Faculty Perceptions of OER and Transforming Your Teaching Please join us June 26, 1:00 pm Eastern for a webinar on faculty perceptions of open educational resources (OER) and how to transform your teaching with open educational practices. Our feature...
May 1st CCCOER Webinar: Finding and Selecting High Quality Open Educational Resources+
Please join us May 1st, 1:00 pm EST for the CCCOER Webinar “Finding and Selecting High Quality Open Educational Resources”. Hear from a community college librarian, the director of a statewide open textbook project, and an open textbook publi...
CCCOER March 27, 12:00 pm PST Webinar: Fostering OER Friendly Policies at Your College+
Please join us March 27th, 12:00 pm Pacific timezone for the CCCOER Webinar on “Fostering OER Friendly Policies at Your College”. Hear how to best support faculty, staff, and students in the creation and use of open educational resource...
Open Education Week Community College Webinar Archive+
The first annual Open Education Week has come to a close but it continues to live on at the Open Education site with many project videos and presentations. All the live webinars from last week are in the process of being archived and will be availabl...
The making of OEW12NL+
Op donderdag 26 januari werd ik 's avonds via Skype gebeld door Mary Lou Forward. Zij vertelde dat Google de Open Education Week gaat sponsoren en onderdeel daarvan is een bijeenkomst voor policy makers in Washington DC. Maar ja, de week is een interna...
OPEN EDUCATION: EMERGENCE AND IDENTITY+
LINK TO PAPER Introduction to Openness “Openness is a controversial topic. Even people who agree on its desirability can disagree over what openness really means and how best to achieve it” (Mackie, 2008). How can such a seemingly simple word like “open” be so difficult to define and understand? If open were a binary concept, [...]
Open Education Week Event in Delft a big success+
Yesterday I organised the European Open Education Week Event in Delft. We had an interesting line-up of speakers: Dutch State Secretary for Education Halbe Zijlstra, President of the OpenCourseWare Consortium Anka Mulder, UNESCO Chair for OER Fred Muld...
Trendrapport Open Education Resources+
Aan het begin van de Open Education Week is het Trendrapport Open Education Resources (OER) gepubliceerd. Dit rapport is geschreven door de Special Interest Group Open Educational Resouces (SIG OER). In dit rapport wordt een goed overzicht gegeven van ...
Friday, 1:00 pm Pacific: The Importance of Open Education to Community Colleges+
To celebrate Open Education Week, the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) will be holding a free and open webinar this Friday at 1:00 pm Pacific on the Importance of Open Education for Community Colleges. You will hear ...
MIT OpenCourseWare publishes unique introductory Python programming independent study course+
6.00SC Introduction to Computer Science and Programming provides a comprehensive introduction to the basics of programming. CAMBRIDGE, MA, March 6, 2012 – Python programming has fast become the introductory programming language of choice, and now MIT OpenCourseWare has unveiled a new Python programming resource designed specifically for independent learners. Developed by Professor John Guttag, 6.00SC [...]
A new CC team for Argentina+
Argentina Flag / quimpg / CC BY It’s taken us a few months, but we would like to introduce some new members of the CC family – our new CC Argentina affiliate team. The new Argentinian team (see their website here and their CC wikipage here), came on board late last year and is headed [...]
Update on Open Education Week and Innovations 2012+
The first Open Education Week continues its second day and there are great webinars open all this week. Remember that the schedule is in GMT so don’t forget to do the math to get your timezone, help on how to do it is on the page. ALSO, we (CCCOER)...
Raising awareness of an important direction for education+
WASHINGTON, DC, – (March 5, 2012). Today, leading education advocacy groups and the U.S. Department of Education announced the launch of two major initiatives to promote awareness of Open Educational Resources: the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition and the first annual Open Education Week. Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials published under an open [...]
Why Open Education Matters+
Today Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society Institute launch the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition. The competition will award cash prizes, provided by the Open Society Institute, of up to $25,000 for the...
Open Education Week+
It is Monday of Open Education Week. In this blog, open education has been the dominant theme. Using open (free as in freedom) software is one element, for sure. Open Educational Resources (OER) are also central to making education work in the information age. Education has always been about helping kids to interact with a [...]
CC News: Why Open Education Matters Video Competition+
Stay up to date with CC news by subscribing to our weblog and following us on Twitter. Why Open Education Matters Video Competition! by Creative Commons, U.S. Department of Education, and Open Society Foundations Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society Foundations announce the launch of the Why Open Education Matters [...]
Open Education Week+
Open Education Week is taking place from 5-10 March 2012 online and in locally hosted events around the world.It is the first of its kind in the history of human race.The purpose of Open Education Week is to raise awareness of the open education movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. Participation in [...]
Keeping an “OER mind” about shared resources for education+
Posted by Maggie Johnson, Director of Education and University Relations With ever-increasing demands being placed on our education system, including new skill sets that need to be taught to create a pipeline that can fill 21st century jobs, we must f...
First Open Education Week in March 2012+
For the first time, Open Education Week (OEW) takes place March 5-10 2012. Organised by the Open Courseware Consortium the OEW aims to promote the idea of Open Educational Ressources (OER) specificly, as well as Open Access in general. OEW wants to con...
Open Education Week 2012 starts tomorrow+
Tomorrow the first annual Open Education Week will kick-off. More then 150 organisations are participating in the week. There are worldwide 50 live events. I'm organising one of those live events in Delft on Wednesday 7th. We have 89 attendees in the r...
