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All Events in online (28)
November 1Tuesday
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UNESCO Launches Global Open Access Platform - Live Stream Event
November 1, 2011 from 10:30am to 12:30pm – online Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO will be officiating the launch of “Global Open Access Platform” (usually called the Global Open Access Portal) along with the launch of the UNESCO OER Platfo… Organized by Abel Caine | Type: live, stream, event
November 17Thursday
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COT Adopter Communities Grantees Webinar
November 17, 2011 from 1pm to 2:30pm – online Come hear the COT's Adopter Communities Grantees talk about their amazing projects to promote open textbooks and open educational resources in their communities. Announcement post here 3-D Molecula… Organized by Una Daly, College Open Textbooks Director | Type: webinar
November 30Wednesday
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Stage 2 Preparation: Badge System Models and Design
November 30, 2011 from 12pm to 1pm – online In this webinar for prospective Stage Two badge design applicants, we will delve deeper into the badge conversation and explore badge system design and development considerations. We will review diff… Organized by HASTAC | Type: webinar, (pacific, time)
December 25Sunday
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Requirements Gathering for Next Version CC licensing
December 25, 2011 to February 15, 2012 – online The next version of Creative Commons open licenses (4.0) will be released in late 2012. The Requirements Gathering phase has just launched (Dec 2011) and is open until mid-February. Vicit . Visit h… Organized by Creative Commons | Type: input gathering
January 23Monday
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Free Onlne Workshop on Open Licensing for Educators
January 23, 2012 to January 27, 2012 – online Creative Commons, the OER Foundation and Ako Aotearoa announce an international professional development opportunity for all educators. What: Open content licensing for educators workshop (#OCL4Ed) W… Organized by Creative Commons New Zealand & the OER Foundation | Type: webinar
March 26Monday
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OER Policy Registry: Request for Help from Creative Commons
March 26, 2012 at 1am to May 1, 2012 at 12pm – online From Cable Green, March 26th, 2012 The open community shares a need for more information to help us with our work. We know, for example, that there are many policies supporting open education at inst… Organized by Cable Green, Director of Global Learning, Creative Commons | Type: online
May 1Tuesday
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Mozilla Open Badges
May 1, 2012 from 9am to 10am – online 9am Pacific, Noon EasternHow Mozilla and others are working to help solve the problem of recognizing and legitimizing learning and skill development that happens outside of the classroom.This is the… Organized by Mozilla Foundation | Type: webinar at 9am pacific, noon eastern
June 13Wednesday
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Submit Surveys in June to Research Project on Extreme and Informal Learning
June 13, 2012 at 6pm to June 27, 2012 at 7am – online The Instructional Systems Technology Department at Indiana University is conducting a study titled, "Collecting Stories of Extreme or Informal Learning." This study explores how people learn (and tea… Organized by Professor Curtis J. Bonk, Ph.D. | Type: survey
July 13Friday
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Basic OER Training and Discussions
July 13, 2012 from 7am to 1pm – online The Discussions are facilitated by OER thought and action leaders including Jacky Hood of College Open Textbooks, Cathy Swift of MERLOT, Marie Highby of Open Doors Group Consulting, and Cable Green o… Organized by College Open Textbooks and SoftChalk | Type: webinars and discussions
July 22Sunday
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Academic Writing for Active Lifelong Learners: Introduction
July 22, 2012 from 5am to 6am – online A one-hour introduction to Academic Writing, hosted by Integrating Technology 4 Active Lifelong Learning and Dr. Nellie Deutsch. Participants will learn about and practice academic writing using APA… Organized by Dr. Nellie Deutsch and Integrating Technology 4 Active Lifelong Learning | Type: webinar
Blog Posts
Academia and the MOOC
Posted by Ken Ronkowitz on April 17, 2013 at 5:01pm — 6 Comments
Is the education situation a crisis or an opportunity? Manny Barbara and Nicholas Smith share ideas with ODG
Posted by Open Doors Group on May 18, 2013 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments
Open Access Un/Conference: Promote, Impact, Assess -- Call for Proposals
Posted by Ann Agee on May 20, 2013 at 12:15pm
Congratulating Community Colleges with the most affordable textbooks: Essex, East Misssissippi, NW Colorado, and Cecil
Posted by Jacky Hood on April 21, 2013 at 9:30am
Open Education Conference 2012 – Beyond Content
Posted by Charles Key on October 26, 2012 at 12:01pm
ODG-COT announces DynamicBooks Sponsorship
Posted by Open Doors Group on October 3, 2012 at 1:30pm
COT Announces Principles Of Microeconomics And Principles Of Macroeconomics As Featured Books
Posted by Open Doors Group on August 18, 2012 at 8:30am
ODG/COT announces mentoring service at Online Teaching Conference
Posted by Open Doors Group on June 20, 2012 at 9:12pm
Do you need help with editing an open textbook?
Posted by Bob Sawyer on May 30, 2012 at 8:59pm — 1 Comment
Open Educational Resources on the California Community Colleges YouTube Site
Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on May 21, 2012 at 11:54am
Open Education Site Dictionary
Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on March 9, 2012 at 11:03am — 1 Comment
New OER Logo
Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on February 27, 2012 at 3:20pm — 2 Comments
Four sites worth a visit: textbook at warp speed, UC Irvine courseware, Active Learning, 5 outstanding open textbooks
Posted by Open Doors Group on February 18, 2012 at 3:47pm
Why Pay for Intro Textbooks?
Posted by Ken Ronkowitz on February 9, 2012 at 8:00pm
WordPress and Pressbooks for Open Textbook Authoring
Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on February 9, 2012 at 10:33am
Flat World Knowledge Offers New Criminal Justice OER Textbook
Posted by Lisa Storm on January 26, 2012 at 1:40pm — 3 Comments
Mentor Cloud and Open Doors Group / College Open Textbooks Partner to Facilitate Sharing Best Practices
Posted by Jacky Hood on January 26, 2012 at 8:00pm
Washington State Open Course Library hits 10,000 visitors in 11 Days
Posted by Una Daly on November 11, 2011 at 9:38am
COT Adopter Community Grant Awards Announcement
Posted by Una Daly on November 2, 2011 at 7:19am
Invitation to Join in Two Surveys
Posted by Robin Donaldson on October 31, 2011 at 1:51pm
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