The strategic plan is designed to represent the consensus of the community on the strategic direction and priorities of the organization, and is submitted to the Board of Directors every other year by the Consortium president. The business plan is submitted to the Board of Directors every year by the Executive Director, and represents the Executive Director’s plan in the coming year to use the resources of the Consortium to achieve the goals identified in the strategic plan. You can access the current versions of these documents on this page under the “OCWC planning documents” link.

FY2011 Business Plan

The business plan for fiscal year 2011 (based on the FY10-11 strategic plan) is due to be submitted to the board of directors for the upcoming global meeting in Hanoi, May 5-7. As part of the drafting process, OCWC Executive Director Mary Lou Forward will be hosting an e-mail based discussion of the current business plan (FY10) in order to gather community input for the drafting of the FY11 plan. The e-mail list for the discussion is businessplan at ocwconsortium dot org and the dates for the discussion are March 15-April 16. Mary Lou will send out an invitation e-mail to the community with further details and instructions as to how to register for the mailing list. The draft of the FY11 business plan will be made available prior to the Hanoi meeting for final community input.

FY2012-2013 Strategic Plan

The most recent strategic plan, covering the fiscal years 2010 and 2011, was developed primarily though and organizational effectiveness planning process in late 2008 and early 2009, supported by a grant from the Hewlett Foundation. While the process included surveys and interviews of community members, the timing of the process did not allow for wide community discussion. I am pleased that for the next iteration, we will have much more time for community input.

The final draft is due to be submitted to the Board of Directors at the January 2011 board meeting, but the first steps of the process are to gather community input through an e-mail-based discussion I will host from April 5-April 30 and through an open session at the Hanoi meeting to gather input in person. The mailing list for this discussion is strategicplan at ocwconsortium dot org, and I will send out an invitation message with more details and how to register for the list as well.

Please Participate

These two drafting processes are the key direction-setting exercises for the Consortium and are your chance to have a voice in the future direction of the organization. Please take this opportunity to provide you input.

Cambridge, MA, March 1, 2010 - Universities and non-profits that have led the movement to openly share educational content are now stepping forward with funding to ensure the movement’s future. A core group of leaders in the OpenCourseWare community have collectively pledged US $350,000 over the next five years to support the OpenCourseWare Consortium, the non-profit association of global OpenCourseWare publishers. Other members will pay annual dues of US $50 to $500 dollars to ensure the Consortium has the funding necessary to catalyze the development and use of OpenCourseWare content worldwide.

Many university OpenCourseWare programs and the OpenCourseWare Consortium have historically been grant funded. As these grants expire, OCW programs and the Consortium are transitioning to sustainable funding models. “These commitments demonstrate the strength of the movement,” said Stephen Carson, President of the Consortium. “Not only are these universities sustaining their own publications, but they are making meaningful commitments to the global effort to openly publish educational materials.”

The following universities and organizations have each pledged US $25,000 over the next five years in support of the OpenCourseWare Consortium: China Open Resources for Education (China), Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands), Japan OpenCourseWare Consortium (Japan), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (United States), Korea OpenCourseWare Consortium (Korea), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States), Open Universiteit (the Netherlands), Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), Tufts University (United States), Universia.net (Spain), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain), University of California, Irvine (United States), University of Michigan (United States), and University of the Western Cape (South Africa).

To date the approximately 200 universities of the Consortium have published materials from more than 13,000 courses, available through the Consortium’s Web site . These materials are freely available on the web as resources to support informal and formal teaching and learning worldwide, and have received an estimated 100 million visits from virtually every country and region in the world.

About the OpenCourseWare Consortium

The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 200 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model. The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is to advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses. The OpenCourseWare Consortium is supported in part by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

About OpenCourseWare

OpenCourseWare (OCW) is course materials—typically including syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, exams and occasionally videos of classroom activities—openly published on the web for reuse and redistribution by educators and learners around the world.

For more information, please contact:

Stephen Carson
President, OpenCourseWare Consortium
P: (617) 253-1250
C: (617) 633-4659
scarson@ocwconsortium.org

Novedades

La comunicación con miembros del OCW Consortium será traducida en diferentes idiomas gracias a los esfuerzos de los voluntarios. Por favor ingrese a www.ocwconsortium.org y acceda a su cuenta para seleccionar el idioma de su preferencia. Si usted quisiera formar parte del equipo de traductores y dispone del tiempo para elaborar traducciones en su idioma, por favor contactemos vía correo electrónico a través de: feedback@ocwconsortium.org

La universidad “University of Cape Town”, un nuevo miembro del OCW Consortium, lanzó su sitio web “Open UCT”, en un evento de lanzamiento el 12 de febrero del 2010. Los representantes de diversas universidades de Sudáfrica, así como el Consejo Directivo de OCW Consortium y su Personal, estuvieron presentes para apoyar este significativo suceso para la UCT. Para obtener más información, consulte su sitio web en: opencontent.uct.ac.za

Las Universidades, “University of the Western Cape” (UWC), “University of Cape Town” (UCT) y el OpenCourseWare Consortium co-patrocinaron un simposio sobre los REA y OCW en la Educación Superior de Sudáfrica. Tanto el contexto internacional como el Sudafricano fueron presentados por expertos procedentes de una variedad de instituciones, incluyendo algunos representantes del Consejo Directivo del OCW Consortium.

La formación de comunidades de interés: Hemos recibido varias peticiones de miembros indicando su interés por contar con un espacio activo para intercambiar puntos de vista e información sobre temas de interés común, tales como Agricultura, Salud, REA y OCW para Educación Media Superior o Enseñanza Media, etc. Si tiene interés en formar o participar en alguno de estos grupos, por favor, póngase en contacto con nosotros en: feedback@ocwconsortium.org.

