Main Nav

Participate in this Group

Search This Group

July 12, 2012 | Cable Green
Please share.

Thanks,

Cable

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jacky Hood <events@collegeopentextbooks.ning.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Subject: Come join me at Basic OER Training and Discussions on College Open Textbooks Community
To: "cable.green@gmail.com" <cable.green@gmail.com>


...
July 11, 2012 | Clark Shah-Nelson
Hi all,

Forwarding on some portions of the ICDE News which may be of interest.

Best,
clark

Clark Shah-Nelson
Sr. Instructional Designer, Center for Teaching and Learning
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
111 Market Pl. Ste. 830 Baltimore, MD 21202
voice/SMS: +1-410-929-0070 --- IM, Skype, Twitter: clarkshahnelson
fax#: +1-270-514-0112
http://clarkshahnelson.com



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: International Council for Open and Distance Education - ICDE <no_reply_icde@icde....
July 6, 2012 | Patrick Masson
Can anyone on the list provide examples where either: 1. A university is accepting, in a degree granting academic program (e.g. a B.S. in Biology) an course from an OCW project (e.g. Courcera, MIT OCW, OERu, Opencourseware Consortium, The Saylor Foundation, Udacity, etc.). That is, I am wondering if there are any examples of a traditional university (University of X) pointing their students to an externally developed, hosted, taught (assessed) OCW course and awarding credits for its completion toward a degree from the university (a B.S. in Biology from University X)? 2. A university teaching an externally developed, managed and hosted OER/OCW course directly (with a university based instructor), and upon successful completion awarding credit toward a degree (B.S. in Biology). Thanks, Patrick || |||| ||| || | | || ||| || ||| || | | ||| || ||| || Patrick Masson Chief Technology Officer, UMassOnline The University of Massachusetts, Office of the President 333 South St.,...
July 6, 2012 | Cable Green
Follow up article to the 2012 Paris OER Declaration...

Guardian: Are OERs the key to global economic growth?
Cable



Cable Green, PhD
Director of Global Learning

********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at...
June 29, 2012 | Cable Green
Our (all of us) collective work in helping governments understand "openness" and why open policies are important got a boost last week when UNESCO members states unanimously approved the 2012 Paris OER Declaration.

Creative Commons blog post: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/33089

Well done UNESCO, Commonwealth of Learning and everyone who worked hard for the last year to get this Declaration passed!

See the list of recommendations, for governments, on the blog post.  We have plenty of work to do.

Your partner in all things open,

Cable

PS - Please "tweet":   2012 Paris #OER Declaration passed @UNESCO. Read #CC wrapup & full declaration...
June 29, 2012 | Ellen Marie Murphy
The June edition of the OCW Consortium Newsletter focuses on Open Policy.

Here's a list of the articles:
- The Obviousness of Open Policy
- A Blueprint for Successful Open Policies
- OER Policies Promise Progress for Community Colleges
- Poland’s OER Policies and the “Digital School” Program
- Multiple Facets of Open Policy in South Korea
- Open Policy @ Open Universiteit, Netherlands
- 2012 Paris OER Declaration (full text)
- Useful Resources related to Open Policy

Here's where you can read it: http://issuu.com/ocwconsortium/docs/ocw_consortium_newsletter_june_2012

Ellen

Ellen Marie Murphy
Director of Online Curriculum
SUNY Empire State College
113 West Ave
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-587-2100 Ext: 2961
twitter:...
June 22, 2012 | Ellen Marie Murphy
OERU is making their live presentation at the OER Congress, now and live.
 mms://stream.unesco.org/live/room_12_en.wmv

Ellen

Ellen Marie Murphy
Director of Online Curriculum
SUNY Empire State College
113 West Ave
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-587-2100 Ext: 2961
twitter: ellen_marie
********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.

