Posts Tagged ‘discoverability’

Open Ed. Quest 5 — Searching for a Better Way (to Search)

Quest 5 “Many BYU faculty already openly share their syllabi and other course materials on personal websites, through iTunesU, and through other mechanisms … Find as many of the open educational resources being shared by BYU faculty as you can…” It seems to me that discoverability is really going to be the ultimate make-or-break hinge [...]

Quest 2 – For Real Now

Up to this point in the course we’ve done a lot of talking.  We’ve had great discussions about the history of the open education movement, usage rights, sustainability models, reusability, remixability–even hippies!–and just about everything in between.  But now it’s time to get to work!  No more talking!  This is going to be fun. So, [...]

Quest 1 – Reusability in the Land of OERs

Aaron’s Rogue Quest 1 “Carefully review the following sites that publish open educational resources, noting the types of media predominantly used by each site and any site characteristics that seem unique. Pay close attention to the quality of reusability exhibited by the media from each site.  Be certain to review a sufficient sample of courses [...]