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 […]
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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 Joins 16 Other Universities in Adding Courses to Coursera
Today UC Irvine announced its partnership with Coursera, the for profit company that was started by two Stanford computer science professors, to provide free online courses to students around the world. You can view UCI’s offerings on Coursera here, which include the following courses: • Public Health 1: Principles of Public Health • Fundamentals of […]
UCI OpenCourseWare Contributor Wins “UCI Medal”
UCI Distinguished Professor Elizabeth Loftus and OpenCourseWare contributor has been awarded the prestigious UCI Medal. This annual award is the campus’s highest honor. Loftus is noted for her research on false memories. View her lecture “Manufacturing Memories” here.
UC Irvine Open Education TV Makes Top Story in the OC Metro Minute
OC Metro Recognizes UC Irvine’s Significant Contribution to Open Education Week.
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 […]
UC Irvine Recognized for its Contribution to OpenCourseWare
Our OCW is featured in the December 19th edition of the OC Metro for winning the 2011 OPAL Award for Institutions. To read the story, visit this link.
UC Irvine OCW Receives 2011 Open Educational Quality Initiative Award for Institutions
The OpenCourseWare program at the University of California, Irvine was selected by an international jury pool as the winner of the Award for Institutions for The OPAL Awards 2011. The OPAL Awards, given to UC Irvine in Berlin on Dec. 2, recognize innovation in improving the quality of open education resources. The Open Educational Quality […]
Full Length Autism Summit Featuring First Lady Rosalynn Carter on UCI OCW
Back in September, UC Irvine hosted an autism summit sponsored by KiDA, the Kids Institute for Development and Advancement. The keynote speaker was Rosalynn Carter, who discussed her experience advocating for autism and mental health issues. This half day summit covered the latest research on autism, technological advances to assist autism patients, and familial involvement […]
UCI Professor and OCW Contributor Francisco Ayala Makes Major Gift to School of Biological Sciences
UCI Professor and OCW Contributor Francisco Ayala has made a $10 million gift to the School of Biological Sciences. The bounty of his grape vineyards in the state’s Central Valley has enabled Professor Ayala to make this generous gift. This gift is the largest amount ever donated by a UCI faculty member. This week Professor […]