El OCW Consortium celebró su Junta de Consejo de Ene / Feb en Cape Town, Sudáfrica, los días 10 y 11 de febrero. La mayoría de los miembros del Consejo de Directores del OCWC pudieron asistir. Los debates se centraron en la próxima reunión mundial que se llevará a cabo en Vietnam, presentación del trabajo realizado por los comités y el personal, y la orientación futura de la organización.

Se acercan las elecciones! El Consejo de Directores deberá asignar 6 puestos durante este año electoral. Durante las próximas dos semanas, nuestros coordinadores de Servicios a Miembros se pondrán en contacto con cada institución para confirmar los datos de su contacto primario y certificador asignado para la elección. Estarás recibiendo un e-mail de solicitud de candidaturas el 10 de marzo. Las candidaturas se cerrarán el 26 de marzo, y las votaciones permanecerán abiertas del 7 al 23 de abril.

Gary Matkin, Tesorero del OCW Consortium, fue reconocido con el premio de Excelencia de Logros (Excellence in Achievement Award) por la Asociación de Alumnos de Cal en la Universidad de UC Berkeley. Puede encontrar más información aquí.

Próximos eventos:

Las PPC se han cerrado: Les damos las gracias a todos ustedes que presentaron propuestas de presentaciones para la conferencia mundial de OCW Consortium en Hanoi. El comité de selección está examinando dichas propuestas y responderá a cada una de ellas a más tardar el 1 de marzo. El calendario preliminar de las sesiones se publicará en el sitio web de la conferencia ese mismo día. Por favor contacte a Meena Hwang, Directora de Relaciones Comunitarias, en meena@ocwconsortium.org si usted tiene alguna pregunta o sugerencia al respecto.

OCWC Mundial 2010: Las inscripciones están abiertas para la conferencia del OCW Consortium Mundial, sobre Políticas Educativa y OCW, que se llevará a cabo del 5 al 7 de mayo en Hanoi, Vietnam. Representantes de los gobiernos de todo el mundo se unirán en las discusiones para examinar formas en que OCW puede apoyar las metas educativas en distintos sectores de la sociedad. Incluyendo el mejoramiento de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje, la formación laboral, campañas de educación pública, el aprendizaje continuo y permanente, además de la búsqueda por cerrar brechas entre la Educación Media y la Educación Superior. Las tarifas de registros anticipados estarán disponibles hasta el 15 de marzo. Para registros y mayores informes favor de visitar: http://conference.ocwconsortium.org

El webinario del mes de marzo será sobre el “Uso de Creative Commons para Contenidos OCW” y se llevará a cabo el próximo 4 de marzo, a las 10AM EST. Si usted es un principiante o un experto en cuestiones de propiedad intelectual, el seminario será un buen lugar para aprender y compartir sus ideas. Los webinarios del OCW Consortium son gratuitos y están abiertos a cualquier persona interesada en OCW. No hay necesidad de registrarse, simplemente visite: http://breezemeeting.asu.edu/ocwc para unirse.

上月，我们提出开放课程协会的新闻邮件将采用新的格式。接下来的每个月，我们将继续寄送关于“即将举行的活动”和“信息简报”的新闻邮件，内容来自世界各地的协会成员。另外，一年中我们还将分四次发送深度报道，内容涉及开放课程协会社区相关的话题。如果您有新消息和活动，或是任何建议，请发送电子邮件至：newsletter@ocwconsortium.org

信息简报：

开放课程协会（the OpenCourseWare Consortium）将会以各种语言给协会成员发布消息，这些翻译来自志愿者。请访问网站www.ocwconsortium.org并用您的帐号登录，来设定“语言选项”（“selection of language for communication”一栏）。如果您愿意贡献时间翻译文档，请发送电子邮件至feedback@ocwconsortium.org。
开放课程协会新成员——开普敦大学（the University of Cape Town），其新网站Open UCT在2月12日正式上线了。南非的几所大学的代表们和开放课程协会的董事会成员以及职员与会，表示对UCT阶段成果的支持。更多信息，请访问网站opencontent.uct.ac.za。

西开普大学（the University of the Western Cape）、开普敦大学（the University of Cape Town）以及开放课程协会（the OpenCourseWare Consortium）共同主办了“南非高等教育中的开放教育资源和开放课程”会议（OER and OCW in South African Higher Education）。会议内容结合了国际形势和南非国情，这些观点来自不同院校、各个组织的成员，其中包括开放课程协会的董事会成员代表。

形成社团：我们获悉，很多协会成员对于共同兴趣的领域，比如中等教育、高等教育中的农业、卫生、开放教育资源和开放课程协会，希望能有一个活跃的空间交换观点和信息。如果您有意组织或参于这类社团，请联系我们：feedback@ocwconsortium.org。

开放课程协会于2月10日至11日在南非开普敦举行双月（1月份和2月份）的董事会会议。来自世界各地的董事会成员多数出席。讨论内容集中在以下几点：即将在越南召开的全球会议、协会成员和员工的工作进展以及开放课程协会的未来发展方向。

选期即将开始！每年开放课程协会董事会成员需要通过选举产生六名成员。在接下来的两周里，我们的协会成员服务协调人（Membership Services Coordinators）将联系各个成员单位，来确认选举相关的主要联系人和证明人。请在3月10日之前确认查收“提名申请函”。提名将于3月26日中止，4月7日至23日进行公开投票。