June 20, 2012 | Ellen Marie Murphy
The World Open Educational Resources Congress sponsored by UNESCO is currently streaming live from Paris:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/calendar-of-events/events-websites/world-open-educational-resources-congress/

(click on the link under LIve Streaming--on the right hand side)

Ellen

Ellen Marie Murphy
Director of Online Curriculum
SUNY Empire State College
113 West Ave
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-587-2100 Ext: 2961
twitter: ellen_marie
********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/...
June 19, 2012 | Gerd Kortemeyer
Hi, Based on our experience with LON-CAPA, earlier this month we launched the CourseWeaver initiative, http://www.courseweaver.org/ We would like to keep this open instead of going the commercial route, but that needs partners, funding, etc. Since we have a lot of the pieces in place, we believe it will initially take five good programmers about three years to pull this off - probably around $3M in initial funding if this is supposed to stay in the university realm. As this is not a research project, the typical funding avenues like National Science Foundation, etc, are not an option. Then, of course, there is the small problem of longterm sustainability … is there really no other way than going commercial? Any ideas or feedback from this group would be welcome. Thanks, - Gerd. -- Gerd Kortemeyer, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Physics Education Director, LON-CAPA Project Michigan State...
June 19, 2012 | Cable Green
Wow, already +400 participants from 60 countries have signed up for the  OCL4Ed 2012.-06 workshop!

On behalf of all our participants, a word of special thanks to the international open education pioneers who practice what they preach through the gift of  video signposts for this celebratory OER workshop under open content licenses including:
June 16, 2012 | Patrick Masson
Perhaps another example of the ambiguity in open? http://edfuture.net/ Looking at the information provided on the site as well as the registration material, all I could find was the following: "An open online course, Current/Future State of Higher Education... There is no registration fee. That's what free means." Again, please do not take this as a criticism of the course or of the intent of offering freely available courses. I just wonder if all of those participating share the same perception and thus expectations around "an open online course." Patrick || |||| ||| || | | || ||| || ||| || | | ||| || ||| || Patrick Masson Chief Technology Officer, UMassOnline The University of Massachusetts, Office of the President 333 South St., Suite 400, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 (774) 455-7615: Office (774) 455-7620: Fax (970) 4MASSON: GoogleVoice UMOLPatMasson: AIM massonpj: Skype Web Site:...
June 14, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from mackintosh.wayne@gmail.com

Now less than a week to register for the free online workshop which coincides with UNESCO's World OER Congress. Please spread the word -- see information below.

If you are a former OCL4Ed graduate or open licensing guru, the OER Foundation is requesting the help of a few academic volunteers to assist us in trialing a new Question and Answer technology for OCL4Ed 2012.06 to support OER newbies within our open learning environment. If you are in a position to donate a few hours to support fellow educators and students who...
June 11, 2012 | Cable Green
Greetings Open Colleagues:

Please help advertise (see below).  Let's help WA K-12 hire a top notch open advocate!

Cable

----------------

http://k12.wa.us/employment/OpenEducationalResourcesProgramManager2012.doc

Brief description:

This is a new position created to support implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill (E2SHB) 2337 passed and funded by the state Legislature during the 2012 Legislative session. E2SHB 2337 provides resources to OSPI related to developing a library of high-quality, openly licensed K-12 educational courseware that is aligned with the newly adopted Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts and mathematics....
June 8, 2012 | Ellen Marie Murphy
Hi Everyone,

I've been thinking (a dangerous thing for me to do, I'll admit): While the definition for OERs has been standardized, I'm not so confident in any standard definition for "Open Education", and in some ways:"Open Course" (not Open CourseWare).  Most articles that talk about Open Education include references to OERs and free courses that are not OERs, which then leads to confusion over terms that include the words: Open and Course, and even Education.

Wikipedia's current definition states that "Open Education is a collective term that refers to educational organizations that seek to eliminate barriers to entry. Such institutions, for example, would not have academic admission requirements. Such universities include...
June 5, 2012 | Robert Squires

Hi all,

 

I thought I would let you know about an open online course Shandin Pete and I will be facilitating through The University of Montana starting next week. Education Across Cultures explores issues of multicultural education and social justice, and we’re seeking participation from individuals around the world. (Anywhere ok). You can learn more and sign up at the following site. (A work in progress…): http://eac.instructionaldesigning.org/?q=node/1

 

Hopefully some of you will join us!

 

Thanks,

 

Robert

 

Robert Squires

Director of Instructional Design and...

