The Open Education Consortium is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Open Education Awards for Excellence 2016. The Open Education Awards for Excellence provide annual recognition to outstanding contributions in the Open Education Consortium community. These awards recognize distinctive open education sites, technological innovations, notable open courses, and exemplary leaders in Open […]
OE Awards 2016: Call for Nominations Now Open!
Posted by Marcela Morales on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
The Open Education Consortium Welcomes New Members (September 2015)
Posted by Igor Lesko on Monday, September 21st, 2015
The Open Education Consortium is pleased to announce the addition of the following new institutional members: 1. Dallas County Community College District, (USA) The Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) is a network of seven community colleges in Dallas County and one of the largest community college systems in Texas. In addition to the system of colleges […]
OPENPediatrics named as a 2015 Tech Awards Laureate
Posted by Meena Hwang on Thursday, September 17th, 2015
The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California, has named Open Education Consortium member OPENPediatrics as a 2015 Tech Awards Laureate. The Tech Awards are given out annually to recognize projects that address globally significant problems through innovative uses of technology. OPENPediatrics joins a group of educational innovators that includes prior laureates Sal Khan of Khan Academy and OEC member MIT OpenCourseWare. A free online […]
U.S. Department of Education Announces First-Ever Adviser to Expand Access to Open Digital Resources in Schools
Posted by Mary Lou Forward on Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
{Reposted from the US Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-announces-first-ever-adviser-expand-access-open-digital-resources-schools} The U.S. Department of Education announced today the hiring of the first ever open education adviser to lead a national effort to expand schools’ access to high-quality, openly-licensed learning resources. School technology expert Andrew Marcinek will serve in the Office of Educational Technology (OET) and focus on […]
OEC Quarterly Membership Meeting: Sept 22,23
Posted by Una Daly on Thursday, September 10th, 2015
Please join us for our third-quarter Open Education Consortium Membership Meeting scheduled to support worldwide attendance: September 22, 16:00 UTC (Time zone converter) September 23, 08:00 UTC (Time zone converter) Agenda for the meeting: Call for Proposals for OE Global 2016 now open Utilizing the Open Education Information Center Briefing on the Open Education Consortium Membership survey […]