So you are getting ready to fly out to Cambridge, MA for the OCWC Global 2011 to celebrate 10 years of opencourseware. If you are wondering how to make the most out of the conference, join the OCWC Global 2011 group on the Communities of Interest site at http://communities.ocwconsortium.org/groups/ocwc-global-2011. You can easily log in using […]

The OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW Consortium) has announced the inaugural winners of the site Awards for OpenCourseWare Excellence (ACEs). The winners were chosen for their outstanding opencourseware (OCW) content and sites. The winners include the University of Sumatera Utara OpenCourseWare, the University of Michigan OERbit project and the Universidad de Alicante OpenCourseWare. The institutions will be […]

Jack Chang, Chief Operating Officer of 9×9 (www.9×9.tv) will present the recently launched 9×9 cloud-based video platform and its applicability for OpenCourseWare on Wednesday April 20 at 10 AM EDT. This talk is a must for those interested in leveraging the free services offered exclusively by 9×9 to OCW Consortium members to increase distribution and […]

I have been contacted by a number of parties interested in the outcome of this year’s Awards for OpenCourseWare Excellence, and I wanted to post a general note to the community apologizing for the delay in announcing winners. We are running behind schedule largely due to my own underestimation of the time an effort required […]

The US Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration is seeking peer reviewers with expertise in designing and delivering OER for grant application review. From the announcement: Prospective panelists should know that federal paneling is a serious responsibility that requires a commitment of time and expertise. If selected, nonfederal panelists will be compensated for their […]