UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) will host a five-week 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.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 9/28/2005 10:55:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
