PEERS: Interesting Introductory Course on Social Media and other OER

David Wiley, accomplished education professional and leading expert in the open education, copyright, social media, and learning obejcts domains, created an interesting and rich online course introducing Social Media. It is divided into 14 weeks, and each week treats a different tool, technology, or concept.

Innovation continues to occur on the internet at an extremely lively pace. What was once the realm of email, FTP, Gopher, and the Web is barely recognizable a mere 10 years later. Keeping up with the speed of innovation and maintaining a familiarity with the most recent tools and capabilities is handy in some professions and absolutely critical in others. This course is designed to help you understand and effectively use a variety of “web 2.0″ technologies including blogs, RSS, wikis, social bookmarking tools, photo sharing tools, mapping tools, audio and video podcasts, and screencasts.

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There are many more "Open Educational Resources" on a variety of different subjects: free, online, reusable resources that can be used for formal and informal learning, including videos, course materials, and assessments. The following sites aggregate, contain, or link to this expanding bulk of high quality learning materials.