The Department of Chemistry and the School of Physical Sciences, in collaboration with UCI OpenCourseWare, have announced today what they are dubbing as “OpenChem,” a set of video lectures that combine four years’ worth of classes that a chemistry major might take. If you’ve sat in a chemistry lecture hall recently, you may have seen […]
FastCompany highlights Anka Mulder
Anka Mulder is the General Secretary of the Technological University of Delft (Netherlands), which houses one of the premiere OpenCourseWare projects, including full masters degrees’ worth of materials in nanotechnology, water resource management and other subjects. Now serving her second term as President of the Board of Directors of the OpenCourseWare Consortium, she is a […]
UCI Chancellor adds support to Open Education Week
Several months ago, the OpenCourseWare Consortium launched a call for Open Education Week, to be celebrated March 5-10, 2012. Now, joined by hundreds of university and organizational supporters, Open Education Week is fulfilling its role in calling attention to both an urgent need to expand global access to higher education and to raise awareness among […]
Saylor Foundation Releases New College Textbooks
The Saylor Foundation, an open education non-profit, has begun to release the first wave of free college textbooks that have undergone editing and peer review. The latest textbook is Mathematical Analysis I, but all of the most common subjects taught at the university level will have corresponding free textbooks available at the end of the […]
Open Education Week to Highlight Open Learning Opportunities
Open Education Week, March 5-10-, 2012, was launched by the OpenCourseWare Consortium and endorsed by UNESCO and a large number of universities and university consortia worldwide. Its goal is to create greater awareness of the many free learning opportunities not only for current students, but for those who would not otherwise have the opportunity. The […]
Required downtime from Friday, January 13 through Saturday, January 14, 2012. (UTC/GMT -8 hours)
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UCI OCW wins award for “Best Website Content”
The Internet Marketing Association has awarded UCI OpenCourseWare with its “Best Website Content” award.
UCI Receives Distance Learning Innovation Award for OCW Website
The National University Telecommunications Network (NUTN) awarded the UCI OpenCourseWare project, naming Gary Matkin, Dean of Extension, Summer Session and Distance Learning, and Larry Cooperman (wait – that’s me) as recipients of their 2011 Innovation Award. NUTN is a well-known university-based organization dedicated to the support of distance learning. With the NUTN award, Dean Matkin […]
UCI, Haiti and OpenCourseWare
Recently, I returned from a visit to the State University of Haiti. The UC Haiti Initiative has pulled together commitments from chancellors, professors, and students in a variety of initiatives intended to support public higher education in Haiti. With UEH, we have put a proposal in front of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (CIRH) to […]
Prof. Dennin’s Science From Superheroes to Global Warning course wins “Best User Experience” award
Well, we always knew it was one of the best, but now it has more formal recogntion. Education-Portal.com is a website dedicated to showcasing the best of education around the Internet. More recently, it has focused on OpenCourseWare. We are pleased to report that Prof. Michael Dennin (Physics and Astronomy) has won the top prize […]