Posts Tagged ‘open’

5 Not so Crazy Predictions for Education in 2012

22 Dec 2011 at 21:38

enzofsilva

eLearning 2.0, learning, social media, Technology, Web 2.0

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It”s not not uncommon for geeks to do some wishful thinking a line any mortal hoping their tech dreams will come true in the new year to come. Id like to make some predictions for 2012 as well. Just a few humble predictions and observations. 1. Education everywhere And by everywhere I don’t mean the [...]

Cursos Online Gratuitos da Universidade de Stanford – Primeiro Semestre de 2012

28 Nov 2011 at 10:12

enzofsilva

learning, open source, Português, Technology, University

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Varias universidades no mundo todo têm disponibilizado seus cursos gratuitamente na Internet em diversos formatos ao longo dos anos. Um formato muito popular é o de podcasts no iTunesU ou palestras em vídeo no Youtube. Veja, por exemplo, esta vasta lista de “conteudo livre” ofertado por grandes universidades. Yale, por exemplo, disponibilizou várias palestras passadas [...]

Free Full Online Courses by Stanford University – Spring 2012

24 Nov 2011 at 14:54

enzofsilva

free, learning, schools, University

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Several universities world-wide have made their courseware available in different formats over the years. A very popular format is that of podcasts on iTunesU or video lectures on Youtube. See, for instance, this broad list of “free courseware” offerings by major universities. Yale, for example, has made several past lectures available on their Open Yale [...]

Free and Open Source Project Management Resources (on your own server)

21 Sep 2009 at 09:41

enzofsilva

eLearning 2.0, social media, Technology

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There seem to be many free desktop applications for project management out there. Funny enough, most of the ones I encounter seem to claim they are also “open source”. The average user normally doesn’t care whether a product is open source or not since they won’t be developers after all. But it is good to [...]

Open Books and TextBooks Online, Free

30 Aug 2009 at 18:40

enzofsilva

eLearning 2.0, learning, open source, social media, Technology

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Taking after the movement of open source (free – as in freedom) software development, knowledge and information has also been “open sourced” (and crowdsourced) as new Web technologies allow for flexibility and ease of online collaboration in generating content. Textbooks are now on the same route and here are a few interesting resources for those [...]

Open eLearning Collections

08 Apr 2009 at 19:51

enzofsilva

eLearning 2.0

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Here is a list from WikiEducator.org that might interest many people. It includes many websites and organizations (such as MERLOT) that offer open eLearning content on the Web.   http://www.wikieducator.org/Exemplary_Collection_of_Open_eLearning_Content_Repositories

Open Source Alternatives to Web 2.0 Services On Your Local Server

26 Jun 2008 at 15:15

enzofsilva

eLearning 2.0, open source, social media, Web 2.0

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Open Source ReadWrite Web Alternatives – Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: Open Source ReadWrite Web Alternatives Please visit the link above and give me your feedback in the “comments” below. Thank you.

Open Source Social Network Engines

10 May 2008 at 01:39

enzofsilva

eLearning 2.0, open source, social media, Web 2.0

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No-one is impressed with the words “social networking” anymore. We used to have to explain to new comers what “Myspace” or Facebook implied. Now everyone can have their own social networks online with relatively no cost using open source solutions that I think deserve some attention: 1- www.elgg.org -> free and open source initiative. Very [...]

Open Source Alternatives to Web 2.0 Services

18 Mar 2008 at 04:03

enzofsilva

eLearning 2.0, open source, social media, Web 2.0

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What we see happening in school districts, educational institutions and companies all over the world is the urge to adopt technology to manage and deliver better learning experiences. As a result, these entities end up “investing” (sometimes) significant amounts of money without considering free alternatives offered by the open source community. The open source community [...]