"This was a really rewarding day. The first surprise was the breadth of thoughtful comments from all of our staff during the introductions. Our staff come from a variety of backgrounds and have widely varying experience in this field, but…"
College Open Textbooks Community
Driving Awareness, Adoptions, and Affordability
-
Open Doors Group
- Palo Alto, CA
- United States
- Blog Posts (8)
- Discussions
- Events (1)
- Groups
- Photos
- Photo Albums
Open Doors Group's Events
Open Doors Group's Page
Profile Information
- Academic/Professional Biography
- Open Doors Group is an informal association of several educational, non-profit, for-profit, and government institutions and some individuals. Projects include College Open Textbooks, Skills Open Doors, Mentors Open Doors, Open Resources Open Doors, Badges Open Doors, and Sponsors Open Doors.
- How have you used open textbooks?
- yes
- What is your website address?
- http://opendoorsgroup.org
- Which college, university, company, or organization?
- Open Doors Group
- Role: Student, Instructor, Author, Staff, Other (be specific)
- umbrella organization
Open Doors Group's Blog
Is the education situation a crisis or an opportunity? Manny Barbara and Nicholas Smith share ideas with ODG
Education leaders Manny Barbara of Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) and Nicholas Smith of HotChalk provided provocative and challenging insights for Open Doors Group (ODG) directors and managers at…
ContinuePosted on May 18, 2013 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments
Open Doors Group Collaborative announces affordable education models
San Jose, CA March 12, 2013
The Open Doors Group - College Open Textbooks (ODG-COT) Collaborative will endorse affordable open-licensed and commercial textbooks and tools in an Open Education Week webinar. The public can attend this webinar listed at 6pm GMT (2pm Eastern Time) today Tuesday March 12 on http://www.openeducationweek.org/events-webinars/
The …
Posted on March 11, 2013 at 12:34pm
Innovators Dilemma author and Disruptive Technologies Guru Clayton Christensen looks at higher ed
Innovators Dilemma author and Disruptive Technologeis Guru Clayton Christensen looks at higher ed in this post: Higher Education Is 'On The Edge Of The Crevasse'
ContinuePosted on February 23, 2013 at 8:00am
EdX, a leader in open education, is hiring in Cambridge MA
All,
The message below is from Howard Lurie edX Vice President for Content Development
Regards,
Jacky Hood,
ODG-COT Alliances and Sponsorships
The EdX mission is to give a world-class education to everyone, everywhere, regardless of sex, income or social status
Today, EdX.org, a not-for-profit provides hundreds of thousands of people from around the globe with access free education. We offer amazing quality classes by the best…
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 7:05pm
Latest Activity
Charles Key commented on Open Doors Group's blog post Is the education situation a crisis or an opportunity? Manny Barbara and Nicholas Smith share ideas with ODG
Open Doors Group's event was featured
Is Online a solution to California's Education Bottleneck? at Crowdhall
May 28, 2013 at 9am to May 31, 2013 at 7pm
IS ONLINE A VIABLE SOLUTION TO CALIFORNIA'S BOTTLENECK PROBLEM? Do you have burning questions? Ask away by joining the online conversation! 20MM, Phil Hill, and Michael Feldstein invite faculty, students, and the community at large to the CrowdHall discussion: CA Higher Ed: Resetting the Online Debate Our CrowdHall goes LIVE Tuesday, May 28th at 9:00AM Pacific through Friday, May 31st at 2:00PM Pacific Post your questions via a convenient online townhall platform that allows you to…See More
Open Doors Group posted an event
Is Online a solution to California's Education Bottleneck? at Crowdhall
May 28, 2013 at 9am to May 31, 2013 at 7pm
IS ONLINE A VIABLE SOLUTION TO CALIFORNIA'S BOTTLENECK PROBLEM? Do you have burning questions? Ask away by joining the online conversation! 20MM, Phil Hill, and Michael Feldstein invite faculty, students, and the community at large to the CrowdHall discussion: CA Higher Ed: Resetting the Online Debate Our CrowdHall goes LIVE Tuesday, May 28th at 9:00AM Pacific through Friday, May 31st at 2:00PM Pacific Post your questions via a convenient online townhall platform that allows you to…See More
Open Doors Group's blog post was featured
Is the education situation a crisis or an opportunity? Manny Barbara and Nicholas Smith share ideas with ODG
Education leaders Manny Barbara of Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) and Nicholas Smith of HotChalk provided provocative and challenging insights for Open Doors Group (ODG) directors and managers at a…See More
Open Doors Group posted a blog post
Is the education situation a crisis or an opportunity? Manny Barbara and Nicholas Smith share ideas with ODG
Education leaders Manny Barbara of Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) and Nicholas Smith of HotChalk provided provocative and challenging insights for Open Doors Group (ODG) directors and managers at a…See More
Open Doors Group posted a blog post
