http://ocwblog.org Blogging the OpenCourseWare (and OER) Movements Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:12:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’d like to make the OCW/OER community aware of two important upcoming opportunities to participate in shaping the future direction of the OCW Consortium. The Consortium develops and maintains two key planning documents, a strategic plan and a business plan. New strategic and business plans are due to ... http://ocwblog.org/2010/03/03/organizational-planning-activities/ Universities pledge funds to support OpenCourseWare Consortium 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 ... http://ocwblog.org/2010/03/01/leading-global-universities-make-commitments-to-opencoursewares-future/ El mes pasado anunciamos nuestro nuevo formato de boletín informativo del OCW Consortium. Cada mes estaremos enviando un breve boletín de noticias con los próximos eventos y actualizaciones de los miembros alrededor del mundo, y cuatro veces al año el boletín presentará un tema de interés para la comunidad OCW ... http://ocwblog.org/2010/02/22/translations-newsletter-feb-2010/ Last month we announced our new format for the OCW Consortium newsletter. Each month we will send out a short newsletter with upcoming events and brief updates from members around the world, and four times a year the newsletter will feature more in-depth coverage of a topic of interest ... http://ocwblog.org/2010/02/22/ocw-consortium-newsletter-feb-2010/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="278" caption="Two Rows Brew Pub near Rice University"][/caption] 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 ... http://ocwblog.org/2010/02/04/good-things-brewing-at-2nd-connexions-conference/ The OCWC webinar this month is on “Using Moodle for OpenCourseWare projects”. The speaker is Jenny Gray of the Open University, UK. She is the lead technical developer for the OpenLearn project. As you can see from the website, there has been a lot of customization of Moodle to provide ... http://ocwblog.org/2010/02/03/ocwc-webinar-january-2010-using-moodle-for-ocw/ [caption id="attachment_447" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="OCWC Newsletter January 2010"][/caption] * Scroll down for translations 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 ... http://ocwblog.org/2010/01/24/ocwc-newsletter-january-2010/ The monthly OCWC Webinar this month is on metadata. Clay Whipkey, the Technical Director of OCWC, will speak about why we should care about metadata and what we should do with it. This webinar is intended for all administrators of OCW and individuals who are not too technically savvy but ... http://ocwblog.org/2010/01/07/ocwc-webinar-jan-2010-what-why-and-how-of-metadata/ The OpenCourseWare Consortium is pleased to announce the Call for Participation for the OCWC Global 2010, to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Vietnam Education Foundation and the Ministry of Education and Training are the co-hosts of the event. The OCWC Global has always been an opportunity to learn about ... http://ocwblog.org/2010/01/06/call-for-participation-ocwc-global-2010/ There are more reasons to celebrate the New Year at the Consortium. We have two new staff members joining us as Membership Services Coordinators. Igor Lesko and Marcela Morales Barragán add diversity to the Consortium by bringing varied experiences and academic backgrounds. Igor is originally from Slovakia but has been ... http://ocwblog.org/2010/01/06/welcoming-our-new-membership-services-coordinators/