Conference dates: 12-14 April 2016
Venue: AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
Conference Theme: Convergence through Collaboration
Please make a note of the dates – these have shifted by one day (earlier).
We have just launched the conference website. Call for Proposals will be issued in August 2015.
If you have any questions about the conference please email us at conference@oeconsortium.org. The conference twitter hashtag is #oeglobal.
The OEC Board of Directors elects new Vice-President
We are pleased to announce that Sophie Touzé was elected Vice-President of the Board of Directors – Open Education Consortium, during the July Board meeting.
Congratulations!
For the complete list of current Open Education Consortium Board Members please click here.
OECx Expands Open MOOCs
Hokkaido University, Tufts University, and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM); members of the Open Education Consortium (OEC), are currently running open MOOCs on the edX platform through the OECx partnership program. OEC entered into a partnership with edX in April 2014 to allow its member institutions to re-use existing open courseware to develop Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The re-use of these high quality open educational resources presents new opportunities for collaboration, scaling educational access, and cost effective curriculum development.
This year, 8 Open MOOCs are available through OECx ranging from topics of energy usage, biology of water and health, introduction to business, teacher education in India, introduction to helicopters, corporate social responsibility, and the effects of radiation.
For more information, please click here.
Creative Commons: Kickstarter campaign
Creative Commons is running its first Kickstarter campaign. If they are successful, they will be writing a book about the ways creators and businesses make money when sharing their work for free under CC licenses. The goal is to empower others to create businesses that build upon open content and open licensing. The book will be written collaboratively with backers of the campaign. The authors, Sarah Pearson and Paul Stacey, will be writing regularly throughout the research and writing process in a Medium publication called Made with Creative Commons. If you're interested in being involved, join the Kickstarter here with a contribution of any amount.
Upcoming Conferences & Events
FOSSA 2015
Date: 23-25 September 2015 (Nantes, France)
More information is available here.
26th ICDE World Conference: Growing capacities for sustainable distance e-learning provision
Date: 14-16 October 2015 (Sun City, South Africa)
More information is available here.
Creative Commons Global Summit 2015
Date: 14-17 October 2015 (Seoul, South Korea)
More information is available here.
Open Access Week
Date: 19-25 October 2015 (Everywhere)
More information is available here.
EADTU Conference
Date: 29-30 October 2015 (Hagen, Germany)
More information is available here.
Mozfest 2015
Date: 6-8 November 2015 (London, United Kingdom)
More information is available here.
OpenCon 2015
Date: 14-16 November 2015 (Brussels, Belgium)
More information is available here.
The 12th Annual Open Education Conference
Date: 18-20 November 2015 (Vancouver, Canada)
More information is available here.
All of these events are also listed in the calendar under Open Education Information Center. If you are aware of upcoming events related to Open Education, OER, Open Access, Open Data, FOSS and related fields please fill out the event submission form let us know.
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