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50 Essential Web Tools to Search and Bookmark Open Courseware

January 21, 2010 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

If you want to become proficient in finding and bookmarking Open Courseware sites, we found fifty essential Web tools that can help you with that goal. The tools gathered here were built with faculty, students and self-learners in mind. Instead of a simple bookmarking tool, for instance, you can walk away with a tool that can help you search, collect and collaborate for even more information.

The following list is divided into categories that include search engines, directories, bookmarking services and collections.
(Link: 50 Essential Web Tools to Search and Bookmark Open Courseware)

e-learning, opencourseware

In the Future, the Cost of Education will be Zero – mashable

July 27, 2009 by Brent Sordyl 1 Comment

“Knowledge is, as the economists say, a non-rival good,” wrote venture capitalist Brad Burnham in May. “If I eat an apple, you cannot also eat that same apple; but if I learn something, there is no reason you cannot also learn that thing. Information goods lend themselves to being created, distributed and consumed on the web. It is not so different from music, or classified advertising, or news.”

So in the future, the cost of education might be free, or nearly free, which could just level the playing field.
(Link: In the Future, the Cost of Education will be Zero – mashable)

e-learning, Education, opencourseware

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