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  • 1.  New contribution to open educational content

    Posted 10-26-2006 11:59
    "The Open University's commitment to broadening access to education is being taken to another level with the launch of OpenLearn, its major new open content initiative. The OpenLearn website will make educational resources freely available on the internet, with state-of-the-art learning support and collaboration tools to connect learners and educators.

    The site - at link, right - is live from yesterday (Wednesday, October 25). This £5.65 million project, generously supported by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, will cover a full range of subjects including business and management, at all study levels from access to postgraduate.

    Available to learners and educators throughout the UK and worldwide, the project will be of particular significance in The Open University's efforts to widen access to hard-to-reach groups and tackle educational disadvantage both within the developed and developing worlds."

    For the BBC news story see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6071230.stm

    To access the learning materials see http://www.openlearn.open.ac.uk

    There is also a companion site labspace which can be used to upload your own materials or modify materials created by others. (http://labspace.open.ac.uk/)

    All intellectual property on the site is managed under the creative commons scheme (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/).

    There is currently about 900 hours of study material on the site. We aim to add a similar quantity every three months for the next two years. We hope others will contribute too.

    Please make use of this resource, add to it, modify it - join us in the open content endeavour and above all let us know what you make of it and how we can improve what we are doing

    best regards

    Mark

    Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
    Director, Programmes and Curriculum, OU Business School
    & Professor of Organisational Behaviour
    Open University
    Walton Hall
    Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
    United Kingdom


    e-mail: m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk
    (DL) +44 (0)1908-655804
    Fax: +44 (0)1908-655898


  • 2.  New contribution to open educational content

    Posted 10-26-2006 12:29
    Thanks Mark. Though I think the link does have the www in it since what
    works for me is:
    http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/

    Best regards,
    Charles


    -----Original Message-----
    From: Management Education and Development Discussion
    [mailto:MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of M.P.Fenton-OCreevy
    Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:59 AM
    To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: [MG-ED-DV] New contribution to open educational content

    "The Open University's commitment to broadening access to education is being
    taken to another level with the launch of OpenLearn, its major new open
    content initiative. The OpenLearn website will make educational resources
    freely available on the internet, with state-of-the-art learning support and
    collaboration tools to connect learners and educators.

    The site - at link, right - is live from yesterday (Wednesday, October 25).
    This £5.65 million project, generously supported by a grant from the William
    and Flora Hewlett Foundation, will cover a full range of subjects including
    business and management, at all study levels from access to postgraduate.

    Available to learners and educators throughout the UK and worldwide, the
    project will be of particular significance in The Open University's efforts
    to widen access to hard-to-reach groups and tackle educational disadvantage
    both within the developed and developing worlds."

    For the BBC news story see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6071230.stm

    To access the learning materials see http://www.openlearn.open.ac.uk

    There is also a companion site labspace which can be used to upload your own
    materials or modify materials created by others.
    (http://labspace.open.ac.uk/)

    All intellectual property on the site is managed under the creative commons
    scheme (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/).

    There is currently about 900 hours of study material on the site. We aim to
    add a similar quantity every three months for the next two years. We hope
    others will contribute too.

    Please make use of this resource, add to it, modify it - join us in the open
    content endeavour and above all let us know what you make of it and how we
    can improve what we are doing

    best regards

    Mark

    Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
    Director, Programmes and Curriculum, OU Business School
    & Professor of Organisational Behaviour
    Open University
    Walton Hall
    Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
    United Kingdom


    e-mail: m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk
    (DL) +44 (0)1908-655804
    Fax: +44 (0)1908-655898


  • 3.  New contribution to open educational content

    Posted 10-26-2006 12:34
    Please excuse the error in the url in my earlier message - it should be http://openlearn.open.ac.uk not www.openlearn.ac.uk

    Mark

    Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
    Director, Programmes and Curriculum, OU Business School
    & Professor of Organisational Behaviour
    Open University
    Walton Hall
    Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
    United Kingdom


    e-mail: m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk
    (DL) +44 (0)1908-655804
    Fax: +44 (0)1908-655898




    ________________________________

    From: Management Education and Development Discussion on behalf of M.P.Fenton-OCreevy
    Sent: Thu 10/26/2006 16:58
    To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: New contribution to open educational content



    "The Open University's commitment to broadening access to education is being taken to another level with the launch of OpenLearn, its major new open content initiative. The OpenLearn website will make educational resources freely available on the internet, with state-of-the-art learning support and collaboration tools to connect learners and educators.

    The site - at link, right - is live from yesterday (Wednesday, October 25). This £5.65 million project, generously supported by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, will cover a full range of subjects including business and management, at all study levels from access to postgraduate.

    Available to learners and educators throughout the UK and worldwide, the project will be of particular significance in The Open University's efforts to widen access to hard-to-reach groups and tackle educational disadvantage both within the developed and developing worlds."

    For the BBC news story see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6071230.stm

    To access the learning materials see http://www.openlearn.open.ac.uk

    There is also a companion site labspace which can be used to upload your own materials or modify materials created by others. (http://labspace.open.ac.uk/)

    All intellectual property on the site is managed under the creative commons scheme (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/).

    There is currently about 900 hours of study material on the site. We aim to add a similar quantity every three months for the next two years. We hope others will contribute too.

    Please make use of this resource, add to it, modify it - join us in the open content endeavour and above all let us know what you make of it and how we can improve what we are doing

    best regards

    Mark

    Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
    Director, Programmes and Curriculum, OU Business School
    & Professor of Organisational Behaviour
    Open University
    Walton Hall
    Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
    United Kingdom


    e-mail: m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk
    (DL) +44 (0)1908-655804
    Fax: +44 (0)1908-655898