ETA News Release: [09/19/2012] Contact Name: David Roberts or Laura McGinnis Phone Number: (202) 693-5945 or x4653 Release Number: 12-1885-NAT WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced $500 million in grants to community colleges and universities around the country for the development and expansion of innovative training programs. The grants are […]

Please join CCCOER on September 25, 1:00 pm U.S. Eastern to hear how three successful OER adoption projects built sustainable communities of faculty and staff to customize open textbooks and open educational resources to lower costs and better meet the needs of students at their colleges.  Presenters from the Kaleidoscope Project at College of the […]

Videos follow 14 MIT freshmen through their introduction to hands-on science. CAMBRIDGE, MA, September 18, 2012 — MIT OpenCourseWare has released the first episode of its newest open educational offering, ChemLab Boot Camp, a video series that chronicles the experiences of 14 real MIT freshmen as they get their first taste of working in MIT […]

Scientists, Foundations, Libraries, Universities, and Advocates Unite and Issue New Recommendations to Make Research Freely Available to All Online In response to the growing demand to make research free and available to anyone with a computer and an internet connection, a diverse coalition today issued new guidelines (http://www.soros.org/openaccess/boai-10-recommendations) that could usher in huge advances in […]

Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources September 11, 1:00 pm Eastern U.S. on how to reduce the cost of education for students while improving learning outcomes with open textbooks and open educational resources.   This webinar features three leaders who are actively engaged in different strategies to promote open access learning materials […]