News from the Open Education Consortium
Part time job opportunity at the Open Education Consortium: Communications Manager
The Open Education Consortium is looking for a creative thinker with strong communications skills to join a small, internationally diverse team of educational change-makers to help us plan and improve our overall communications and public relations efforts. Our organization is virtual and this is a part time, online opportunity with flexible hours. We welcome inquiries from motivated communicators who want to help improve access and opportunities in education worldwide. Please find the full job description at https://goo.gl/RFSjj6.
Deadline for applications: 10 October 2016.
Reminder: The Open Education Global 2017 Conference: Call for Proposals
The Open Education Consortium and the University of Cape Town, hosts of the Open Education Global 2017 Conference, invite proposals for conference sessions to take place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 8-10 March 2017. We are particularly excited to have Cape Town as the venue for the 2017 Open Education Global Conference, since it marks the 10 year anniversary of the Cape Town Open Education Declaration, along with the 15 year anniversary of the term Open Educational Resources and the 5 year anniversary of the Paris OER Declaration.
We’ll have a lot to celebrate!
The theme of the Open Education Global 2017 Conference is Open for Participation. In keeping with this theme, we welcome all proposals concerning taking an open approach in education. This includes formal and non-formal education; primary, secondary and higher education; open educational practices, projects, policies, research, collaborations and impact; open data, open access, open science, open organizations, open source software, etc.
For the full Call for Proposals, please visit http://conference.oeconsortium.org/2017/call-for-proposals/.
Submissions are due 17 October 2016.
We are also excited to announce our first keynote speakers.
To register for the conference, please visit: http://conference.oeconsortium.org/2017/registration/. Early bird rate ends 31 January 2017.
Organizations interested in becoming sponsors for the conference can review sponsorship opportunities here.
We look forward to welcoming you in Cape Town, South Africa.
Contact the Open Education Global 2017 Conference Planning Team
Email: conference@oeconsortium.org
Website: http://conference.oeconsortium.org/2017/
Twitter: #oeglobal
Reminder: Call for Proposals to Host the Open Education Global 2018 Conference
The Open Education Global Conference is where the world meets to discuss how opening education helps us achieve universal access, equity, innovation and opportunity in education. The OE Global conference is the most internationally diverse conference devoted exclusively to open education, attracting researchers, practitioners, policy makers, educators and students from more than 35 countries around the world.
Planning a global conference is a long and intensive process, and thus applications for hosting are taken two years in advance. For more information and to submit a proposal please click here.
Proposals must be submitted by Monday 31 October 2016.
The Open Education Week 2017: Call for Participation
Open Education Week, March 27-31, 2017
The Open Education Week Planning Committee invites your contributions to and participation in the annual Open Education Week, featuring online and in-person events around the world. You decide how you will participate: host a local event, give a webinar, submit a video about your open education work or use the week to highlight the benefits of open education.
Open Education Week (#openeducationwk) is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. Its purpose is to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide.
To get the website ready, we need your submissions by 28 February 2017. You are welcome to submit multiple resources or events. Please fill out one form for each contribution.
For more information, please click here.
We are looking forward to another great Open Education Week!
The Open Education Week 2017 Planning Committee
Email: info@openeducationweek.org
Website: www.openeducationweek.org
Twitter: #openeducationwk
The Open Education Awards for Excellence 2017: Call for Nominations
The Open Education Consortium is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Open Education Awards for Excellence 2017.
The Open Education Awards for Excellence provide annual recognition to outstanding contributions in the Open Education community. These awards recognize distinctive Open Educational Resources, Open Projects & Initiatives, as well as exemplary leaders in Open Education worldwide.
Nominations will be accepted through 18 December 18 2016. The awards will be presented at the next Open Education Global Conference in Cape Town, South Africa 8-10 March 2017.
For more information about the Awards and to submit your nominations please click here.
Upcoming Webinars: Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER)
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) for the following free and open webinars:
- Understanding Open Licensing - 12 October
- Designing Effective Open Educational Practices and Policies at Community Colleges Panel - 9 November
- Planning for OER Professional Development - 7 December
For more information and to participate click here.
OEC Welcomes New Members
We welcome the following new members:
1. The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
2. Harford Community College, USA
3. The University of New Hampshire, USA
4. Darakht-e Danesh Library, Afghanistan
5. Contact North | Contact Nord, Canada
6. eVidhya.com, India
You can find out more about these members here.
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