Open Source, Education, Laptop 100$, higher education

Hoy traemos para la lectura tres artículos/posts interesantes:

1) How the Open Source Movement Has Changed Education: 10 Success Stories en Online Education Database

How would you like to study at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for free? It has been nearly six years since MIT first announced their MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) program. More recently, MIT announced that the OCW program, a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world, is online and will be completed by 2008. The OCW provides open access to course materials for up to 1,550 MIT courses, representing 34 departments and all five MIT schools. The goal is to include materials from all MIT courses by next year. (leer más…)

2)Can the «$100 Laptop» Change the World? By Laurie Rowell en eLearn Magazine

Here’s an outrageous idea: What if every child in the world could have a free personal laptop? Put some e-books on it, make it Web-capable, and add a palette of media tools so children could work on creative projects. Wouldn’t that be incredible?

When Nicholas Negroponte proposed this idea at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January, 2005, it certainly seemed that way—like a noble dream. Two years later, that dream is an actual product that’s just around the corner from delivery to the global schoolroom. This is not just any laptop, but one designed to challenge our pre-conceptions of what a personal computer can be, and of how it might be used to teach our children how to learn. Its influence may soon be felt far and wide, and in previously unimaginable ways. (leer más…)

3) What is the future of higher education? en ODCE Conference Blog

During a lunch conversation, focus turned to the future of universities and colleges. The question was essentially: Are universities capable of adapting to today’s climate? Can they adjust to reflect the needs of learners? Many have expressed skepticism. Several years ago, in discussion with a university president, I was informed that the concepts I presented with connectivism made sense, were valid, and largely reflected the changes required by universities. But they weren’t going to happen. Why? The system of policy, funding, research, tenure, and mindsets were to rigid to result in the quantum change needed. I’ve heard of several prominent thinkers recently who share this concern. (leer más…)

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