开放课程协会的财务主管Gary Matkin先生，被加州大学伯克利分校（UC Berkeley）的校友会（California Alumni Association）授予“杰出成就奖”（the Excellence in Achievement award）。您可以从这里了解更多信息。

即将举行的活动：

提案已结束：在此，感谢各位为河内开放课程协会全球会议的提案。评选委员会正在审阅提案并在3月1日前答复。全球会议的初步日程安排将在3月1日公布在会议网站上（http://conference.ocwconsortium.org/）。如果您有任何关于提案或会议的疑问，请发送电子邮件到meena@ocwconsortium.org，联系社区拓展主席Meena Hwang女士。

开放课程协会全球会议2010: 将于5月5日至7日在越南河内举行的题为“教育策略和开放课程”的全球会开始接受登记注册。届时将有来自世界各地的政府代表参与讨论，来探索社会各个部门中如何让协会更好地服务教育，内容包括：改进的教与学、劳动力培训、公共教育运动、终身学习和中高等教育之间的过渡。3月15日前可享受注册费用折扣，请访问http://conference.ocwconsortium.org/来注册并获得更多讯息。

3月份的网路会议“使用‘共同创作’协议的开放课程”将在美国东部时间3月4日周四上午10点（北京时间3月4日晚上11点）开始。无论你在知识产权方面是新手或是专家，网路会议将会是一个学习和交流想法的理想场所。开放课程协会网路会议对所有有兴趣的人免费开放。无需注册，只需访问以下链接参与会议：http://breezemeeting.asu.edu/ocwc。

Bản dịch sẽ được đăng trên Blog của OCW.
Tháng trước, chúng tôi đã công bố định dạng mới của bản tin Hiệp hội Học liệu mở (OCWC). Mỗi tháng, chúng tôi sẽ gửi một bản tin ngắn thông báo các sự kiện sắp diễn ra và cập nhật nhanh từ các thành viên trên toàn thế giới, và mỗi năm sẽ có 4 bản tin đăng tải sâu hơn về một chủ đề đang được cả cộng đồng OCW quan tâm. Xin vui lòng gửi các tin tức, sự kiện và góp ý của bạn về địa chỉ email: newsletter@ocwconsortium.org.

Cập nhật

Thông tin của OCWC đến với các các thành viên của mình sẽ được dịch sang các ngôn ngữ khác nhau nhờ vào sự giúp sức của các tình nguyện viên. Hãy truy cập trang web: www.ocwconsortium.org và đăng nhập tài khoản của bạn để chọn ngôn ngữ phù hợp. Nếu bạn có thể tình nguyện dịch tài liệu sang ngôn ngữ của bạn, xin vui lòng gửi thư đến địa chỉ email: feedback@ocwconsortium.org.

Đại học Cape Town, một thành viên mới của OCWC, đã chính thức khởi động trang web Open UCT của họ ngày 12 tháng 2. Các đại diện của một số trường đại học tại Nam Phi và Hội đồng quản trị và nhân viên của OCWC cũng đã có mặt để hỗ trợ cho sự kiện quan trọng này của Đại học Cape Town. Để biết thêm thông tin, xin bạn vui lòng truy cập trang web: opencontent.uct.ac.za

Đại học Western Cape, Đại học Cape Town và OCWC đã đồng tài trợ cho một hội nghị chuyên đề về Tài nguyên Giáo dục mở (OER) và Học liệu mở (OCW) trong giáo dục Đại học tại Nam Phi. Các bối cảnh của quốc tế và của Nam Phi đã được trình bày bởi một panelists đến từ nhiều tổ chức khác nhau, bao gồm cả đại diện Hội đồng quản trị của OCWC.

Thành lập các cộng đồng có mối quan tâm chung: Chúng tôi đã nhận đựợc phản hồi từ rất nhiều thành viên rằng các bạn muốn có một không gian riêng để trao đổi các quan điểm và thông tin về các lĩnh vực quan tâm chung, chẳng hạn như Nông nghiệp, Y tế, OER và OCW cho các trường Cao đẳng cộng đồng hay trong giáo dục phổ thông, v.v. Nếu bạn quan tâm đến việc thành lập hoặc tham gia vào các nhóm như vậy, xin vui lòng liên hệ với chúng tôi qua địa chỉ email: feedback@ocwconsortium.org.

OCWC tổ chức cuộc Họp Hội đồng quản trị tháng 1/ tháng 2 từ ngày 10 đến ngày 11 tháng 2 tại Cape Town, Nam Phi. Gần như tất cả các thành viên trong Ban giám đốc từ khắp nơi trên thế giới đã đến tham dự cuộc họp. Các bài thảo luận tập trung vào cuộc họp toàn cầu sắp tới tại Việt Nam, thông tin cập nhật về công tác thực hiện từ các ủy ban và nhân viên, và bàn phương hướng sắp tới cho tổ chức.

Cuộc bầu cử sắp tới! Hội đồng quản trị của OCWC sẽ cần tuyển 6 thành viên trong cuộc bầu cử năm nay. Trong vòng hai tuần tới, các Điều phối viên dịch vụ thành viên của chúng tôi sẽ liên hệ với từng cơ sở giáo dục thành viên để xác nhận đầu mối liên lạc chính của cơ sở và ứng cử viên cho cuộc bầu cử. Hãy xem trong e-mail yêu cầu thông tin đề cử sẽ được gửi ra ngày 10 tháng 3. Đề cử sẽ đóng vào vào ngày 26 tháng 3, và phiếu bầu sẽ được mở từ ngày 7 đến hết ngày 23 tháng 4.
Gary Matkin, Giám đốc tài chính của OCWC, đã được chọn cho giải thưởng thành tựu xuất sắc do Hiệp hội cựu sinh viên Cal tại UC Berkeley bình bầu. Để biết thêm thông tin, xin bạn vui lòng truy cập tại đây.

