Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., have introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act in the Senate on Thursday. The bill creates a grant program to support the creation and adoption of open educational resources at institutions of higher learning across the country. In a statement, Durbin said, “Over three years ago, I worked to […]
UCI Receives Award for OpenChem Project
UCI has received a distance education innovation award today from the National University Technology Network (NUTN) for its OpenChem project at the NUTN conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. OpenChem offers free and open access to the undergraduate chemistry curriculum at UC Irvine. You can view the OpenChem materials here. “It is an honor to have […]
Melissa Loble of UCI Distance Learning Center Interviewed by Hybrid Pedagogy
Melissa Loble, the Associate Dean of Distance Learning at UCI, was featured on Hybrid Pedagogy, discussing “The Walking Dead” MOOC. Check out the interview here.
“Walking Dead” MOOC seeks to attract zombie series fans
UCI is developing an eight week MOOC (massive open online course) with AMC to appeal to fans of the zombie themed television show. The eight week course, titled “Society, Science, Survival: Lessons from AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead,” will be free and open to learners around the world. The course features faculty members in social sciences, physics, […]
Professor Dele Ogunseitan shares his OpenCourseWare experience
Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention, Oladele (Dele) Ogunseitan, has been a long time supporter of UCI’s OpenCourseWare program. Last year, he was the recipient of the OpenCourseWare Leadership Excellence (ACE) Award for his effort in raising the profile of UCI’s free and open education site. Professor Ogunseitan agreed to […]
UCI OCW Captures Supreme Court Term in Review Panel
In July, UCI OpenCourseWare captured the Supreme Court Term in Review for the October 2012 term. This is the third session that OCW has filmed of this important panel. Topics discussed include gay rights rulings, the Voting Right Act, and more. Check out the footage below: [youtube]http://youtu.be/xCYz5jFtijI[/youtube]
Larry Cooperman Elected to President of the Board of the OCW Consortium
Last week in Bali, Indonesia, Larry Cooperman, the director of UCI’s OpenCourseWare program, was elected as President of the board of the OCW Consortium. Larry is currently serving his second term as a board member of the OCW Consortium. The OpenCourseWare Consortium is comprised of higher education institutions and associated organizations dedicated to expanding access […]
Larry Cooperman, Director UCI OCW, to Appear on HuffPost Live on Monday
On Monday morning, Larry Cooperman, the Director of the UCI OpenCourseWare program, will appear on HuffPost Live for a video segment on MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses. This segment will address the role of MOOCs in democratizing higher education. The segment is schedule to air on Monday at 9:30 AM Pacific (you may want to […]
UCI OpenCourseWare Site Will Be Down for Part of this Weekend (Oct. 20)
The UCI OpenCourseWare site will be down for part of this weekend starting at 9:30 PM on Saturday, October 20 until 6:30 AM on Sunday, October 21. If you need access to video lectures, please check out our youtube channel here, which will not be affected by the planned outage.
Open Educational Resources to Help More Women and Girls in STEM
Last week, Creative Commons and the OpenCourseWare Consortium announced the formation of a task force to help bring open educational resources to women and girls seeking to advance themselves in STEM education. This task force will support the Equal Futures Partnership to expand women’s political participation and economic opportunity. The Equal Futures Partnership was launched […]