User:Whiteknight/BookPlan

Outline
(this should be a "talking outline", as opposed to just a bulleted list)


 * Introduction:Introduction to open content, open culture, and open-education. Rising cost of education, and dearth of quality education in poor places. Mention of some of the "big names" in the area. Introduction to open-content licenses.
 * Technologies:Overview of some of the technologies for use in open-education. Web2.0 stuff. Wikis. Online Collaboration. E-Books. Problems/criticisms with information sources like Wikipedia and Google.
 * Distributed Learning: Distance learning, telepresence, and classes "via satellite". Bringing learning into the classroom (as opposed to only taking learning out from it). Any-time learning. Online autodidacticism.
 * Free Course Materials: Where to get free materials. The quality of free materials. Quality and trustworthiness of materials created collaboratively. Timeliness of online materials, and staying up-to-date. Open Curricula, and issues with them.
 * Creating Course Materials: Places to write books and materials, compared/contrasted. Creating and hosting educational media (pictures/videos).
 * Group Collaboration: Using Web2.0 to teach classes interactively. Increased returns: Class one year creates materials for the next year. Learning by teaching. Getting students interested and involved.
 * Training Educators: Training educators in Web2.0 learning technologies. Comparing with traditional teaching skills.
 * Classroom Integration: Administering web2.0-based learning projects. Evaluating student contributions. Your class is not an island unto itself: interacting with external volunteers and communities.
 * Dissemination: Distributing technology-based materials to disconnected areas. Localization and automatic translation.