Debut of OER Commons Arabic Expands Global Reach of Open Educational Resources
(Half Moon Bay, CA) – Today marks a shift toward expanded access to open educational resources (OER) for the Arabic-speaking world, with the launch of OER Commons Arabic. Developed by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), the Arabic...
Dept. of Education Funds Project Supporting Expanded Level of Disability Access
November 30, 2012 (Half Moon Bay, CA) – The U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research has recently funded a project dedicated to helping people with disabilities personalize a “one-size-fits-one” approach to...
Music, Art and Imagination Focus of Big Ideas Fest
Music, Art and Imagination Focus of Big Ideas FestEducation Renaissance in Half Moon Bay, Dec. 2-5 Music, Art and Imagination Focus of Big Ideas FestEducation Renaissance in Half Moon Bay, Dec. 2-5November 27, 2012 (Half Moon Bay, CA)--Naif Al-Mutawa, founder of The99...
Brazzle Berry launches scholarship fundraiser for Big Ideas Fest, Dec. 2-5, 2012, in Half Moon Bay
October 30, 2012 (Half Moon Bay, CA) – All big dreams start with a Big Idea. When local yogurt café Brazzle Berry was approached by the organizers of the Big Ideas Fest – hosted by ISKME, an education institute in Half Moon Bay – to help fund scholarships for a local...
More than 40 MCPS educators to train in ‘Design Thinking’ methodology
The workshops will be conducted by ISKME facilitators who are trained in the Action Collab process. ISKME has created Action Collabs to help organizations successfully collaborate and build solutions to very difficult challenges.Samantha Meazell, ISKME Action Collab...
“Over the past two years, ISKME has contributed greatly toward increasing access to high quality OER through its curation services, improving the capability for individuals to create and edit OER through its OpenAuthor tool, and expanding the field of OER by sponsoring OER Fellowships…