Open Education Week+
Στις 5 Μαρτίου αρχίζει άλλη μία online εκδήλωση, αυτή τη φορά για την ελεύθερη και δωρεάν εκπαίδευση μέσω του διαδικτύου. Δείτε εδώ περισσότε
Open Education Week+
Στις 5 Μαρτίου αρχίζει άλλη μία online εκδήλωση, αυτή τη φορά για την ελεύθερη και δωρεάν εκπαίδευση μέσω του διαδικτύου. Δείτε εδώ περισσότερα: http://www.openeducationweek.org/
Το πρόγραμμα περιλαμβάνει και webinars (συναντήσεις διαδικτυακά μέσω βίντεο) που θα γίνονται απ' όλο τον κόσμο πάνω σε διάφορα θέματα της εκπαίδευσης μέσω διαδικτύου. Κατάλογος των συναντήσεων υπάρχει εδώ: http://www.openeducationweek.org/webinars/
Μπορείτε να εγγραφείτε και σεις στην εκδήλωση μέσω των λογαριασμών σας στο facebook, twitter και google (υπάρχουν κουμπάκια εγγραφής στο πάνω μέρος της σελίδας).
Η βιβλιοθήκη μας έχει ήδη κάνει εγγραφή, όποιος άλλος ενδιαφέρεται ας αφήσει ένα σχόλιο σε αυτό το...
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Το πρόγραμμα περιλαμβάνει και webinars (συναντήσεις διαδικτυακά μέσω βίντεο) που θα γίνονται απ' όλο τον κόσμο πάνω σε διάφορα θέματα της εκπαίδευσης μέσω διαδικτύου. Κατάλογος των συναντήσεων υπάρχει εδώ: http://www.openeducationweek.org/webinars/
Μπορείτε να εγγραφείτε και σεις στην εκδήλωση μέσω των λογαριασμών σας στο facebook, twitter και google (υπάρχουν κουμπάκια εγγραφής στο πάνω μέρος της σελίδας).
Η βιβλιοθήκη μας έχει ήδη κάνει εγγραφή, όποιος άλλος ενδιαφέρεται ας αφήσει ένα σχόλιο σε αυτό το...
Community Colleges and Open Education Week+
Open Education Week is starting Monday, March 5 and I wanted to let you know about some of the webinars planned for Community College faculty, administrators, staff, and students. There are many other events planned besides the ones below and I encoura...
OER K-12 Bill Passes in U.S. Washington State+
There was exciting open policy news from U.S. Washington State (WA) last evening. HB 2337 “Regarding open educational resources in K-12 education” passed the Senate (47 to 1) and is on its way back to the House for final concurrence. It already passed the House 88 to 7 before moving to the Senate. The bill [...]
Learn about CC during Open Education Week+
As most of you are undoubtedly aware, next week, 5-10 March, is the First Annual Open Education Week – a time set aside each year to celebrate and raise awareness about open education and open educational resources (OER). How better to spend it than learning how to share OER with CC… and to remind us [...]
Open Education Week: March 5-10+
Greetings Open Colleagues:
Reminder: Open Education Week is next week: March 5-10.
Will you please forward this note (feel free to edit) to your organization’s listserv(s)? Let's get the word out!
Thank you,
Cable
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Subject: Open Education Week: March 5-10
Dear XXXX:
I am writing to ask you to join your colleagues around the world to increase understanding about Open Education!
Open Education Week will take place from March 5-10 online and in locally hosted events around the world, with opportunities to participate in webinars and online discussions.
Participation is free and open to all. The objective is to raise...
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Open Education Week: March 5-10+
Greetings Open Colleagues:Reminder: Open Education Week is next week: March 5-10.Will you please forward this note (feel free to edit) to your organization’s listserv(s)? Let's get the word out!Thank you,Cable==============Subject: Open Educati...
Open Education Week in Nederland+
In de week van 5 tot 10 maart wordt de eerste wereldwijde Open Education Week georganiseerd. Het doel van de week is om meer bekendheid te geven aan de voordelen van het open delen binnen het onderwijs en dan specifiek open leermaterialen. Tijdens de ...
Press Release: First Annual Open Education Week, March 5-10, 2102+
Efforts to Expand Access to Education and Knowledge to be Featured in Global Events CAMBRIDGE, Mass., – (February 21, 2012) –The OpenCourseWare Consortium announces today the first annual Open Education Week from March 5-10, 2012. Open Education Week is a global event that seeks to raise awareness about the benefits of free and open sharing [...]
Open Education Week – Only 10 days to go!+
I am reposting a press release for an event that is really important for the open access / open education community, regarding the Open Education Week, organized by the The OpenCourseWare Consortium: OPENCOURSEWARE CONSORTIUM DECLARES FIRST ANNUAL...
Open Education Week – Only 10 days to go!+
I am reposting a press release for an event that is really important for the open access / open education community, regarding the Open Education Week, organized by the The OpenCourseWare Consortium: OPENCOURSEWARE CONSORTIUM DECLARES FIRST ANNUAL...
Open Education Week event in Delft+
The OpenCourseWare Consortium is organising the first annual Open Education Week from March 5 – 10, 2012. Open Education Week is a global event, raising awareness about the benefits of free and open sharing in education, especially Open Education...