The OE Consortium is pleased to announce the addition of the following institutional members: Fontys University of Applied Sciences, School of ICT (the Netherlands) The name ‘Fontys’ was derived from the Latin word, ‘Fons’, which means ‘source’. Fontys aspires to be a dynamic source of knowledge, development, innovation and inspiration. The Fontys University of Applied […]
The Open Education Consortium Welcomes New Members (January 2015)
Posted by Igor Lesko on Wednesday, January 28th, 2015
Feb 11: Review of OER Research Studies Conducted with Faculty and Students
Posted by Una Daly on Monday, January 26th, 2015
A Review of OER Research with Faculty and Students Increasing textbooks costs, coupled with general rising costs of education have begun motivating faculty and their colleges to explore the use of open educational resources. At the same time, recent studies have shown that a majority of faculty and administrators are largely unaware of the quantity […]
Teacher training MOOC to be offered by COL and AVU
Posted by Mary Lou Forward on Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is committed to exploring and using distance, open and technology-based methodologies to advance education. COL is therefore partnering with the African Virtual University (AVU) to mount a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for teachers and teacher educators on Using ICTs to enrich teaching and learning. This will be a Continuous […]
Boston Children’s Hospital project OPENPediatrics launches new OER resource
Posted by Igor Lesko on Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
The OPENPediatrics (http://openpediatrics.org) program at Boston Children’s Hospital, which recently joined the OEC, announced the launch (http://openpediatrics.org/openpediatrics-launches-library-of-free-multimedia-educational-resources/) of a new open educational resource, a multimedia library (http://openpediatrics.org/resources/multimedia-library/) that presents animations and illustrations from OPENPediatrics instructional videos under Creative Commons licenses for use by clinicians and academics in their own instructional materials. OPENPediatrics provides online learning opportunities for pediatric […]
The Open Education Consortium Welcomes New Members (December 2014)
Posted by Igor Lesko on Saturday, December 27th, 2014
The OE Consortium is pleased to announce the addition of the following organizational member: Boston Children’s Hospital Boston Children’s Hospital is a 395-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Boston Children’s Hospital offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 […]