Các sự kiện sắp tới:

CFP hiện tại đã đóng cửa: Xin cảm ơn tất cả các bạn đã gửi đề xuất cho các trình bày tại hội nghị toàn cầu OCWC tại Hà Nội. Ủy ban tuyển chọn đang xem xét các đề xuất này và sẽ phản hồi tới mỗi đề xuất vào ngày 1 tháng 3. Chương trình sơ bộ của hội nghị sẽ được đăng trên trang web của hội nghị ngày hôm đó. Xin vui lòng liên hệ với Bà Meena Hwang, Giám đốc chương trình Tiếp cận Cộng đồng, tại địa chỉ email: meena@ocwconsortium.org nếu bạn có bất kỳ câu hỏi nào về các đề xuất hoặc hội nghị.

Hội nghị OCWC toàn cầu năm 2010: Bản đăng ký cho hội nghị toàn cầu OCWC về Chính sách giáo dục và OCW tại Hà Nội, Việt Nam từ tháng 5-7 đã được mở. Đại diện của các chính phủ từ khắp nơi trên thế giới sẽ tham gia vào các cuộc thảo luận để tìm hiểu cách thức mà OCW có thể hỗ trợ các mục tiêu giáo dục trong các lĩnh vực khác nhau của xã hội, bao gồm cải thiện việc dạy và học tập, đào tạo nhân lực, các chiến dịch giáo dục cộng đồng, học tập suôt đời và chuyển tiếp giữa giáo dục trung học và giáo dục đại học. Các đăng ký sớm sẽ được giảm giá tới hết ngày 15 tháng 3. Nếu bạn muốn đăng ký hoặc muốn biết thêm thông tin, xin vui lòng truy cập trang web: http://conference.ocwconsortium.org.

Hội nghị chuyên đề qua trang web (webinar) tháng 3 về “Sử dụng Creative Commons cho các nội dung của OCW” sẽ diễn ra ngày 4 tháng ba, Thứ năm lúc 10 giờ sáng (EST). Dù bạn không có kiến thức hay bạn là một chuyên gia đối với các vấn đề về sở hữu trí tuệ, webinar sẽ là một cơ hội tốt để bạn học hỏi và chia sẻ những ý tưởng của bạn. Các webinar của OCWC được mở miễn phí cho bất kỳ ai quan tâm đến OCW. Để tham gia, bạn không cần phải đăng ký mà chỉ cần truy cập trang web: http://breezemeeting.asu.edu/ocwc.

Updates

Komunikasi antara OCW Consortium dengan para anggotanya akan diterjemahkan ke dalam berbagai bahasa. Terima kasih atas kontribusi para sukarelawan yang telah melakukan proses translasi. Silakan klik ke www.ocwconsortium.org dan login ke akun Anda untuk mendapatkan pilihan bahasa yang Anda inginkan. Jika Anda bersedia menjadi sukarelawan untuk menerjemahkan dokumen ke dalam bahasa setempat Anda, silakan mengirim email ke feedback@ocwconsortium.org.

Universitas Cape Town, anggota baru OCW Consortium, meluncurkan situs Open UCT pada tanggal 12 Februari lalu. Acara peluncuran tersebut dihadiri oleh perwakilan dari beberapa universitas di Afrika Selatan dan Board of Directors serta staf dari OCW Consortium untuk mendukung perkembangan UCT. Informasi yang lebih lengkap dapat diperoleh di website : opencontent.uct.ac.za

Universitas Western Cape, Universitas Cape Town dan OCW Consortium turut mensponsori simposium tentang “OER and OCW in South African Higher Education”. Simposium tersebut dihadiri oleh perwakilan dari Afrika Selatan dan luar negeri yang terdiri dari para panelis yang berasal dari beragam institusi, termasuk Boards of Director dari OCW Consortium.

Communities of interest forming: Kami telah mengetahui dari sejumlah anggota bahwa Anda membutuhkan ruang untuk bertukar pikiran, informasi dan sudut pandang dalam ranah yang diminati bersama, seperti agrikultur, kesehatan, OER dan OCW untuk Community Colleges dan sekolah menengah, dan lain-lain. Jika Anda tertarik untuk membentuk dan bergabung dalam komunitas tersebut, silakan hubungi kami melalui email ke feedback@ocwconsortium.org.

Pada tanggal 10-11 Februari 2010 lalu, OCW Consortium mengadakan board meeting untuk bulan Januari/Februari di Cape Town, Arfika Selatan. Rapat tersebut dihadiri oleh hampir semua pimpinan dari seluruh dunia. Diskusi dalam rapat tersebut berfokus pada Global Meeting yang akan dilaksanakan di Vietnam, perkembangan terbaru dari hasil kerja para komite dan staf dan pembahasan tentang tujuan organisasi di masa yang akan datang.

Election’s coming up! OCW Boards of Director akan mengisi 6 buah kursi dalam pemilihan tahun ini. Selama dua minggu mendatang, Membership Service Coordinator akan menghubungi setiap anggota institusi untuk mengkomfirmasi informasi kontak utama dan keikutsertaan Anda dalam pemilihan. Email permintaan nominasi akan Anda terima pada tanggal 10 Maret. Proses nominasi akan berakhir pada tanggal 26 Maret dan voting secara tertutup akan dibuka mulai tanggal 7 hingga 23 April.

