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Written by: bridget

Posted in: Biology, Blog, Connexions, event feedback, FHSST, FullMarks, Khan Academy, Life Sciences, MIT, OER Commons, OERs

Introduction to Open Education Resources in Life Sciences
We thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere at last night’s evening event for Life Sciences. Many of the teachers that came already knew each other either from previous work experience or from... Read more – ‘Introduction to Open Education Resources in Life Sciences’.

Written by: Mark Horner

Posted in: a.nnotate.com, editing, Fellows Blogs, FHSST, Mark Horner, OERs, textbooks

FHSST Editing Sprint Review
It came to pass recently that we (and by we I mean just short of 100 volunteers from all over the world!) edited the Free High Schools Science Texts (FHSST) textbooks in the space of 9 days. The... Read more – ‘FHSST Editing Sprint Review’.

Written by: Mark Horner

Posted in: Blog

Invitation to prospective Siyavula OER content facilitators
Background Siyavula is a non-profit education initiative which originated within the Shuttleworth Foundation. It grew out of an earlier project by Mark Horner, the Shuttleworth Foundation fellow for... Read more – ‘Invitation to prospective Siyavula OER content facilitators’.

Written by: Mark Horner

Posted in: 99designs, advice, crowdsource, Fellows Blogs, FHSST, logo design, Mark Horner, OERs, OpenPress, website design

Crowdsourcing vs. Traditional Design: The Results
The idea of testing crowdsourcing against a more traditional design process came up last year (you can read about it here) and we decided to do an experiment as we needed new covers for the two sets... Read more – ‘Crowdsourcing vs. Traditional Design: The Results’.