All members of the OpenCourseWare Consortium have been invited by the US Department of Education to participate in the Global Pulse and to share this invitation with our many colleagues around the world. The Global Pulse is an online, global conversation on key issues in development and sustainability, including education, being held online from March 29 -31:

Global Pulse 2010 is a 3-day, online collaboration event that will bring together individual socially engaged participants and organizations from around the world. As the name implies, the event will take the pulse of as many as 20,000 participants on key issues facing communities around the world.  Global Pulse 2010 works by highlighting key issues, inviting relevant communities and recognized leaders, and giving individuals the power to influence a global conversation that will result in truly community-based solutions.  The goal of the Global Pulse 2010 is twofold: (1) Connect participants who are champions for the same social issues to build new, or strengthen existing relationships. (2) Inform U.S. foreign assistance and diplomatic strategies based on major thematic areas and ideas that emerge across the span of the event.

For more information, please go to www.GlobalPulse2010.gov. All email addresses ending in .edu (including .edu plus country code) have been precleared for registration, so individuals with those emails may go to https://www.collaborationjam.com/minijam3/globalpulse2010/registration/ to register.  Individuals without a .edu email should complete the form found at www.GlobalPulse2010.gov/registration to register.