Gary Matkin, bendahara dari OCW Consortium, memperoleh penghargaan Excellence in Achievement dari Cal Alumni Association di UC Berkeley. Informasi selengkapnya dapat Anda peroleh disini. (linked)

Upcoming events:

Penutupan CFP : Terima kasih kepada Anda yang telah mengirimkan proposal untuk presentasi dalam OCW Consotium’s Global Conference di Hanoi. Komite seleksi sedang menyeleksi seluruh proposal dan akan memberikan respon pada tanggal 1 Maret. Jadwal awal dari sesi presentasi akan diunggah di website konferensi pada hari yang sama. Silakan hubungi Meena Hwang, Director of Community Outreach, melalui email ke meena@ocwconsortium.org.

OCWC Global 2010: Pendaftaran untuk mengikuti OCW Consortium global conference on Educational Policy and OCW yang akan diadakan di Hanoi, Vietnam pada tanggal 5-7 Mei, telah dibuka. Perwakilan pemerintah dari seluruh dunia akan ikut bergabung dalam diskusi yang akan mencari cara-cara yang bisa dilakukan OCW untuk mendukung tujuan pendidikan di berbagai sektor masyarakat, termasuk peningkatan pengajaran dan pembelajaran, pelatihan bagi karyawan, kampanye pendidikan untuk publik, life-long learning dan penghubungan antara sekolah menengah dan pendidikan tinggi. Pengurangan tarif registrasi awal tersedia hingga tanggal 15 Maret. Untuk pendaftaran dan informasi selengkapnya, kunjungi http://conference.ocwconsortium.org.

Webinar untuk bulan Maret dengan tema “Using Creative Commons for OCW Contents” akan diadakan pada hari, Kamis, 4 Maret pukul 10.00 AM EST. Webinar akan menjadi tempat yang tepat untuk belajar dan berbagi ide dari Anda, baik yang pemula maupun ahli dalam hal intellectual property issues. OCW Consortium Webinars bebas dari biaya dan terbuka bagi siapa saja yang tertarik dengan OCW. Anda tidak perlu melakukan registrasi terlebih dahulu, cukup klik ke http://breezemeeting.asu.edu/ocwc.

Updates:

Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, the OCW Consortium’s communications to its members soon will be translated into different languages Please go to www.ocwconsortium.org and log into your account to select the language in which you prefer to receive our communications. If you can volunteer a few hours translating documentation into your own language, please email feedback@ocwconsortium.org.

The University of Cape Town, a new member of the OCW Consortium, launched its Open UCT site at a kick-off event on February 12. Representatives from several South African universities as well as the OCW Consortium’s Board of Directors and staff were present to celebrate this milestone for UCT. For more information, see the UCT website at: opencontent.uct.ac.za

The University of the Western Cape, the University of Cape Town and the OpenCourseWare Consortium co-sponsored a symposium on “OER and OCW in South African Higher Education.” Both the international and South African contexts were presented by panelists from a variety of institutions, including representatives from the OCW Consortium’s Board of Directors.

Communities of interest forming: We have heard from many members who would like an active space to exchange viewpoints and information on areas of common interest such as Agriculture, Health, OER and OCW for Community Colleges or for Secondary Education. If you are interested in forming or participating in such groups, please contact us at feedback@ocwconsortium.org.

The OCW Consortium held its Jan/Feb Board meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 10-11. Nearly all Board members from around the world were able to attend. Discussions focused on the upcoming global meeting in Vietnam, updates on work done by committees and staff, and future directions for the organization.

Election’s coming up! The OCW Board of Directors will need to fill 6 seats through elections this year. Over the coming two weeks, our Membership Services Coordinators will be contacting each member institution to confirm its primary contact and certifier for the election. Look for an e-mail requesting nominations by March 10. Nominations will close on March 26, and ballots will be open for voting from April 7-23.

Gary Matkin, Treasurer of the OCW Consortium, was selected for the Excellence in Achievement award by the Cal Alumni Association at UC Berkeley. You can find more information here.

Upcoming Events

Call For Proposals now closed: Thank you to all of you who submitted proposals for presentations at OCW Consortium’s global conference in Hanoi. The selection committee is reviewing these proposals and will respond to each submission by March 1. A preliminary schedule of sessions will be posted on the conference website on that day. Please contact Meena Hwang, Director of Community Outreach, at meena@ocwconsortium.org if you have any questions about the proposals or the conference.

OCWC Global 2010: Registration is open for the OCW Consortium global conference on Educational Policy and OCW in Hanoi, Vietnam from May 5-7. Government representatives from around the world will join the discussions, exploring ways that OCW can support educational goals in various sectors of society. Some of these include improvement of teaching and learning, workforce training, public education campaigns, life-long learning and bridging secondary and higher education. Reduced early bird registration rates are available through March 15. See http://conference.ocwconsortium.org to register or for more information.

The March webinar is on “Using Creative Commons for OCW Content” on March 4th, Thursday at 10AM EST. Whether you are a beginner or an expert in intellectual property issues, the webinar will be a good place to learn and to share your ideas. OCW Consortium Webinars are open to anyone interested in OCW, and they are free of charge. There is no need to register; simply go to http://breezemeeting.asu.edu/ocwc to join.

Two Rows Brew Pub near Rice University

I just returned from an excellent Connexions conference, and there are definitely good things brewing in Houston. Video from the conference panels and sessions held in the main auditorium should be available here soon. I want to share just a few highlights from the sessions I attended.

Conference summary

After a nice welcome and introduction, the first panel shared major content projects, demonstrating the supreme importance the Connexions team places on the content. Mark Horner shared the four projects he is leading with the support of the Shuttleworth Foundation. Jan-Bart de Vreede presented the Wikiwijs project. Kien Pham (Vietnam Foundation), Gary Martin (National Council of Professors of Educational Administration),
Judy Baker (Community College Consortium for Open Education Resources), and Fred Moody (Rice University Press) all shared very interesting projects.

