I am so pleased to share the results of a project I’ve been working on for the past several years. in collaboration with Michelle Harrison from Thompson Rivers University, Irwin DeVries from Royal Roads University, and early foundational help from
Adopting Open Textbooks Workshop
On May 27th I attended a workshop organized by BC Campus titled Adopting Open Textbooks held at Camosun College in Victoria. BC Campus has been running a series of these workshops starting off at Thompson Rivers University, University of Northern… Read more ›
British Columbia moves ahead with Open Digital Textbook Project
Last year at the OpenEd 2012 Conference held at UBC, the BC government committed to being the first province in Canada to offer students free, online, open textbooks for a variety of popular subjects. It was an exciting announcement for… Read more ›
Finding openly licensed audio and music
I was searching for a piece of audio today for a short video that I am putting together. While I can think of a number of popular pieces of music which would suit my need, I would be breaching… Read more ›
Creating OER and Combining Licenses Video
Just stumbled upon this great animated video which may be helpful to instructors wanting to explore using open educational resources (OER) in their instructional material. The first part of the video is really useful for people getting started with OER, and the second part gets into the details of combining open licenses while respecting the range… Read more ›
‘Why Open Education Matters’ video competition winner
Below find the winning entry for the ‘Why Open Education Matters’ video competition launched earlier this year by Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society Foundation. The winning video was produced by the Blinktower creative agency based in Cape Town,… Read more ›
My last day at the Centre for Educational Technology
With sadness, I report that today is my last day here with the Centre for Educational Technology (CET) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). I have enjoyed the past three years immensely working on the open educational resource project
TED-ED Launches: Pairing Educators and Animators to Create Open Educational Resources
The popular online lecture series TED: Ideas Worth Spreading has recently launched a new initiative called TED-ED: Lessons Worth Sharing. The new initiative comes with a call to educators everywhere to submit one of their lessons which can be delivered
Adding language subtitles on Khan Academy Videos
Khan Academy has garnered a lot of attention in the last year or so as he has created and shared hundreds of instructional videos for learners to explore. Despite some critiques of this style of education, its hard to deny the
Laura Czerniewicz featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education
We are delighted to have our very own Laura Czerniewicz featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education as a ‘Tech Innovator’ who is ‘Transforming Campus’! Laura has been profiled along with other global technology innovators such as Salman Khan from