Author Archive for Clay Whipkey

Kaplan Higher Education Joins the OCWC

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kaplan Higher Education today announced that it has joined the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCWC), making select Kaplan University courses and teaching materials available for free online. Through a new website, lifelong learners, students and faculty across the world can access select Kaplan University courses anywhere Internet access is available. Courses currently offered include Academic Strategies for the Business Professional, Nursing Fundamentals and Forensic Biology and Impression Evidence. Continue reading ‘Kaplan Higher Education Joins the OCWC’

A New Community Announcement List

As part of the refined focus of the OCWC, we want to help enable connections and communication between members.  As a step towards that focus, we have created a new email list which will allow members to post announcements to the rest of the membership.  The list is named community [at] ocwconsortium [dot] org. Continue reading ‘A New Community Announcement List’

Thomas Friedman Keynote at MIT 1800 Event

Thomas Friedman, author and columnist for the New York Times, gave the keynote presentation at MIT’s recent event in celebration of reaching 1800 published OCW courses. The speech was insightful and timely, but also very well-delivered.

Its up on YouTube for your enjoyment. I highly recommend it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcE2ufqtzyk&feature=user