During the breakout sessions, Connexions Project Manager Kathi Fletcher and Alan Runyan of Enfold Systems shared details about the newly-released Enterprise Rhaptos, an open source, stand-alone version of Connexions’ software. This is big news, and I’ll go into more detail later.

During the afternoon authors’ panel, Chuck Severance shared a great story of reuse, and how he ended up authoring 3 books in one year. Jan Odegard, Ken Busbee, and Andrew Barron also contributed to an interesting panel. I also enjoyed hearing from a long list of for profit partners: enTourage (makers of eDGe), SoftChalk, UniqU (providing services and training around Connexions), inetoo, ereadia, Soomo Publishing & WebAssign. Connexions is clearly living up to their name and gaining momentum.

Technical stuff

I’m pleased to see Enterprise Rhaptos rolling out as an open source project. This could meet the needs of many organizations who want their own Connexions site. It will be interesting to see how Enterprise Rhaptos competes with eduCommons in the institutional OCW space, and I would love to see content flow easily between the two systems so users can experience the “frictionless remix” mentioned during several sessions.

Here are some new features Kathi Fletcher announced for Enterprise Rhaptos and for the main Connexions repository:

1. Quick install instructions (for Enterprise Rhaptos) You can be up and running in 20 min. — I’m intrigued with Amazon EPS virtualization, but I don’t see any docs on setting that up. Anyone have a link?
   
2. Web-based MathML editor that can be used outside of CNX as well
3. CollXML (CNX aggregation format) will soon support output to IMS CC
4. Support for Google Analytics allowing individual members to track their own stats.
5. Kathi announced several more features that the Shuttleworth foundation agreed to sponsor the day before. Since the slides aren’t up yet, here is a photo of Kathi’s feature slide. A bounty system of community development was also announced at the same time, allowing outside developers to be paid for working on features the community is willing to fund.
   

Future directions and friendly feedback

The new Connexions features and the introduction of Enterprise Rhaptos brings with it new questions. Here are some things to think about:

1. How will Enterprise Rhaptos instances connect to the Connexions Mother Ship (CMS)? It seems reasonable to expect a search from cnx.org to list results from Enterprise Rhaptos sites. Wouldn’t it also make sense to allow Enterprise Rhaptos to upload content to the main cnx.org site as well? Perhaps via RSync?
2. With multiple Enterprise Rhaptos, how will we standardize UIDs for duplicate copies of content? Could we establish a domain-level ID as well as a UID for content. I am in favor of the LOCKSS model (Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe), but I don’t necessarily want Google to have the last word on which copy I find. It makes sense to decide on a consistent URL structure in place up front so Enterprise Rhaptos instances can play nice with the Connexions Mother Ship.
3. Why not have a basic, through-the-web, WYSIWYG editor option for Connexions? Perhaps this should have been my first question. Let me explain this further in the next paragraph.

As someone who is still relatively new to Connexions, I offer the perspective of a new user. I can see how the strangeness of the Connexions Extensible Markup Language (CNXML) could be intimidating to an instructor with average computer skills who wants to add their content to Connexions. Even the Microsoft Word plugin doesn’t entirely get around this issue, and users still end up staring at XML code. Frankly, no one should be surprise that Computer Science instructors are among the main advocates for Connexions. They are not intimidated by a raw markup language. What about everyone else? Could a “beginner mode” be added as an more simple option for authoring?

What elements would be included in a simplified authoring mode? It would be interesting to analyze all the content on the Connexions site to determine which specific tags are being used most. Could a basic, WYSIWYG web editor be created to satisfy the needs of most content creators? While I understand the wonderful advantages of using XML, it could be made all but invisible in “beginner mode,” and I think this would attract even more content creators than ever before.

To conclude, the Connexions 2010 conference was exciting, encouraging, and though-provoking. I’m thrilled to see such a vibrant community forming to meet the needs of so many different users using Connexions.

Moodle is one of the most widely used learning management systems in the world and is an open source program. Join us in the webinar and hear about how you can utilize your existing LMS to open your education contents to the world. You can also use this open source program to easily set up a simple OpenCourseWare site. This webinar is intended for all audience regardless of the technical background and is open for free to anyone interested in OpenCourseWare. To participate, go to http://breezemeeting.asu.edu/ocwc . There is no need to register.

OCWC Newsletter January 2010

New Newsletter for the New Year!
The OpenCourseWare Consortium is launching a new format for our newsletters to give more information on events and issues of interest to the OCW community. Each month we will send out “Events and Updates”, which will list OCW-related events and short updates on issues or projects. Each quarter we’ll put together an in-depth newsletter focused on a single issue.

If you have an update to share, or your institution is sponsoring an event that would be of interest to Consortium members, please send a 2-4 sentence description and link to: newsletter@ocwconsortium.org. We also welcome your suggestions of themes for the quarterly newsletters.

We will continue to translate both the monthly updates and quarterly newsletters into multiple languages. If you are able to help us with translations into additional languages, please let us know!

OCWC Website Survey
We are in the process of redesigning the OCWC website, and we need your input! Please let us know about your experiences with the website and what you would like to see for the future. Click on the survey links below. It is our goal to make a website that best serves our members and users. The survey will take about five minutes to complete. The links will be open until January 31st.

