Noon Hour Webcasts
Monday, October 24, 2011
Fun and Fear in Open Spaces
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Post Secondary Leadership and the OER Movement
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Making Sense of Complexity in Open Information Environments
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Panel on Moving to Open Educational Resources at Athabasca University
Friday, October 28, 2011
OER's and Sustainable Innovation: Low Cost, Low Risk but High Impact
The objective of AU’s Open Access Week is to promote understanding, adoption, use and production of open access resources for formal and informal teaching and learning.
To celebrate the appointment of Dr. Rory McGreal as the UNESCO/Commonwealth of Learning Chair in Open Educational Resources (OER), Athabasca University is presenting a series of five noon hour webcasts exploring major issues and opportunities presented by OER. Each session will feature an internationally known promoter and developer of open educational resources, research, or ideas.
These presentations are among many events taking place internationally to highlight Open Access Week.
What is
Open Access?
Open access is a movement towards open, public access to educational learning resources and scholarly research results.
What are Open Educational Resources?
Digital materials that can be re-used for teaching, learning, research and more, made available for free through open licenses, which allow uses of the materials that would not be easily permitted under copyright alone.
Prizes!
A draw for AU ball caps, T-shirts and USB hubs will follow the conclusion of each presentation. Everyone from Athabasca University and beyond is invited to participate.