June 4, 2012 | Cable Green
Hi All:

Please participate if you are available.
Thank you,

Cable


Cable Green, PhD
Director of Global Learning

May 31, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org

Just released in time for the World OER Congress taking place in Paris in June,  free download link below.

Una

------------------------

Hi All

The report "Survey on Governments’ Open Educational Resources (OER)
Policies" (COL/UNESCO) has just been published. You can download it
here: http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=408

Kind Regards

Igor
---------------
Igor Lesko
Member Services Coordinator
OpenCourseWare Consortium
---------------------------
Una Daly
Community College Outreach
Open Courseware Consortium.org
...
May 28, 2012 | Luke Fernandez
On a recent trip to Germany I found myself accepting an orange balloon with the pirate party insignia on it: some party hack was giving them out on a town square. I like balloons so i tied it to my bike. But I began to wonder what message was I projecting? And more aptly, in our never ending quest to define openness, is espousing pirate party principles in keeping with the openness we're promoting on this listserv? Cheers, Luke Sent from my iPad ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
May 28, 2012 | Cable Green
Greetings Open Friends:

Only three weeks left to register and reserve a seat for the celebratory "Open Content Licensing for Educators" workshop.

Open content licensing for educators (OCL4Ed) is a free online workshop designed for educators and students who want to learn more about open educational resources, copyright, and Creative Commons licenses. OCL4Ed is an international community learning opportunity.  

2012 is a significant year for open education. We are celebrating 10 years since UNESCO adopted the term "Open Educational Resources" (OER). In joining the global celebrations, the OER Foundation will host a free OCL4Ed workshop.

  • When: 20 June - 3...
May 24, 2012 | Cable Green
Greetings Open Friends:

Creative Commons (CC) has been working on a rewrite of its license chooser: http://creativecommons.org/choose 

There are a number of problems with the existing chooser than have caused the rewrite.  The most notable problem is a common misconception that the license chooser is a registration process - which it is not.

The new chooser approaches that problem with a different UI design. CC's goal is for the license chooser to both be clear and simple, and to function better as an educational tool.  For example, NC and ND are not free culture licenses.  That is apparent in the new chooser via interactivity, whereas it is not clear in the existing license chooser.

You can find the new license chooser on our staging site: http://staging....
November 30, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org

Please share the last CCCOER webinar of 2012 featuring 3 leaders in OER Research with all your colleagues. As always our webinars are open and free to all educators interested in the benefits of open education. 


Best Regards,
Una
---------------------------
Una Daly, MA
Community College Outreach Director
Open Courseware Consortium.org
http://oerconsortium.org
unatdaly@...
November 25, 2012 | Cable Green
Good news re: OER in Europe.

Thanks to Alek @ CC Poland for the heads up.

Cable

    Alek Tarkowski <alek@creativecommons.pl> Nov 21 10:36PM +0100  

    Dear all,
     
    EC has just released a new educational strategy. One of the 8 key points
    includes explicit recommendation to increase OER usage. This comes only
    days after the Commission ended consultations on OER.
     
    "Technology, in particular the internet, must be fully exploited.
    Schools, universities and vocational and training...
November 23, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from mackintosh.wayne@gmail.com

This is the last free online workshop on OERs, copyright and Creative Commons the OER Foundation will be convening for 2012.  

Join participants from 45 different countries who are interested in returning to the core values of education, namely to share knowledge freely. This free workshop starts on 3 December 2012. Register today

If you still want to brush up your skills in these topics before the end of 2012, register today so you can tick this one off from your new years' resolutions in 2013 :-).  See more information below. 

Folk with advanced knowledge on OERs and Creative Commons are most welcome to join us and support your peers.  You are most welcome to spread the news through your...
November 18, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from caswell.tom@gmail.com

Excellent article about why MOOCs are disrupting higher education: http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2012/11/napster-udacity-and-the-academy/

Clay Shirky has nailed it.