Chinese http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/69HTW6W
English http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BGH3WMZ
Korean http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8FW2BGP
Spanish http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z8LGMGV

OCWC Global 2010
Call for Proposals for the OCW Consortium’s annual conference is now open! This year’s theme is Educational Policy and OpenCourseWare. We are accepting proposals in English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese, and we will provide translators for presentations made in these languages. Registration for OCWC Global will begin February 1, 2010. Please visit our conference site at http://conference.ocwconsortium.org

Monthly OCWC Webinar
Our next webinar is “Using Moodle for OpenCourseWare” with Jenny Gray. It will be held on February 4th at 10AM EST. Jenny is the lead technical developer of the OpenLearn project at Open University, UK. She is an expert on Moodle customization and will be sharing her experiences and insights. There is no need to register. Just click here and join the webinar. Videos of the monthly webinars are available on http://www.youtube.com/ocwconsortium.

Upcoming Events
* Workshop on Open Educational Resources in South Africa, and the launch of the University of Cape Town’s OpenContent Directory on Friday, 12 February, 2010, sponsored by the University of the Western Cape, the University of Cape Town and the OpenCourseWare Consortium. For more information, please contact igorlesko@ocwconsortium.org
* The Fifth International Conference of MIT Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC), May 23-26, 2010, University Leadership: Bringing Technology-Enabled Education to Learners of All Ages. http://linc.mit.edu/linc2010/

New Members

Institutional members:
AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland)
Gunadarma University (Indonesia)
Hallym University (Korea)
Pontificia Univresidad Catolica De Valparaiso (Chile)
Silla University (Korea)
South East European University (Macedonia)
Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (Brazil)
Universitat de Lleida (Spain)

Affiliate members:
International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research (U.S.A)
Russian OCW (Russia)
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (U.S.A.)

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BOLETÍN OCWC ENERO 2010

Boletín para el año nuevo!

El OpenCourseWareConsortium está lanzando un nuevo formato para nuestros boletines mensuales con el objetivo de brindar mayor información sobre eventos y temas de interés para la comunidad OCWC. Enviaremos mensualmente un nuevo apartado de “Eventos y actualizaciones” en el que se mencionarán los eventos y actualizaciones con relación a temas y proyectos del OCWC. Cada trimestre publicaremos un boletín a fondo referente a un tema en específico.

Si cuenta con alguna actualización que quisiera compartirnos, o su institución está patrocinando un evento que puede ser de interés para los miembros del Conosrcio, por favor envíe una breve (2-4 oraciones) descripción del evento a: newsletter@ocwconsortium.org; también agradeceremos las sugerencias de temas para las publicaciones trimestrales.

Seguiremos traduciendo tanto las actualizaciones mensuales como los boletines trimestrales en diversos idiomas. Si usted es capaz de ayudarnos con las traducciones de otros idiomas, por favor háganoslo saber!

Encuesta del sitio web del OCWC

Estamos en el proceso de rediseño de la página OCWC, y sus comentarios nos serán de gran utilidad! Nos gustaría compartiera con nosotros las experiencias que ha tenido con el sitio web y qué le gustaría encontrar en ella en un futuro. Nuestra meta es hacer un sitio web que brinde mejor servicio a nuestros miembros y usuarios. La encuesta le tomará no más de cinco minutos en contestar y se mantendrá abierta hasta el 31 de enero. De clic en la liga del idioma de su preferencia para participar:

Chino http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/69HTW6W
Ingles http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BGH3WMZ
Koreano http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8FW2BGP
Español http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z8LGMGV

OCWC Global 2010

La convocatoria de propuestas para la Conferencia Anual del OCWC se encuentra ahora abierta! El tema de este año es la Política Educativa y OpenCourseWare. Estamos aceptando propuestas en Inglés, Español, Chino y Vietnamita, y proporcionaremos traductores para el desarrollo de presentaciones en estos idiomas. El registro para participar en el OCWC Global 2010 comenzará el 01 de febrero de 2010. Por favor visite nuestro sitio de Conferencias en: http://conference.ocwconsortium.org

Webinario Mensual OCWC

Nuestro próximo webinario cubrirá el tema de “Utilización de Moodle para OpenCourseWare” con Jennifer Gray. Se llevará a cabo el 04 de febrero a las 10AM EST (tiempo del Este). Jenny es la desarrolladora técnica principal del proyecto OpenLearn en Open University, Reino Unido. Ella es una experta en la personalización de Moodle y va a compartir sus experiencias y puntos de vista. No hay necesidad de registrarse, simplemente de clic en la siguiente liga y únase al webinario. http://www.youtube.com/ocwconsortium. Los vídeos de los webinarios mensuales están disponibles en la misma liga.

Próximos Eventos

* Taller sobre Recursos Educativos Abiertos (REA) en Sudáfrica, y el lanzamiento del OpenContent de la Universidad de Cape Town. El cual tendrá verificativo el próximo viernes, 12 de febrero de 2010. Evento patrocinado por la Universidad del Western Cape, la Universidad de Cape Town y el OCWConsortium. Para mayores informes, contactar a Igor Lesko en: igorlesko@ocwconsortium.org
* La Quinta Conferencia Internacional de Aprendizaje del MIT, Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC). Se llevará a cabo del 23-26 de mayo de 2010. Universidad de Liderazgo: Llevar la educación basada en tecnología a estudiantes de todas las edades. http://linc.mit.edu/linc2010/

Nuevos Miembros

Miembros Institucionales:
AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland)
Gunadarma University (Indonesia)
Hallym University (Korea)
Pontificia Univresidad Catolica De Valparaiso (Chile)
Silla University (Korea)
South East European University (Macedonia)
Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (Brazil)
Universitat de Lleida (Spain)

Miembros Filiales:
International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research (U.S.A)
Russian OCW (Russia)
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (U.S.A.)

