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Connexions Conference 2011 (Part 3)

Part 3 Connexions has expanded its partnerships to several organizations. I will highlight some of them. Representatives from the following organizations demonstrated, presented and/or discussed their...

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Global Open Access Project Launch – Don't miss it live!

Open Access Logo Ms. Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO will be officiating the launch of “Global Open Access Platform” (usually called the Global Open Access Portal) along with the launch of the...

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Don't Miss ISKME's Big Idea Fest! Register Today!

The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (www.iskme.org) is hosting its annual Big Ideas Fest in December 2011 in Half Moon Bay, CA. This three-day gathering of the nation’s...

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MyOpenMath.com, a free and open online homework system for mathematics, now...

In the last several years, we’ve seen the release of many excellent open textbooks, yet adoption still remains a challenge.  From my perspective as a math instructor, I see two major barriers:...

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Education Champions Work Together to Find Solutions for Open Education Design...

By Carol Hedgspeth, Senior Research Associate, ISKME ISKME’s 3rd annual Big Ideas Fest (www.bigideasfest.org) was held in early December in Half Moon Bay, CA, and as promised, creative doers and...

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Winning Ideas from the Big Ideas Fest

Both Jacky Hood and I along with 150 other leading educators and business executives focused on education convened in Half Moon Bay on December 4-7 for the Big Ideas Fest...

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Mentor Cloud and Open Doors Group / College Open Textbooks Partner to...

 Mentor Cloud and Open Doors Group / College Open Textbooks Partner to Facilitate Sharing Best Practices Among the Open Education Community New Community to Share Best Practices and Facilitate...

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Exemplary open textbooks and methodology: ChemWiki and its Progeny

ChemWiki not only shines as an exemplary series of open-licensed chemistry textbooks, it has spawned BioWiki GeoWiki MathWiki PhysWiki SolarWiki  and StatWiki Professor Delmar Larsen of the University...

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What’s New in OER at Scottsdale Community College?

Faculty in the Mathematics Department at Scottsdale Community College   have been working hard this year to create, revise, and organize materials for our OER project in several of our courses. This is...

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Advanced Water Mathematics Online Textbook – an update from an adopter...

Regina Blasberg, College of Canyons   Mike Alvord, Director of Operations for Newhall County Water District, and I are working on writing an Advanced Water Mathematics online textbook. Mike has...

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