The first-ever OCW People’s Choice Awards is waiting for your vote. Education-Portal.com received nominations from its readers and the community chose on the following projects in ten categories. You can vote at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VC9CG5K. Winners will be announced August 15 on Education-Portal.com. The nominees are: Most accessible Open Course Library Smart History FLOE (Flexible Learning for […]

I had the pleasure of speaking earlier this week with Jingjie Yang of China Radio International’s People in the Know radio show (along with–unbeknownst to me–Fun-Den Wang of CORE). You can listen to the podcast of the interview here.

by Wayne Mackintosh The OER university concept aims to create a parallel learning universe based solely on OER to augment and add value to the formal education sector. Learners may choose to enrol at formal education institutions in the traditional way or participate in free learning provided through the OER university network. Assessment and credential […]

The Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grant program needs reviewers with knowledge of OER.  This is an important initiative, which could advance OER and OCW in exciting new ways.  Please pass along to friends or colleagues who may be interested.

Please join us for a joint webinar between the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) and the OpenCourseWare Consortium on Tuesday, May 24th, 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT. Register for this free and open webinar by clicking on the RSVP button at http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2233548%3AEvent%3A21947&xg_source=msg_invite_event. You can also join at http://www.cccconfer.org/MyConfer/GoToMeetingAnonymousely.aspx?MeetingSeriesID=23339f16-c979-4ddf-80c0-2c1fd7f87faf. CCCOER is an […]