International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) announces a call for papers for its online journal Open Praxis. The theme of the relaunch issue, to be published in January 2013, is Openness in higher education, and the deadline for submissions is extended to 15 September. Research articles, shorter innovative practice articles and reviews are […]

by Jane Park, Creative Commons Some of you may have heard about a School of Open, especially if you follow us on Twitter/Identi.ca/Facebook, or if you’re already a part of the P2PU community and follow their blog. Whether you have or not, the School of Open is still very much a concept, and one which […]

The Online Teaching Conference held June 14-15 at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose targets the faculty, staff, and administrators of the 112 California Community Colleges engaged (or interested) in online education including delivery of online services such as library and technical support for students and faculty. Ten members of the Community College Consortium for […]

Info: http://RELATE.MIT.edu/physicscourse Register: http://learn-physics.org Registration is open for a free online MIT-level course in Introductory Newtonian Mechanics targeting people with good knowledge and skills in mechanics that’s being given this summer by MIT professor David Pritchard and his education research group, RELATE (http://RELATE.MIT.edu). The course will enable participants to improve both their conceptual overview and […]

Please join us June 26, 1:00 pm Eastern Time for a webinar on faculty perceptions of open educational resources (OER) and how to transform your teaching with open educational practices.  Our featured speakers include an instructional designer and a community college dean who developed and taught Health Ed without a textbook. Featured speakers:   • […]