The Open Education Consortium is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Open Education Awards for Excellence 2017. The Open Education Awards for Excellence provide annual recognition to outstanding contributions in the Open Education community. These awards recognize distinctive Open Educational Resources, Open Projects & Initiatives, as well as exemplary leaders in Open Education […]

ICORE and MOOQ invite researchers and practitioners How to re-establish Open Education with Openness for All? Towards a global joint initiative   Pre-Conference Workshop at EC-TEL Conference 2016 Tuesday, 13th September 2016 in Lyon, France ICORE and MOOQ are joining forces and inviting all experts and practitioners to a joint workshop on Open Education for […]

LangOER CONFERENCE ‘OPEN EDUCATION: PROMOTING DIVERSITY FOR EUROPEAN LANGUAGES’ – (26-27 September 2016, Brussels, Belgium) For additional information, please click here. 9th EDEN Research Workshop ‘Forging new pathways of research and innovation in open and distance learning: Reaching from the roots’ – (4-6 October 2016, Oldenburg, Germany) For additional information, please click here. Annual EADTU […]

At a Glance initiative features infographics related to different aspects of Openness in Education. This month, we highlight the Global Open Educational Resources (OER) Graduate Network (GO-GN). GO-GN is a network of PhD researchers who focus on Openness in Education. For more information about the Network, please view the following infographic.

Governor Jerry Brown signed his latest funding for OER, $5 million for Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree Grant Programs for California community colleges (CCC). Community colleges are two-year schools that provide affordable postsecondary education as a pathway to a four-year degree. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, 1,167 community colleges in the United States enroll more […]