Tom Caswell
Director of Instructional Design
Western Governors University
work: 866-895-9660 x5059 cell: 801-999-0722
tom.caswell@wgu.edu | http://tomcaswell.com

********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.

November 16, 2012 | Ken Udas
Hello Openness Colleagues,

I am writing to mention that Pat Masson and I just posted the Openness CG meeting notes to a wiki.  They are available at the following link:

https://wiki.jasig.org/display/2398/Openness+Index+at+Educause+2012

The notes are available to all for comment comment and we ask anybody who attended the meeting to please visit and fill in the gaps.  We know that we missed stuff.

I addition, I followed up a bit and pointed to the CG meeting in a post titled Impact of Organizational Openness and the Openness Index at

http://www.kenudas.com/2012/11/impact-of-organizational-openness-and.html



Cheers & Have a Great Weekend!

Ken

--
A...
November 15, 2012 | Cable Green
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/35290

sample post: Building an Innovation-Based Economy with Creative Commons:http://tinyurl.com/clfjsht #openpolicy #cc #oa #oer

Thanks for sharing this report from the Brookings Institution.

Cable
********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.

November 9, 2012 | Cable Green
Everyone see this?

"Sometime in November 2012, the major Internet service providers (ISPs) will implement a copyright alert system (CAS) whose goal is to cut down on illegal peer-to-peer file sharing of copyrighted material."

http://www.educause.edu/blogs/cheverij/major-internet-service-providers-implement-copyright-alert-system

And while you're looking at the numbers on the far right side of the new CCI: http://www.copyrightinformation.org

Watch this: http://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod.html

Cable

--


Cable Green, PhD
Director of Global Learning
...
November 5, 2012 | Cable Green
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/34758

Thank you all for contributing to the OER Policy Registry... and for sharing it through your networks.

Cable

--


Cable Green, PhD
Director of Global Learning

********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.

November 4, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from mackintosh.wayne@gmail.com

Want to learn more about OERs, copyright and open licensing?  

Only one month left to reserve your seat for this free, online international workshop.  Join hundreds of participants from over 30 countries and register today.  The course uses a number of MOOC-like features and can therefore accommodate large numbers of participants. 

2012 is a significant year for OER. Celebrating the recent adoption of the 2012 Paris OER Declaration at the UNESCO World congress, the OER Foundation in collaboration with the COL & UNESCO-COL Chairs in OER and Creative Commons New Zealand will host another free online workshop on...
November 1, 2012 | Jason Blanchard
Great article, Timothy, thanks! There's a lot of buzz about the "openness" of these platforms, it's nice to see this divide clearly outlined here.

I'm going to cross-post this over at the MOOC constituent group: http://www.educause.edu/discuss/teaching-and-learning/massive-open-online-courses-moocs-constituent-group

// Jason



--
Jason Blanchard
Instructional Designer

School of Education
Goodwin College of Professional Studies
Drexel University
One Drexel Plaza
3001 Market Street, Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215-571-3927 |  Fax: 215.895.2153
Drexel.edu/soe
Goodwin.drexel.edu

From: Timothy Vollmer <...
October 30, 2012 | Cable Green
Greetings Open Colleagues:

Just making sure everyone saw this opportunity (below and attached) to help map the global OER space.

Susan D'Antoni, a long-time leader in OER, will be leading this important effort.

I have signed up to contribute - I hope you will too.

Warm regards,

Cable Green
Director of Global Learning
Creative Commons


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Susan D'Antoni <susandantoni@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:05 AM
Subject: Discussion on Mapping OER initiatives globally: 12-30 November

Dear All,

The following invitation is extended to any of you who might be interested in a discussion of how the OER community at large might design,...
October 29, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org

Please join the Community College Consortium of OCW on October 30, 1:00 pm Eastern for a webinar on how to best support our diverse students by selecting and creating “accessible” open textbooks and open educational resources that provide equitable learning opportunities regardless of disability. A 2011 study of enrollment at post secondary educational institutions indicated that 11% of students self-identify as having a disability and many of these students with disabilities attend our two year public colleges.   Speakers include staff from BookShare, the largest online library for students with print disabilities, the Cerritos Community  College educational technology department chair who trains...

