Watch this introductory video before reading the blog below
In the past
few decades there has been a subtle but steady growth of open education
resources over the internet. The schools are aiming at efficient and
cost-effective means to provide education and finding alternatives to the
over-priced paper based books.
With the
growth and advancement of technology at schools this has become possible. Schools
have been implementing the Bring Your Own Device policy which has helped the
students in many ways. These days schools support and encourages learning from
the open source educational websites like edX Courses, Khan Academy, etc. on
their personal devices used at schools. This helps the students to download and
read contents on their own device at school and home. Thus, we can see the
relationship between Bring Your Device and Open Education Resource being implemented
parallel.
The
technical advancement has helped in education system so much that the students
can firstly use their own devices, access open source education sites, use free
online tools to collaborative studies, etc.
I will be
evaluating some of the Open Education Resources –
edX Courses, it is a non-profit online initiative founded by Harvard and MIT
Universities and offers interactive online courses in different fields. The students
can register themselves and attend multiple courses and attain certificates. edX
also provides online training for some of the technical tools and programming
languages. As per my research and understanding, this is ranked # 1 free
educational resource.
edX Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/EdXOnline
Curriki, this website is founded and sponsored by some of the IT giants
like IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, etc. to curate the knowledge in various
disciplines, highlighting noteworthy teachers. They provide a free membership
where the users can use Facebook or Google account to register themselves. It
provides a well-organized curriculum and an interactive mode of communication.
Further
Reading –
1. Khan Academy
2. Lynda.com
4. P2PU
5. openstudy
6. iUniv
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