Open Access Week 2012

October 15, 2012

To celebrate Open Access Week, October 22-28, Athabasca University is presenting a series of noon-hour webcasts exploring major issues and opportunities presented by open access. Everyone is welcome to join us for these webcasts. Join us here.

Monday, October 22
OER and Mobile Learning
Rory McGreal

The OER university: A sustainable model for more affordable education futures
Wayne Mackintosh

Tuesday, October 23
Open Access and Public Policy
Frits Pannekoek

Wednesday, October 24
"Open and Closed" Getting the mix right. Who gets to decide?
Jon Dron
Terry Anderson
George Siemens

Thursday, October 25
Integrating openness in course design
Cindy Ives

Friday, October 26
Sleeping with the Elephant - Leveraging AU's Position through Open Courseware
Martin Connors

Contribution of AU's e-Lab Initiative to Open Access and OER Development
Evelyn Ellerman

Athabasca River Basin Research Institute Repository: Enhancing open access, education and research
Lisa Carter
Tony Tin

Open Access is a movement toward free, open and accessible research results, processes and educational resources. Athabasca University promotes understanding, adoption, use and production of Open Access resources for formal and informal learning and teaching

For more information, contact:
Tony Tin
tonyt@athabascau.ca,
(780)675-6486.

 

 

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