If you have a few spare minutes in your hectic schedules you should check out http://wikieducator.org Just be warned it might take up more of your time than you might expect…
What is Wikieducator? It is a collaborative space for the planning of education projects linked with the development of free content. A space to develop free content on Wikieducator for e-learning and to work on building open education resources (OERs) and a space to network funding proposals developed as free content.
It was voted by Stephen Downes as the best educational wiki last year and if the developments that have happened are anything to go by, watch this space.
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Another great online resource that is both practical and free is CasePlace. It has useful resources like up to date case studies, syllabi and innovative teaching materials on business and sustainability.
One of the major benefits of CasePlace is that almost all of the content on the site is free. Some of the content providers charge for their information but the rest of it is for free and available to the public.
The site is designed specifically for business schools and their faculties, “To facilitate new curriculum development and new connections among faculty with aligned interests.” But it is really open to anyone interested in social and environmental concerns in business.
The website has loads of tools and resources from Audio and Video files, books, background reports, links and more all available after you complete your free registration. There is also a really great section on Teaching Modules which are all structures around specific themes.
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While doing my usual browse through my favorite websites I came across Piers Fawkes‘ Article on A Deeper Look At Co-Working on PSFK.
These days it is becoming more common for companies to open up their work-places to other businesses. There are various reasons to do this (aside from the obvious shared-cost benefit)
With the move towards collaboration many companies prefer to have fellow creative close to hand in case there is an opportunity to develop or to share a project. There is also the added bonus of another set of skills in the same office that can be tapped into.
The general trend seems to be the feeling of community that people get from working together. There is a more social aspect to how people interact and this makes for a better working environment. While many companies are hesitant to join forces with others, for some the benefits are too real to pass up.
So if you have spare space in your office it might just benefit you to rent it out to a firm that you work with. Not only will you save on the rent, but you will also have them close at hand when you need to deliver on a project. You get the benefits of hiring a freelancer while having them around all the time, paying you to be there…
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For many students the big downside to leaving university is the debt left over from your years of study. There are a few options open to the student looking to pay off their loans in innovative ways and Dissertation.com is one of the more innovative ways I have encountered.
At Dissertation.com they allow you to publish your dissertation, either in hard cover, soft cover or an E-book. They also give you royalties on any sales you might receive… you get between 20 and 40 percent of the sales and the agreements are not exclusive so you aren’t locked in.
“The primary function of Dissertation.com is to provide students, researchers, and the general public with low cost access to your academic dissertation.” By providing a data-base of dissertations on a variety of topics by students all over the world, Dissertation.com gives one access to an amazing array of theses.
From “Good Military Wives Stay In The Closet” to “The Information Age and Diplomacy” you can find it at Dissertation.com
The topics are wide-ranging as you can imagine and there is an amazing amount of information available to the public so go and check it out, there is a submission form you can complete to see if you are eligible to submit your dissertation and you never know you might just get published and make some money out of your years of labour.
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