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Jean-Claude BradleyJean-Claude Bradley

January 29, 2007January 29, 2007

Drexel UniversityDrexel University

The OpportunityThe Opportunity

The quality of university level open The quality of university level open educational content has been increasing educational content has been increasing rapidlyrapidly

Educational modalities available: Educational modalities available: – Recorded lectures (videos, screencasts, Recorded lectures (videos, screencasts,

audio podcasts, etc.)audio podcasts, etc.)– Interactive tutorials and quizzesInteractive tutorials and quizzes– Full Free Online TextbooksFull Free Online Textbooks

The ChallengeThe Challenge

The quality is variable on the open webThe quality is variable on the open web

Top down efforts (e.g. MIT Top down efforts (e.g. MIT Opencourseware) are incompleteOpencourseware) are incomplete

Students will supplement their information Students will supplement their information sources spontaneously – how can we sources spontaneously – how can we guide them?guide them?

Listing ResourcesListing Resources

Linking from SyllabusLinking from Syllabus

Customized SearchingCustomized Searching

Online textbooksOnline textbooksWikipediaWikipediaSpecific documents (ppt, doc, pdf, Specific documents (ppt, doc, pdf, etc.)etc.)Transcripts of LecturesTranscripts of LecturesSyllabusSyllabus

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Some resourcesSome resources