Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education

One Example of a Nonprofit Moving to Scale through a Collaborative Network

Publication Date:

March 16, 2018

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Partnership, collaboration, and information-sharing are intrinsic values within the nonprofit sector. In fact, the exchange of tools and practices has contributed greatly to the evolution of the sector itself. As nonprofits look for emerging strategies to build upon this long history, one model to explore is the use of collaborative networks to overcome shared challenges, leverage collective wisdom and assets, develop new tools, and foster a culture of innovation.

Read the original article from Nonprofit Quarterly

Publication Date:

March 16, 2018

Feds Pick California Nonprofit as Partner on Open Educational Resources Project

Publication Date:

March 12, 2018

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The U.S. Department of Education has selected a nonprofit organization to help the agency share ideas and best practices with states and districts around the country that are trying to ramp up their use of “open” educational resources.

Read the original article from EdWeek Market Brief

Publication Date:

March 12, 2018

Faculty Experiences on Teaching with OER: A Webinar Celebrating Open Education Week 2018

Tockify

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 - 9:00am - 10:00am

LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) have joined together to bring an exciting webinar on open educational resources (OER) to you during Open Education Week 2018.

New Framework Offers Way to Validate OER Commitment

Publication Date:

March 06, 2018

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A new report proposes a framework by which open educational resource initiatives — and particularly those promulgated by for-profit organizations — can be measured.

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Publication Date:

March 06, 2018

A Guide to Good OER Stewardship

Publication Date:

March 05, 2018

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Interest in open educational resources -- freely accessible and openly licensed learning materials -- is booming.

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Publication Date:

March 05, 2018

The Truth (About OER) Is Out There

Publication Date:

January 10, 2018

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Faculty members struggle to find open educational resources or even understand what they are -- but solutions are bubbling up.

Awareness of open educational resources is slowly increasing, per a new report last month from the Babson Survey Research Group. For many faculty members, though, finding OER remains a daunting assignment.

Read the original article from Inside Higher Ed

Publication Date:

January 10, 2018

What’s Up With OER Adoption

Publication Date:

October 02, 2017

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The time has come for K–12 educators to embrace the digital age and, along with it, OERs. As Erik P.M. Vermeulen states in his Aug. 13, 2017, Hacker Noon post “Education in a Digital Age,” we need “a whole new approach to education … [because] we are experiencing a ‘digitization of reality’. This is the result of the global proliferation of new technologies. We all now live in a ‘digital world’ that is characterized by fast-paced, technology-driven social change.”

Read the original article from Information Today, Inc.

Publication Date:

October 02, 2017

Plenary Session: Contributions of OER to SDG4 – From Commitments to Actions

2nd OER World Congress

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 (All day)

panelist: Lisa Petrides, Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) panelist: Verena Metze-Mangold, German Commission for UNESCO
panelist: Nawal Al Khater, Ministry of Education Bahrain
panelist: Dominic Orr, Institute for Education and Socio-Economic Research and Consulting (FiBS)

Libraries as Knowledge-Driven Learning Environments

Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca

Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm

L’evento si svolgerà in inglese con traduzione simultanea. Per registrarsi inviare un email a f.wallner@aur.edu

In continuità con l’evento del 23 ottobre “Biblioteche per apprendere” si riceve e volentieri diffonde il seguente invito al workshop “Libraries as Knowledge-Driven Learning Environments” sulle biblioteche come luoghi che promuovono l’apprendimento lungo tutto l’arco della vita organizzato dall’Ambasciata degli Stati Uniti in Italia e dall’American University of Rome.

A Classe del 21° Secolo

Monday, October 30, 2017 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm

In questo momento di grandi cambiamenti, come ci stiamo preparando ad affrontare le nuove sfide educative? Come può la scuola contribuire a formare i cittadini del futuro? Un incontro per parlare di personalizzazione di ambienti di apprendimento e co-creazione di contenuti open source.

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