DETAILS: Blastoff - Taking Education into OERbit

Blastoff - Taking Education into OERbit

Facilitator: Paul Stacey
When: Tuesday, December 7, 2010 14:30 - 16:00 (Mountain), 20:30 GMT
Where: Elluminate Live

Session Description
Join Paul Stacey on the Starship BCcampus in this journey through the universe of Open Educational Resources (OER). Learn how OER are opening up a new education frontier. Visit OER colonies throughout education space and see for yourself what an OER is and how they are being used to create credentials. Find out how you can use OER in your own teaching and learning practice. Discover how the future of OER is being shaped by Foundations, public government Ministries, and everyday educators who simply choose to become OER space cadets. Buckle up as Paul takes you into OERbit!

Prior to Blastoff participants are invited to explore the following:

• Paul's blog
• BCcampus OER online workspace wiki
• "Free to Learn: an Open Educational Resources Policy Development Guidebook for Community College Governance Officials" by Hal Plotkin was just published using a Creative Commons license in October 2010 and is available online for free
• The July/August 2010 issue of Educause covers the entire field of “open” in education.
• David Wiley’s recent Open Education Resource webcast for Educause provides a good introduction to what OER are all about.
  

How to participate
To join the web conference enter this Elluminate room up to 30 minutes before the start of the session.

http://bit.ly/ecaPD

Type your name when prompted; no password is required.

You will need an audio set up with a microphone. If you have not previously attended an Elluminate Live web conference, please take 5 minutes well before the session to visit the Elluminate Support Site and follow the steps for first time users.

Unable to attend the web conference? More to say? Feel free to add your feedback and suggestions to the Professional Learning Series general forum at any time.

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