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Archive for April, 2009

OER Presentations
April 9, 2009Join us at these upcoming OER conference presentations…
Open and Free Content for Educators
Etudes Summit
Friday, April 24, 2009 at 9:15 am
Los Angeles at the Doubletree Hotel LAX
Break Free! Use Open Content for Online Learning
Online Teaching Conference
Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Aptos, CA at Cabrillo College
If Content is King, Then Let Openness be Queen
2009 MERLOT Conference
August 15, 2009 at 10:00 am
San Jose, CA at Doubletree Hotel

OER Advocate Nominated for US Ed Dept Post
April 2, 2009Dr. Martha Kanter, Chancellor of Foothill-De Anza Community College District, has been nominated for the Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Kanter spearheaded the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources and the Community College Open Textbook Project. She has long been an advocate for making higher education more available and affordable for all. For details, see today’s article in Inside Higher Ed.


