[Osdc-edu-authors] Osdc-edu-authors Digest, Vol 4, Issue 9
Greg DeKoenigsberg
greg.dekoenigsberg at gmail.com
Tue May 18 17:39:08 UTC 2010
Hello from the other side. :)
First, a promise for an article next week -- a roundup of the best
HTML/JS activity authoring tools for teachers. There are a few good
ones, coming from the most interesting places: Tibet and Afghanistan.
Look for a draft by sometime next Monday.
Second, a response to Heather's brilliant post:
> 1) An overview of open source open curricula. Meaning, open source
> communities negotiating and open source curriculum.
Good.
> 2) Issues around certification in open source communities (thorny!
> interesting!)
Better. :)
> 3+) Interviews with individuals who are leading open source curriculum
> initiatives. I have two connections now, with the PSP Open web and WASP. I'd
> love other examples if anyone has any.
Best!
> Background: This is an area I am investigating as I ease into my role as
> Manager of Learning Services at Acquia. This is a company in the midst of an
> open source community. We want to push education in the community forward.
> We're not hiring any trainers but we're working with those in the community
> who deliver training.
> http://groups.drupal.org/curriculum-and-training
Even just an article talking about this would be brilliant. In fact,
this may be the best start of all: sort of setting up your byline.
> What do you all think about that? Have any other examples of communities
> attempting open source open curricula?
There's the open source software development textbook that I, Karsten
and others have collaborated on:
http://teachingopensource.org/index.php?title=Textbook_Redirect
And, of course, lots more examples every day. I'm starting to believe
that the real challenge, in this space, is just figuring out where all
the open curriculum stuff *is*. Which is, incidentally, one of the
primary foci of my new gig. ;)
--g
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