The OpenEdu team of the European Commission published a new report Opening up Education: A Support framework for Higher Education Institutions. The Framework proposes a definition of open education and aims to provide support for higher education institutions (HEIs) to open up education. The report can be accessed here: http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC101436. Check out some of the […]

The Open Education Consortium is pleased to announce the addition of the following new member: 1. Norwegian Digital Learning Arena The Norwegian Digital Learning Arena (Nasjonal digital læringsarena) is a joint enterprise operating on behalf of the county councils in Norway. Our goal is to develop and publish high quality, internet-based open educational resources (OER) in […]

An OER-based degree, sometimes referred to as a Zero-Textbook-Cost degree, is a pathway to a degree or credential with no textbook costs because all the courses have been redesigned to use open educational resources (OER) for instructional materials. These pathways are gaining traction particularly at community colleges where students savings are estimated at up to 25 % of the cost of attendance. […]

There’s a lot going on in France to interest the Open Education Community these days. This week, 13 and 14 October, the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research in cooperation with UNESCO will host a conference on digital learning in higher education, featuring talks on open education and MOOCs, and their role in the […]

Open licensing of instructional materials such as textbooks, videos, and other related resources makes possible free sharing and remixing which reduces cost barriers for students.  Creative Commons provides the legal infrastructure for easily sharing creative works including instructional materials but how do the different creative commons licenses indicate a resource can be re-used.  Join us for an interactive session of playbook […]