Wayne Mackintosh 🇳🇿🐧 @mackiwg@mastodon.oeru.org

If you want to try our BigBlueButton instance, just go to https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/dav-hm3-m7x in Chrome/Chromium/Firefox/Brave - no software install needed. It just works, even for bigger groups!

Good article today in InsideHigherEd about the problems with so-called "inclusive access" relative to #OER:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/03/10/survey-suggests-challenges-open-textbooks-ahead

A tangent: my #OERWishList includes holding these sorts of events not on Twitter, but on open social media: https://stevefoerster.com/academic-twitter-is-for-the-birds/ #Fediverse

#MOOC providers and IHEs: They’re not “MicroMasters” or “MicroBachelors” or “nanodegrees” or “mini-MBA”, they’re certificate programs. Enough BS — and I don’t mean Bachelor of Science.

#IfTwitterEndedTomorrow hopefully you would be like me and https://joinmastodon.org

A great way to have more... is to want less.

Great to see all the good folks joining the #bman111 course! Very auspicious for us all!

How to configure a Linux server to send email via the Postfix SMTP server using an email on an authenticating SMTP server: https://tech.oeru.org/configuring-linux-server-send-email-postfix-smtp-server-using-external-authenticating-smtp-host

Right, releasing my latest OERu Techblog Post: How to run your own NextCloud 18 instance integrated with OnlyOffice - it's like having your very own Google Apps & Google Drive... without Google. https://tech.oeru.org/nextcloud-and-onlyoffice

@mackiwg @stephenharlow So. Much. More. Peaceful.

and you know, the other day I missed someone's toot, and then found it a day later when someone else commented, and I found it because I was interested in them, not because it was a fire hose or displayed because of an algorithm.

It's more like a patch of forest here, where different plants spring up, seasonally, and you can find amazing things if you have the patience and perception to look.

If you noticed that my newsletter is a little short today, it's because I wrote a long post called 'Educational Research in Learning Technology'. I discuss the nature (and weaknesses) of research in our field. https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2020/02/research-in-learning-technology.html Thanks to Philip Kerr for the writing prompt.

Registration is now open for BC post-secondary folks to attend a one day H5P/Pressbooks workshop on Thursday May 14th in Vancouver, organized by BCcampus. Registration is limited to 30. Details on the event https://oet.sandcats.io/shared/vc-r3EiH5gW8Tt1yrmusP15W6OhEXV4q6eW1u-xNuO0 and to register https://events.eply.com/2020H5PandPressbooksWorkshop

Impressed by the polish shown by a release candidate of #Armbian 20.02 running on my #PinebookPro Early exploration of the provided XFCE4 18.04.3 makes it look quite functional.

@chendricks @mackiwg Here's the full list of accessibility course. They are pretty much ready to go. We'll announce them in the next week or 2. https://oeru.org/web-accessibility

And here are links to the two Introduction to Philosophy open textbooks published so far:

Philosophy of Mind: https://press.rebus.community/intro-to-phil-of-mind/

Ethics: https://press.rebus.community/intro-to-phil-ethics/

#OER #OpenTextbooks #philosophy