Open Doors Group Collaborative announces affordable education models
San Jose, CA March 12, 2013 The Open Doors Group - College Open Textbooks (ODG-COT) Collaborative will endorse affordable open-licensed and commercial textbooks and tools in an Open Education Week webinar. The public can attend this webinar listed at 6pm GMT (2pm Eastern Time) today Tuesday March 12 on http://www.openeducationweek.org/events-webinars/ The …See More
Open Doors Group's blog post was featured
ODG-COT announces DynamicBooks Sponsorship
ODG-COT senior marketing professional Deepa Sinha has written and issued a press release announcing the DynamicBooks sponsorship of the Open Doors - College Open Textbooks 2012-2013 program. Thanks to Deepa for the…See More
Open Doors Group posted a blog post
ODG-COT announces DynamicBooks Sponsorship
ODG-COT senior marketing professional Deepa Sinha has written and issued a press release announcing the DynamicBooks sponsorship of the Open Doors - College Open Textbooks 2012-2013 program. Thanks to Deepa for the…See More
Open Doors Group's blog post was featured
COT Announces Principles Of Microeconomics And Principles Of Macroeconomics As Featured Books
College Open Textbooks has selected two texts, Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics by Dr. Timothy Tregarthen and Dr. Libby Rittenberg, as its featured books for August 2012. PRLog (Press Release) - Aug 17, 2012 - College Open Textbooks is proud to announce that it has selected two outstanding texts, Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics by Dr. Timothy Tregarthen and Dr. Libby Rittenberg, as its featured books for August 2012. These books,…See More
Open Doors Group posted a blog post
COT Announces Principles Of Microeconomics And Principles Of Macroeconomics As Featured Books
College Open Textbooks has selected two texts, Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics by Dr. Timothy Tregarthen and Dr. Libby Rittenberg, as its featured books for August 2012. PRLog (Press Release) - Aug 17, 2012 - College Open Textbooks is proud to announce that it has selected two outstanding texts, Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics by Dr. Timothy Tregarthen and Dr. Libby Rittenberg, as its featured books for August 2012. These books,…See More
Open Doors Group's blog post was featured
ODG/COT announces mentoring service at Online Teaching Conference
PRLog (Press Release) - Jun 19, 2012 - At the Online Teaching Conference 2012 held at Evergreen Valley College on June 14 and 15, ODG/COT Co-Director Jacky Hood announced this online service with a suite of tools to match self-learners using open courseware with mentors.In her presentation titled So Many Open Courses, So Little Time, Ms. Hood stated: "Many organizations including the Open Courseware Consortium, Nixty, Saylor Foundation, and Open University…See More
Open Doors Group posted a blog post
ODG/COT announces mentoring service at Online Teaching Conference
PRLog (Press Release) - Jun 19, 2012 - At the Online Teaching Conference 2012 held at Evergreen Valley College on June 14 and 15, ODG/COT Co-Director Jacky Hood announced this online service with a suite of tools to match self-learners using open courseware with mentors.In her presentation titled So Many Open Courses, So Little Time, Ms. Hood stated: "Many organizations including the Open Courseware Consortium, Nixty, Saylor Foundation, and Open University…See More
Open Doors Group's blog post was featured
Four sites worth a visit: textbook at warp speed, UC Irvine courseware, Active Learning, 5 outstanding open textbooks
Building a textbook in 48 hours http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKnJe9VzXXYUC Irvine provides outstanding open courseware http://bit.ly/AriZXrTony Kuphaldt's 7 videos on Active Learning: http://bit.ly/TonysVideosDebut of 5 outstanding open textbooks…See More
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 10:08am on February 19, 2012,
Sharyn Fitzpatrick said… To all the Open Doors Group members:
Welcome to the this new group on the College Open Textbooks Community! We're delighted you've joined us! With your membership on the Ning, you have access to a network of open educational resources and open textbook connections such as the Open Doors Group. We list events, activities, and new blog entries from both our members and from our own College Open Textbooks blog, and offer peer reviews of open textbooks on our CollegeOpenTextBooks.org website.
Please add as much information to your profile as possible. Introduce yourself to the community, reach out to your peers, and start sharing information via the blog posting on the Ning. We are also looking for blog posts for our College Open Textbooks blog at http://collegeopentextbooks.org/blog. Please consider submitting a blog. Just contact me directly. Thank you.
Sharyn Fitzpatrick
Sr. Marketing Manager, Communications
College Open Textbooks
(650) 814-5835
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
Upload a photo or avatar to your profile, and we'll add it to the above gallery.
Photos
© 2013 Created by Jacky Hood.
Powered by
