Saturday, October 01, 2005

"Open Course Content in HE"--UNESCO Discussion Forum . I plan to participate in this UNESCO online discussion forum and will post some blog entries about the presentations and discussions. Session 1 will begin with an Overview presented by Dr. Sally Johnstone, Executive Director, Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications. Session 2 presents provider perspectives from open course content institutions such at MIT, Rice University, Carnegie Mellon, and Utah State University. Session 3 focuses on perspectives of users from world-wide institutions. Session 4 will be a roundup of issues for further discussion.  ____JH ________ Online discussion of open course content UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) will host an  online discussion of open course content in higher education. From the announcement: From 24 October to 2 December 2005 the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) will hold an internet discussion forum on open course content. The forum will explore the concept of open course content, its context, current initiatives, and issues and implications of its use....The issue that this forum will focus on – open course content – is of great importance to higher education institutions because course elements and materials that are freely available on the Internet for consultation, use and adaptation constitute an important resource. If there is little or no awareness of availability, this resource cannot be exploited, and even with awareness of availability, there are challenges and barriers to its effective use. For more detail, see the project description. To join the discussion send an email request to Susan D'Antoni. (Thanks to Leslie Chan.) - Peter Suber [Open Access News] 10:28:06 AM    COMMENT []