As part of the Open Education Week we organised an Open.EdX hackathon. According to Wikipedia a hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest or codefest) is an event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including g… more »
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Last year I blogged about the optimal video length for student engagement. The researchers have continued their work with these data.
They classified the 842 videos of 4 EdX courses in four categories:
a.) a recorded classroom lecture, b.) an instruc… more »
The Orange Carpet Award is a yearly award for projects that promote internationalisation of higher education institutes in the Netherlands. Each year there are 3 projects nominated by a jury. This year the nomimated projects were:
Maastricht School o… more »
Alweer de derde editie van het trendrapport geschreven door de SIG Open Education. De vorige edities hadden nog als titel "Trendrapport OER". Deze editie hebben we aangepast naar Open Education. Dit past in een wereldwijde trend en geeft beter aan waar… more »
Currently EdX has 32 universities that are member of the xConsortium. EdX noticed a growing demand from foundations, NGO's, business and universities to offer courses on edx.org. After quiet some discussion with the consortium we have decided on a new m… more »
Next week is the third Open Education Week. Open Education Week is a series of events to increase awareness of open education movement. There are� both online and offline events around the world. Through the events and resources, we hope to reach out… more »
MOOCs have gone from a distant idea to a global phenomenon in less than five years. During this period MOOCs have innovated at a dazzling speed in content creation, delivery, feedback, testing and other aspects of the knowledge delivery process. The exc… more »