OpenCourseWare Consortium, 20Million Minds Foundation and Excelsior College to offer certification and college credit for online courses in partnership with OpenStudy Palo Alto, CA, November 14, 2012 Global learners studying on open courses offered by the OpenCourseWare Consortium member institutions, the 20 Million Minds Foundation and Excelsior College, now have the opportunity to earn Certificates […]

A world map of Open Educational Resources initiatives: Can the global OER community design and build it together? First, an International discussion 12 – 30 November 2012 * Next, local discussions – organized locally An international online conversation – The objective is to explore whether the OER community worldwide could work together to design and […]

Please join the Community Colleges at the OCW Consortium Tuesday, November 13, 1:00 pm Eastern for a webinar on Massively Online Open Courses (MOOCs).  MOOCs have been a hot topic in the higher education blogosphere for the last year but how do you separate the fact from the fiction and should your college be participating […]

The OpenCourseWare Consortium is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the third annual Awards for OpenCourseWare Excellence (ACE). Nominations will be accepted beginning November 15th. The OCW ACE’s will be presented at the next global OpenCourseWare Consortium meeting in Bali, Indonesia, May 8-10, 2013. The Awards for OpenCourseWare Excellence recognize outstanding individual contributions […]

The 2013 Awards for OpenCourseWare (ACE) Committee is seeking members to help refine the program for its second year and to judge nominees for the awards to presented at the 2012 Global OpenCourseWare Consortium Meeting May 8-10, 2013, in Bali, Indonesia. The ACEs honor individuals, OCW sites and individual courses that have made significant contributions […]