Comments on: Academic Earth http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/01/30/academic-earth/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jason http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/01/30/academic-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-9491 Jason Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:39:25 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3753#comment-9491 Check out youtube's education channel. It's streaming unlike academic earth's shared hosting! http://www.youtube.com/edu Check out youtube’s education channel. It’s streaming unlike academic earth’s shared hosting!

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]]> By: Mark http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/01/30/academic-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-9145 Mark Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:16:20 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3753#comment-9145 Just because the universities are American doesn't mean that the scholars are. I mean, I've never gone to college myself, but I would venture to guess that there is a lot of diversity, just like the fact that not everyone in my workplace is American. Also it did only just start recently. Just because the universities are American doesn’t mean that the scholars are. I mean, I’ve never gone to college myself, but I would venture to guess that there is a lot of diversity, just like the fact that not everyone in my workplace is American. Also it did only just start recently.

]]> By: Zoe http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/01/30/academic-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-6091 Zoe Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:18:44 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3753#comment-6091 For the record - apparently, 'the world's top scholars' are all American. That is to say, all the available universities are American. Only two courses in Law, no tagging, descriptions in human-readable text form only. All in all, not the discoverability system you'd want to start with. For the record – apparently, ‘the world’s top scholars’ are all American. That is to say, all the available universities are American.

Only two courses in Law, no tagging, descriptions in human-readable text form only. All in all, not the discoverability system you’d want to start with.

]]> By: Zoe http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/01/30/academic-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-6090 Zoe Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:11:08 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3753#comment-6090 My husband is an academic, and I work in online publishing for education. This is a discussion we've had often. Academics, like teachers, are basically magpies - they'll use what they can find as long as it's good, and - more importantly - as long as they can tinker with it. No two HE courses are alike, there will always be different structures and syllabi in play. So, you will never get a perfect match - and nor should you, that would just lead to permanent replication and a sterile teaching cycle. My husband says that for him, using open resources/recommending open resources to students comes down to discoverability. That has two aspects: one, not knowing where to look (neither of us had heard of academic earth) and two, not being able to find appropriate material once there. I'd venture that getting open HE material into broad use would rely on discoverability, and I'd also venture that that would require a pretty sophisticated taxonomy/tagging mechanism. I'm off to see what discoverability tools academic earth has to offer now! My husband is an academic, and I work in online publishing for education. This is a discussion we’ve had often. Academics, like teachers, are basically magpies – they’ll use what they can find as long as it’s good, and – more importantly – as long as they can tinker with it.

No two HE courses are alike, there will always be different structures and syllabi in play. So, you will never get a perfect match – and nor should you, that would just lead to permanent replication and a sterile teaching cycle.

My husband says that for him, using open resources/recommending open resources to students comes down to discoverability. That has two aspects: one, not knowing where to look (neither of us had heard of academic earth) and two, not being able to find appropriate material once there.

I’d venture that getting open HE material into broad use would rely on discoverability, and I’d also venture that that would require a pretty sophisticated taxonomy/tagging mechanism. I’m off to see what discoverability tools academic earth has to offer now!

]]> By: Non-Linear Uncourses - Time for Linked Ed? « OUseful.Info, the blog… http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/01/30/academic-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-6053 Non-Linear Uncourses - Time for Linked Ed? « OUseful.Info, the blog… Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:07:54 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3753#comment-6053 [...] when George Siemens notes: I haven’t come across research to date that discusses how open educational resources are being [...] [...] when George Siemens notes: I haven’t come across research to date that discusses how open educational resources are being [...]

]]> By: Academic Earth http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/01/30/academic-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-6050 Academic Earth Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:11:13 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3753#comment-6050 [...] Academic Earth - elearnspace (elearnspace.org) - January 30, 2009In the spirit of “aggregation is content creation”, Academic Earth provides what it calls “thousands of lectures from the world’s top scholars”. Aside from being useful learning resources for individu… [...] [...] Academic Earth – elearnspace (elearnspace.org) – January 30, 2009In the spirit of “aggregation is content creation”, Academic Earth provides what it calls “thousands of lectures from the world’s top scholars”. Aside from being useful learning resources for individu… [...]

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/01/30/academic-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-6040 Stephen Downes Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:52:47 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3753#comment-6040 It doesn't matter whether universities are using them. It matters whether students are using them. It doesn’t matter whether universities are using them. It matters whether students are using them.

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