At this past weekend’s meeting of the American Sociological Association, Regina Deil-Amen, an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Arizona, and Sara Goldrick-Rab, an assistant professor of educational-policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison presented their paper, “Institutional Transfer and the Management of Risk in Higher Education” (see […]

The first OCWC Webinar was held yesterday. Tom Caswell, the project manager for the latest release of eduCommons, presented on some of the key features of the new release. As eduCommons is a Content Management System designed specifically for OCW projects, you may want to check out the key features at http://www.eduCommons.com if you are […]

If you are new to the community or if you are contemplating starting an OCW project within your organization and want to learn more about it, attend our Webinar! If you are an experienced OCW project manager, then participate in the discussion and share your insight with the rest of us. Each month, we have […]

There’s been a lot of speculation about how the H1N1 virus will spread in the upcoming flu season, and how virulent it will be. For a better understanding of the science behind epidemics, what we might expect this fall and how medical systems cope with outbreaks of disease, I’ve pulled together this list of starter […]

We are pleased to announce the first eduCommons 3.2.1 Release Candidate, now available as a Windows download. This version contains many innovative features, including the following: •    eduCommons can now import from IMS Common Cartridge, IMS Content Package, MIT course downloads, Blackboard IMS, WebCT Vista, WebCT 6.1/7.0, and Moodle Backups •    eduCommons can now export […]