OCW+OpenCourseWare


 * OpenCourseWare (OCW)**

This is a partial listing of OpenCourseWare projects links and information highlights. This page focuses mostly on tertiary level institutions and use of open materials including many open textbook initiatives. There are several options listed here for the expansion of use of OER in learning.

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to everyone, which includes free lecture notes, videos and simulations. There are approximately 2000 courses now available. Their recent version now called OCW Scholar offered by MIT takes the initiative a step froward by offering complete courses to anyone. These courses are offered with complete resources and extend the normal course offerings. Open Courseware (OCW) Consortium - is a collaboration of higher education institutions that creating a repository of open educational materials that can be shared among the organizations Open Course ware Library. - Like Connexions, which helps you to create your own content, this site also is site that assists course developers to create courses from open content. Open Content Finder - this site searches for OCW courses at respective tertiary level institutions. OCW Search - a good place to start, now part of the OCW consortium


 * Additional OER and OCW resources**

P2PU is a grassroots open education university where anyone can participate, which leverages open content and open social web. NIXTY is building a newest form of a learning management platform that brings together academic resources, people and portfolios of progress into a single layer. OER Glue sticks together OER resources and adapts them to create your own courses OpenStudy - a platform to bring students together to share knowledge Shmoop - another student collaborative platform Boundless Learning - freeing the student from the textbook conundrum and expense of learning materials OpenDOAR - creates a listing of global open repositories

Saylor - offers college level courses Sofia - another site offering college level courses OERu (Open Education Resources) University There is a movement where some universities are proving resources and instruction openly. “//The OER university (OERu) is a virtual collaboration of like-minded institutions committed to creating flexible pathways for OER learners to gain formal academic credit.//” “//The OER university aims to provide free learning to all students worldwide using OER learning materials with pathways to gain credible qualifications from recognized education institutions.//“ Currently the ‘anchor’ partner institutions of [|OERu] are:
 * Institutional Based Offerings** - emphasizing Open Content
 * [|Athabasca University] (Canada) [|wikieducator link]
 * [|BAOU] (Gujarat’s open university) (India)
 * [|Empire Stat College] (USA) [|wikieducator link]
 * [|Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology] (New Zealand)
 * [|North Tee] (New Zealand)
 * [|Open Polytechnic] (New Zealand)
 * [|Otago Polytechnic] (New Zealand) [|wikieducator link]
 * [|Southern New Hampshire University] (USA)
 * [|Thompson Rivers University] (Canada)
 * [|University of Canterbury] (New Zealand)
 * [|University of South Africa] (South Africa)
 * [|University of Southern Queensland] (Australia) [|wikieducator link]
 * [|University of Wollongong] (Australia)
 * [|BC campus] (non-teaching) (Canada) [|wikieducator link]
 * OER Foundation (non-teaching) (New Zealand) [|wikieducator link]

There are a growing number of institutions offering credit courses under the OCW banner or credit level courses emphasizing use of OER materials.