David Wiley
David is working to lower the cost and improve the quality of education. He is currently on leave from Brigham Young University where he is an Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology in the David O. McKay School of Education and Director of the Open Education Group. His career is dedicated to increasing access to educational opportunity for everyone around the world.
During his fellowship David will help secondary and post-secondary schools abandon expensive textbooks and adopt open educational resources (OER). He will also develop a continuous improvement process for making OER more effective over time.
David Wiley Blog
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Efficacy, the Golden Ratio, and the OER Impact Factor
Back in December Michael Feldstein wrote a terrific post about Pearson’s new initiative around “efficacy.” There has been a great thread of comments attached to his (as always)... Read More – ‘Efficacy, the Golden Ratio, and the OER Impact Factor’.
Rewiki Makes Me Remember…
Watching Mike’s screencast of the rewiki prototype lead me down memory lane to a tool we built back in the day called Send2Wiki. Here’s a summary from the extensions page at... Read More – ‘Rewiki Makes Me Remember…’.
Clarifying the 5th R
There have been a number of responses to my decision to introduce a 5th R – “Retain” – to my 4Rs framework. Bill, Darren, and Mike have responded, among others. Some parts of... Read More – ‘Clarifying the 5th R’.
Transclusion, Making OER Easier to Use, and Candela
via MIke Caulfield I recently received the excellent news that I will receive another year of support as a Shuttleworth Fellow. These fellowships are extremely generous and I’m incredibly... Read More – ‘Transclusion, Making OER Easier to Use, and Candela’.
The Access Compromise and the 5th R
It’s been seven years since I introduced the 4Rs framework for thinking about the bundle of permissions that define an open educational resource, or OER. The framework of permitted activities... Read More – ‘The Access Compromise and the 5th R’.
