About iBerry

iBerry is a non-profit making, private website. Serving the international academic community since 1999, iBerry connects to information and resources for learners, educators, researchers and anyone else with an interest in Higher Education (HE). Our focus is on connection rather than content; we see iBerry as one small part of an emerging and open global education network that one day will bring inexpensive education to anyone, anywhere, regardless of their circumstances.

iBerry is free to use and there is no need for casual users to register. More frequent visitors are encouraged to register their interests in a growing international community of educators and learners. It is hoped that registered users will help in the development of iBerry including the forging of stronger links with other open educational organizations and groupings concerned with different parts of the educational process.

At present, Open Courseware (OCW) is available on many websites and forms a significant educational resource with much potential for development and the exchange of ideas about its use in teaching and learning. We are attempting to compile a directory of good quality OCW that will be of most use and relevance to self-learners and educators.

iBerry gratefully acknowledges the support of widged.com - Bite-size Applications for Education.

Edupunk Revolution (?)

"Edupunk", the term created only a few weeks ago, defies analysis but has created quite a stir. From the (soon to be deleted?) Wikipedia piece:

"Edupunk is an ideology referring to teaching and learning practices that result from a do it yourself (DIY) attitude. Many instructional applications can be described as DIY education or Edupunk. It describes inventive teaching and inventive learning.

The term was first used on May 25, 2008 by Jim Groom in his blog, and covered less than a week later in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Stephen Downes, a theorist on the field of online education and new media, asserts that "the concept of Edupunk has totally caught wind, spreading through the blogosphere like wildfire".

Edupunk has risen from an objection to the efforts of government and corporate interests in reframing and bundling emerging technologies into cookie-cutter products with pre-defined application -- somewhat similar to traditional punk ideologies." - Wikipedia

iBerry does not have too much of a problem with this! I have created a new News Aggregator feed to the del.icio.us tag - "edupunk".

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