http://ocwblog.org Blogging the OpenCourseWare (and OER) Movements Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:29:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MDC, Inc. announced today that they are awarding $16.5 million in grants to community colleges and states "to expand groundbreaking remedial education programs that experts say are key to dramatically boosting the college completion rates of low-income students and students of color" (http://bit.ly/wouV8). ... http://ocwblog.org/2009/06/25/165-million-in-grants-for-groundbreaking-remedial-education-programs/ Today we're welcoming Rana Banerjee to the OCWC team. Rana will be consulting with us regarding the development of better membership support processes. Back in the old days (as long as a year or two ago) membership support was something we could handle informally, with a call or ... http://ocwblog.org/2009/06/23/yes-its-another-new-staff-person/ The recent dramatic events in Iran bring together numerous complicated issues including the political and cultural history of Iran and the Middle East, the role of women in culture and politics, and the impact of social media on world events.  Courses throughout the OCW Consortium can be useful in providing ... http://ocwblog.org/2009/06/22/current-events-in-context-iran%e2%80%99s-election-dispute/ The OCWC Board of Directors has recently appointed Doris Rojas of the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima-Peru to fill the vacancy left by Meena Hwang's resignation from the Board. Doris Rojas is an Industrial Engineer with 24 years of professional experience in business consulting, working on topics such as ... http://ocwblog.org/2009/06/17/doris-rojas-of-the-universidad-nacional-de-ingenieria-lima-peru-appointed-to-ocwc-board/ We are very excited to have Meena Hwang join the OCWC staff as our Interim Director of Community Outreach. Having formerly initiated and orchestrated not only the Korea University Open Course Ware project, but also the Korea OCW Consortium, Meena brings considerable experience and enthusiasm to the OCWC staff. ... http://ocwblog.org/2009/06/17/meena-hwang-joins-ocwc-staff-as-interim-director-of-community-outreach/ The OCWC Board of Directors is delighted to announce that Mary Lou Forward, of Brattleboro, Vermont, has accepted its offer of the OCWC Executive Director position.  Mary Lou comes to us from SIT Study Abroad, where she has served as Academic Dean of African Studies since 2000.  In that role, ... http://ocwblog.org/2009/05/20/new-ocw-executive-director-named/ 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 ... http://ocwblog.org/2009/05/19/kaplan-higher-education-joins-the-ocwc/ Today is Mike Caulfield's last day working on the OCWC staff. We thought we had successfully stolen Mike from Keene State, but they sneaked up on us from behind and stole him back with an offer of a pivotal role as an Instructional Designer in a Teaching and Learning ... http://ocwblog.org/2009/05/14/into-the-sunset/ Just a note that since the conference in Monterrey a number of slidesets have gone up on Slideshare. If you are interested in seeing some of them check them out, using the tags below:  http://www.slideshare.net/tag/ocwcglobal2009 http://www.slideshare.net/tag/ocwc And for those of you who presented, but have not furnished slidesets, post them on Slideshare and ... http://ocwblog.org/2009/05/13/ocwc-global-slides-are-up/ The conference site is here. The conference tag is OCWCglobal2009. For those wishing to take part in the business meeting remotely, here is the dial-in info: Dial-in number for Tuesday Business Meeting (see schedule for times): Reservationless-Plus Toll Free Dial-In Number (US & Canada): (888) 830-8920 Reservationless-Plus International Dial-In Number:(770) 657-9185 Code: 510 267 9409 Finally, ... http://ocwblog.org/2009/04/21/ocwc-global-has-begun/