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Tag: open education and policy
Sir John Daniel of the Commonwealth of Learning: Open Education and Policy
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedSir John Daniel by COL / CC BY. Sir John Daniel has been working in open education from its earliest days. “Openness is in my genes,” he says. Sir John is President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning, or COL. COL is an intergovernmental organization comprised of 54 member states. The overarching focus area…
Pete Forsyth and the Wikimedia Public Policy Initiative: Open Education and Policy
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedPete Forsyth lives and breathes wikis. He is owner and lead consultant at Wiki Strategies, and has extensive experience in working within online peer production communities, specifically the production of open educational resources (OER) using wiki-based web sites like Wikipedia. Forsyth was the Wikimedia Foundation’s first Public Outreach Officer and key architect of the Wikipedia Public Policy…
Paul Stacey from BCcampus: Open Education and Policy
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedPaul Stacey by BCcampus / CC BY Paul Stacey is the Director of Communications, Stakeholder and Academic Relations at BCcampus. Headquartered in Vancouver, BCcampus provides services in support of educational technology and online learning to British Columbia’s 25 public colleges and universities, their students, faculty and administrators. The BC Ministry of Advanced Education provides funding…
The Right to Research Coalition's Nick Shockey: Open Education and Policy
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedNick Shockey is the Director of the Right to Research Coalition (R2RC) and the Director of Student Advocacy at the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). The R2RC is an international alliance of 31 graduate and undergraduate student organizations, representing nearly 7 million students, that promotes an open scholarly publishing system based on the…
Jeff Mao and Bob McIntire from the Maine Department of Education: Open Education and Policy
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedMaine has been a leader in adopting educational technology in support of its students. In 2002, through the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI), the state began providing laptops to all students in grades 7-8 in a one-to-one laptop program. In 2009, Maine expanded the project to high school students. The one-to-one laptops paved the way…
Flat World Knowledge's Eric Frank: Open Education and Policy
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedAt the beginning of this year we announced a revised approach to our education plans, focusing our activities to support of the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. In order to do so we have worked hard to increase the amount of information available on our own site – in addition to an Education landing page and the OER…
Student PIRGs' Nicole Allen: Open Education and Policy
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedAt the beginning of this year we announced a revised approach to our education plans, focusing our activities to support of the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. In order to do so we have worked hard to increase the amount of information available on our own site – in addition to an Education landing page and the OER…
The Open University's Patrick McAndrew: Open Education and Policy
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedAt the beginning of this year we announced a revised approach to our education plans, focusing our activities to support of the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. In order to do so we have worked hard to increase the amount of information available on our own site – in addition to an Education landing page and the OER…
Open High School of Utah's DeLaina Tonks: Open Education and Policy
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedAt the beginning of this year we announced a revised approach to our education plans, focusing our activities to support of the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. In order to do so we have worked hard to increase the amount of information available on our own site – in addition to an Education landing page and the OER…
Curriki's Christine Mytko: Open Education and Policy
by Jane Park UncategorizedPhoto by Christine Mytko / CC BY-NC At the beginning of this year we announced a revised approach to our education plans, focusing our activities to support of the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. In order to do so we have worked hard to increase the amount of information available on our own site – in…