Difference between revisions of "Education/Collaboratively generated educational material"
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* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikiversity Wikiversity] | * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikiversity Wikiversity] | ||
* {{wp|OpenCourseWare|OpenCourseWare}} such as MIT's original initiative - {{wp|MIT_OpenCourseWare|MIT OpenCourseWare}}. | * {{wp|OpenCourseWare|OpenCourseWare}} such as MIT's original initiative - {{wp|MIT_OpenCourseWare|MIT OpenCourseWare}}. | ||
| − | * [http://cxn.org Connexions] | + | * [http://www.squeakland.org/ Etoys] free and open-source software that teaches ideas in innovative ways. Comes as standard on the XO-Laptop which has been given to over a million children in the Third World |
| + | * [http://cxn.org Connexions]. Open educational content in hundreds of subjects. | ||
| + | * [http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ Wolfram Demonstrations Project]. Compilation of interactive visualizations of hundreds of phenomena in science, mathematics, music and other areas. Not collaboratively generated, but released under a Creative Commons license. | ||
* [http://www.popsci.com/node/37498?cmpid=PSCenews090309 How much can you really learn with a free online education] (Wired) | * [http://www.popsci.com/node/37498?cmpid=PSCenews090309 How much can you really learn with a free online education] (Wired) | ||
Revision as of 20:15, 27 April 2010
Educational material contributed and edited collaboratively, constantly evolving and increasing in both quantity and quality, similar to the evolution of the famous wikipedia 
.
Material free for anyone, teachers or students, to use and customise for their own purposes. It is very early days, but this is very much under way already.
Links
- Wiki books
- Wikiversity
- OpenCourseWare such as MIT's original initiative - MIT OpenCourseWare .
- Etoys free and open-source software that teaches ideas in innovative ways. Comes as standard on the XO-Laptop which has been given to over a million children in the Third World
- Connexions. Open educational content in hundreds of subjects.
- Wolfram Demonstrations Project. Compilation of interactive visualizations of hundreds of phenomena in science, mathematics, music and other areas. Not collaboratively generated, but released under a Creative Commons license.
- How much can you really learn with a free online education (Wired)
