Open Educational Resources - experiences from Great Britain and Internationally. First presented to a Swedish audience in Stockholm February 2010 by Patrick McAndrew.
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11. I am currently in the Army on a 6 month tour in Iraq. It has been difficult for me to get computer access consistently but when I have been able to go on open learn I have enjoyed the opportunity. The purpose of my learning is mainly self development but also work related. I believe OpenLearn is a brilliant concept. It challenges traditionally held views about education. OpenLearn IS the way teaching & learning need to be. Free. No boundaries. Web-based, self-paced, 365-24-7, collaborative. User feedback Probably the best on-line resource for language learning I have come across.
19. OLnet and Collective Intelligence Collective intelligence: augmented functions that enabled by the existence of a community. Collective intelligence emerges through the coexistence of people in the same environment . In OLnet we aim to develop a software infrastructure that exploits the collective action and interaction of a community of users online in an “ intelligent way”; that is to say: obtaining effects and reaching goals that exceed single users and community capability and intentions.
In OLnet we are harnessing the interest of people across the world in a common area to identify research issues and then apply our “collective intelligence” by sharing ideas and evidence supported by tools (such as Compendium, Cohere and Cloudworks).