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Mike Pouraryan
- Laguna Niguel, CA
- United States
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- Academic/Professional Biography
- I have had over 18 years experience in Operations, Project Management & Administration for Small to Medium Size Businesses, start-ups and publicly held companies. I have also had the good fortune to be involved in the community in various capacities. I have served as an intern on the Staff of a LA City Councilman, worked as a poll watcher for a Congressional Candidate and served as Vic Chair for the City of Laguna Niguel Public Safety and Emergency Prepardness Committee for 2009. In addition to my on-going business interests, I also served as an Adjunct Professor for a number of years. Furthermore, I moderate the following sites focused on US & World Affairs: 1) http://www.outsiderviews.com; 2) http://www.kittenpolitics.com; 3) http://www.smoothpolitical.com In addition, I also contribute to a number of other blogs on a periodic basis. Thank you for visiting me here. I look forward to "seeing" you all on the Web.
- How have you used open textbooks?
- Served as reviewer and have adopted the textbook as supplemental material
- What is your website address?
- http://ordinaryfaces.blogspot.com
- Which college, university, company, or organization?
- Kaplan University
- Role: Student, Instructor, Author, Staff, Other (be specific)
- Instructor
Blog Posts
Academia and the MOOC
Posted by Ken Ronkowitz on April 17, 2013 at 5:01pm — 5 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 — 1 Comment
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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Hi Mike,
We are very pleased to have you join our COT community!
Welcome to the networking space for College Open Textbooks. Feel free to browse, comment, seek help, and contribute in any way you like. Help us promote open textbooks! As a community, we are driving the awareness and adoption of open textbooks. You can visit the 'Groups' tab to expand your community.
College Open Textbooks has a list of links to over 550 open textbooks and other open learning content athttp://collegeopentextbooks.org/opentextbookcontent/open-textbooks-by-subject.html Over 100 of these open textbooks have been peer-reviewed by community college educators. To see the reviews, go tohttp://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/opentextbookcontent/thereviews.html
We also have some additional resources for you if you need them. Visit our website: http://collegeopentextbooks.org and Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources. There is a great FAQs section at http://oerconsortium.org/open-textbook-faqs which will start to answer many questions you might have about Open Textbooks.
Regards,
Micheline Isaac
Project contractor, College Open Textbooks