To those in the EdTech space, the idea of a “Github for Education” is is intriguing (see Audrey, Greg, and Mark and others). What problems could it solve? What benefits would it provide? How would it need to differ from Github? What are the problems? In order for open content to reach its potential, the following problems with … Continue reading »
Impacts of OER and Student/Faculty Feedback
Lots of people are tooting their horns about Open Education Resources (OERs) and how great they are (including us). But really, HOW great are they? It seems that if education systems are really going to buy into the whole “open learning” thing, they need some cold, hard facts laid in front of them. So today, … Continue reading »
4 Tips for Teaching Students to Read
Hello! I’m Beth, and I work at Open Tapestry as an Education Specialist. I’ll be dropping in now and then to offer some tricks of the trade that I’ve discovered as a teacher, and I’d love to hear from other teachers out there about ways to improve learning. One subject that I’ve found to be … Continue reading »
Turkeys: Get Out While You Can
To all of you American turkeys out there, this is the week that has given you nightmares for months, and for that, I am truly sorry. To all of you American humans, this is the week of Thanksgiving, and what better way to give thanks than to indulge in gluttony, am I right? In all … Continue reading »
Watch our Global Education Conference Webinar Here!
If you couldn’t make it to our session today on “Leveraging Open Content for Global Education,” that’s okay! You can watch the recording right here! Joel, our CEO, shows a brief demo of Open Tapestry part way through the presentation, but really, there’s a whole lot more of what we’re working on. We’ve got some … Continue reading »
MOOCs – Friend or Foe??
2012 has been dubbed “The Year of the MOOC” (Massive Open Online Course) because of the huge amount of attention that MOOCs have received. Don’t know what a MOOC is? See a quick definition here. Along with all the publicity they’ve been getting, there’s been a good deal of controversy surrounding MOOCs too. Arguments questioning the … Continue reading »
Link to Free Webinar on Open Content
Here it is! We just received the link to our session at the 2012 Global Education Conference. Join us on Friday at 11 AM MST to see how Open Tapestry helps users leverage open content for global education. Joel, our CEO, will be presenting, and it should be a great session! So tell your friends! … Continue reading »
Free Webinar: Leveraging Open Content for Global Education
This week is the 2012 Global Education Conference. It’s free, it’s online, and it’s meant to connect educators and innovators all over the world! Open Tapestry’s presentation, “Leveraging Open Content for Global Education” will be on Friday at 11 AM MST. Click here to see the schedule of session times for your time zone. The links … Continue reading »
What are open licenses?
I hope everyone is recovered from Election Day this week! It’s been an intense battle over the last several months, and I’ve got to be honest, it’s nice to have it all over with. If you read my silly poem last week on open content, you’ll recall that it was the first of a series of … Continue reading »
Making Mere Possibilities a Reality
Here’s a great thought-provoking post on open content and instruction written by our very own CEO, Joel Duffin. Joel is passionate about the future of open content and the role it will play in improving the quality and accessibility of education. What if… You could create learning opportunities around any piece of interesting content? Learners … Continue reading »
