Teaching open-mindedness is part of the essential mission of education, says Jonathan Adler, a professor of philosophy at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center. Teaching open-mindedness is ...

Educators often argue that they need more control over the development of the curriculum they are teaching. Open education resources may be the answer, said several educators during presentations at ...

Open Education is transforming the way knowledge is shared, accessed, and taught. By embracing the principles of openness, educators can increase access to high-quality resources, reduce costs for ...

Think about how you could incorporate open educational practices (OEP) into your teaching. Choose one of the scenarios below and jot down a quick idea: Imagine you’re teaching a class. How could you ...

Notions about how the American education system should function, from kindergarten to college, are changing. The very idea of constructs such as grade levels, and a rigid division between high school ...

Higher order learning is an activity that cannot be scaled. Foundational knowledge may be appropriate for a MOOC (or a textbook, or even a really well-designed educational video game), but advanced ...

Open educational resources, widely regarded as posing a challenge to commercial providers of academic content, have received a potentially major boost with the passage of the Every Student Succeeds ...

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This week at Dartmouth we are launching our first open online edX (DartmouthX) course, Introduction to Environmental Science. Everyone I know in higher education seems to have a set of strong opinions ...

A blog entry detailing my recent experiences as a language worker--examining the structure of my particular workplace and potential opportunities for organising in the industry. Submitted by Chilli ...

Harvard's latest case study asks a classic question: To go open source or not? It doesn't provide any answers, but does offer some hints. Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written ...