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新年新气象！
开放课程协会（the OpenCourseWare Consortium）将以新的邮件样式，给协会成员递送更多相关资讯和活动介绍。每月，我们都将寄送“活动介绍和最新滚动讯息”，内容是开放课程协会相关的各种活动，以及针对具体项目或事件的最新消息。每个季度，我们还将某个事件的深度资讯整编成册。
如果您愿分享信息，或是贵方有意成为协会成员、举办活动，请稍做介绍并寄送以下电子邮件信箱newsletter@ocwconsortium.org。另外，我们欢迎各种建议，为每个季度的邮件提供内容或是主题。
我们将一如既往地翻译每个月、每个季度的邮件成多种语言。如果您愿意帮助提供其他语种翻译，请和我们联系，联系的电子邮箱是meena@ocwconsortium.org。

网站调查
目前我们正在重新设计开放课程网站的布局，同时需要您的建议！如果您有时间，不妨谈谈您对当前网站的使用感受，或是聊聊您对网站的期望。再请您点击以下链接，做个简短调查吧？！调查大约需要5分钟，我们相信您的支持能让协会网站更好地服务协会成员和其他用户。请在1月31日前完成调查，谢谢！
中文版 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/69HTW6W
英文版 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BGH3WMZ
韩文版 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8FW2BGP
西班牙语版 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z8LGMGV

开放课程协会全球会议2010
开放课程协会年度会议开始活动征集了！今年的主题是“教育策略和开放课程”（Educational Policy and OpenCourseWare）。我们将接受中文、英文、西班牙语或越南语的活动建议，并且我们将为与会者提供这些语种的翻译。开放课程协会全球会议的注册，将在2010年2月1日开始。届时，恭请访问会议网站 http://conference.ocwconsortium.org。

每月的开放课程协会网路会议
我们的下个网路会议内容是Jenny Gray的“开放课程中Moodle工具的使用”（“Using Moodle for OpenCourseWare”）。会议将在美国东部时间2月4日上午10点（北京时间2月4日下午11点）开始。Jenny是英国开放大学（Open University, UK）的开发学习项目（OpenLearn project）中的技术开发主管。她是Moodle工具定制的专家，而且也愿意分享她的经验和观点。会议无需注册，点击会议链接，即可参与。每月的网络会议视频发布在 http://www.youtube.com/ocwconsortium。

即将举行的活动
南非开放教学资源（Open Educational Resources）的专题活动小组。南非开普敦大学（the University of Cape Town）开放内容目录项目（OpenContent Directory）将于2010年2月12日星期五发布。活动得到西开普大学、开普敦大学和开放课程协会的支持。如欲了解更多讯息，请联系igorlesko@ocwconsortium.org。
2010年5月23日至26日， “大学领导力：为各个年龄段的学生提供高技术含量的教育”，第五届麻省理工学院国际学习网络协会（MIT Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC)）举办。网址：http://linc.mit.edu/linc2010/

开放课程协会新成员

协会成员有：
AGH科技大学（波兰）AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland)
古纳德尔玛大学（印度尼西亚）Gunadarma University (Indonesia)
翰林大学（韩国）Hallym University (Korea)
瓦尔帕莱索天主教大学(智利)Pontificia Univresidad Catolica De Valparaiso (Chile)
新罗大学（韩国）Silla University (Korea)
东南欧洲大学（马其顿）South East European University (Macedonia)
圣卡塔琳娜南大學（巴西）Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (Brazil)
莱里达大学（西班牙）Universitat de Lleida (Spain)

附属成员：
国际癌症治疗与研究协会（美国）International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research (U.S.A)
俄罗斯开放课程（俄罗斯）Russian OCW (Russia)
华盛顿州社区和技术学院的教育委员会(美国) Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (U.S.A.)

The webinar is usually held on the first Thursday of the month, but we will hold it on the second Thursday this month on the 14th. You can join the webinar at http://breezemeeting.asu.edu/ocwc. The webinar starts at 10AM EST, but the meeting room will be open from the day prior to the meeting. If you need to check your technical specifications, you can come into the meeting room before the scheduled time and check make sure that you can view the browser window properly. See you all then.

The OCWC Global has always been an opportunity to learn about the best practices and technology in OCW and OER. The conference will also feature extraordinary keynote speakers from around the world who will speak on education. OpenCourseWare, and policy. More information on speakers will be provided when the registration begins on February 1st.

We would like to invite you to submit proposals through January 31, 2010. Proposals are being accepted for presentations, workshops, and discussions. The theme for the 2010 conference is Educational Policy and Sustainable OCW, and we are accepting proposals in the following four areas:
- OCW as Policy
- Sustainability and Beyond
- Technology and Accessibility
- Users of OCW
The conference site is at http://conference.ocwconsortium.org. If you have any questions about the conference, please contact Meena Hwang at meena@ocwconsortium.org.

Marcela is an instructional designer with a decade’s experience as a project manager in various education programs. Her position at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey prior to joining the Consortium had her manage teacher training programs and international exchange programs in which she had an opportunity to travel all over the world to increase awareness of different cultures. Marcela believes in the transformative power of education, and this is what attracted her to the work at the Consortium. Igor and Marcela are the two successful candidates out of hundreds of applicants. And I am sure that you will see why once we get to know them a little better.

As membership services coordinators, Igor and Marcela will be working closely with the member institutions and other institutions interested in OCW. They will be in charge of the full cycle of the membership application processes and will provide assistance to our members with their projects. It is a great pleasure to introduce Igor and Marcela to the community, and I am sure everyone will join me in congratulating them and also making them feel welcome in the community.