j. trout replied to michael j. trout's discussion 'The Billion Dollar Question... "How does Higher Education turn its OER into money?"'
I think people like to complicate things that are in fact actually straight forward. I think you are naive to say that about MIT. The e-revolution or education revolution has nothing to do with technology and all to do with making learning a natur...
November 1
James Morrison replied to michael j. trout's discussion 'The Billion Dollar Question... "How does Higher Education turn its OER into money?"'
Michael, if MIT and the other 160 or so institutions participating in the OCW initiative wanted to make money via online courses open to anyone in the world, they would have already done so. However, given their stature as leading research univers...
November 1

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