October 19, 2012 | Cable Green
https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/34268

--


Cable Green, PhD
Director of Global Learning

********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.

October 12, 2012 | Adrian K. Ho
Forwarding a message on behalf of Kara Malenfant from the Association of College and Research Libraries:


Participate in Open Access Week with help from ACRL

http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/6060

 

Let ACRL’s Scholarly Communication Toolkit help you prepare to lead events on your campus during Open Access Week, October 22-28, 2012. Open Access Week , a global event organized by SPARC, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of...

October 10, 2012 | Timothy Vollmer
This is an interesting project recently launched. "Communicate OER" is a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia articles relating to Open Educational Resources. 







---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Pete Forsyth, Communicate OER <pete@wikistrategies.net>...
October 3, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org

Please share this open, free webinar with your members and online communities.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 1:00 PM EST 

OER Faculty Training: Three Successful Models 

Learn how three faculty development models drive the use of open textbooks and OER to improve instructional outcomes at community colleges.  Models focused on finding, creating, and sharing open content for existing courses.  Presenters include Dean of Online and Distribute learning at the San Diego Community College District, Director of Distance and Accelerated Learning at College of the Canyons, and the OER Project Director at Tacoma Community College.



Best,
Una
...
October 3, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from mackintosh.wayne@gmail.com

Today, the University of Southern Queensland turns the OERu vision of free learning opportunities for all students (with pathways to achieve formal academic credit) into reality by announcing the launch of the Regional Relations in Asia and the Pacific (AST1000) course.

To quote Professor Jan Thomas, Vice-Chancellor and President of USQ:

"As a founding anchor partner in the Open Educational Resource University (OERu), USQ is proud to give students worldwide, the ability to access university level courses and where cost has been removed as a barrier to learning."  ...
October 2, 2012 | Igor Lesko
Dear All The Call for Proposals for OCWC Global 2013, “Learning Beyond Boarders: Delivering Quality Education to Your Fingertips” is now open at http://conferences.ocwconsortium.org. Conference Tracks will include: • Collaboration in Open Education Presentations in this track should focus on demonstrating the impact of OER initiatives on learners, educators and institutions, including highlighting new and innovative OER projects. - Mainstreaming open educational practice - Collaborations and new directions in cross-border sharing - Workplace learning and skills development with OER • Accreditation and Assessment of OER based Learning How can OCW expand access to education and contribute to professional development? Presentations in this track might address: - Assessment and accreditation methods for learning with OCW - Tools to support OER-based...
September 30, 2012 | Luke Fernandez
Here's a TED talk by Clay Shirky that recently came out which (like all of Shirky's talks) is worth viewing: Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_the_internet_will_one_day_trans... During the Arab Spring Shirky was accused in the New Yorker of being a tech determinist -- somebody who claims that technology (especially social media technologies) would on their own transform the world into a better (more democratic) place. In this video he's steering clear of that fallacy by acknowledging that other things besides technology are the drivers of change. If you watch it key into his observation at 8:20 when he says "when you adopt a tool you also adopt the management philosophy embedded in that...

Group Leaders

Brigham Young University
University of Massachusetts Central Office

Related to this Group...

Close
Close


Annual Conference
October 15–18, 2013
Save the date!

Events for all Levels and Interests

Whether you're looking for a conference to attend face-to-face to connect with peers, or for an online event for team professional development, see what's upcoming.

Close

EDUCAUSE Institute
Leadership/Management Programs
Explore More

Career Center

Leadership and Management Programs

EDUCAUSE Institute
Advanced Programs
Project Management

 

Fellowships and Awards

Fellowships
Awards Programs

Getting Involved

Mentoring
Volunteer
Speak at an Event

 

 

Jump Start Your Career Growth

Explore EDUCAUSE professional development opportunities that match your career aspirations and desired level of time investment through our interactive online guide.

 

Close
Close

Get on the Higher Ed IT Map

Employees of EDUCAUSE member institutions and organizations are invited to create individual profiles.
 

 

Close

2013 Strategic Priorities

  • Connected Learning
  • Enterprise IT
  • Foundations


Learn More >

Uncommon Thinking for the Common Good™

EDUCAUSE is the foremost community of higher education IT leaders and professionals.