Vance Stevens

Oddly copy/paste does not work from this site, but it mentions me and MOTAS and other links to lessons plans using games - Vance Stevens

The Academic Phrasebank is a general resource for academic writers. It aims to provide you with examples of some of the phraseological "nuts and bolts" of writing organised under the headings to the left. It was designed primarily with international students whose first language is not English in mind. However, if you are a native speaker writer, you may still find parts of the material helpful. The phrases can be used simply to assist you in thinking about your writing, or they can be used in your own work where this is appropriate. In most cases a certain amount of creativity will be necessary when you do this. It is also possible to transfer some of the words used in particular phrases to others. The phrases are content neutral and generic in nature; in using them, therefore, you are not stealing other people's ideas and this does not constitute plagiarism. This site was developed by: john.morley@manchester.ac.uk Last Updated: 20 April, 2005 - Vance Stevens

Other ways to say ... Good, bad, happy, sad etc Graphic - Vance Stevens

When “open source” was coined in 1998 David made up the phrase “open content” and began trying to promote the idea, launched the http://www.opencontent.org/ website and produced a modified version of the GPL intended for use with non-software creative works (the “OpenContent License”). In 1999, released the Open Publication License. OPL established the conceptual framework upon which the Creative Commons licenses would later be established. This advocacy of the idea of open content, the idea that open content needs open licenses, and my contributions to the OPL are arguably the most important conceptual work I have done or will do in my career. From 1997 – 2006, I worked on “learning objects,” educational materials designed with the understanding that they will be reused in a broad variety of contexts. First I worked to establish a rigorous theoretical foundation for the idea, and then turned to writing critiques of the path learning objects research seemed to be taking. - Vance Stevens

In her book, Kamenetz explains how students and faculty benefit from Flat World’s open textbook publishing model: Students can read originally produced, high-quality textbooks for free online, download a PDF for a few dollars, or get a printed copy for $29.95, a fraction of what most textbooks cost. There’s also a choice of audio books and chapters, and, for the fall semester, ePub versions for handheld readers. Educators have the freedom to remix, reorder, add and delete content to customize the course material to match the instructor’s requirements. She concludes by noting that for the fall 2009 semester, the 40,000 students who used Flat World textbooks saved an estimated $3 million compared to traditional textbooks. - Vance Stevens

Fortunately there are couple of Free (or much cheaper) alternatives to easy web conferencing tools that are equally packed with features. Here we list some of them. All of these work on multiple platforms like Windows, Mac and Linux. - Vance Stevens

Just posted http://multiliteracies.posterous.com/moocing... for #evomlit and with a nod to @davecormier and #change11 #learning2gether - Vance Stevens