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Contribution of AU's e-Lab initiative to Open Access and OER Development
(2012-10-26)
All universities have labs where research and teaching are conducted, where the physical tools of research and teaching are stored, where people get together to talk about their work and their ideas, and where the results ...
Connecting with Geroge Siemens Part 1: Overview of Connectivism
(2011-11-23)
Part 1 Discuses of basic concepts of Connectivism, the context in which the theory emerged and the implications and applications of the theory in teaching. regarding the future of Connectivism.
OER's and Sustainable Innovation: Low Cost, Low Risk but High Impact
(2011-11-04)
This session will include a description of the UNESCO Chair in OER network including an update on the mandate of the Chair and the developments so far. These include agreement on support for a network of UNESCO Chairs in ...
Open Minds Open Access - Conference Presentation
(2012-05-11)
Digital Collections - What's out there?, How do you find it?, How do you know what you can do with it? This presentation is one of three presentations at the Open Minds Open Access Conference, held on May 10, 2012, at ...
Ed.D. Orientation, 2012
(2012-08-15)
Maximizing library presence while minimizing online maintenance
(2011-04-08)
This paper presents challenges and opportunities for an academic library to increasing its presence in an online learning management system (LMS). Successful examples from Athabasca University, Canada’s Open University ...
From Gatekeeping to Gate Opening: An Evolving Role for Academic Libraries
(2013-02-26)
In the past the academic library has focused its energy on building collections and developing mechanisms to provide access to content. Library services developed around the role of being the gatekeeper to the content, be ...
Fun and Fear in Open Spaces
(2011-10-27)
This presentation presents the theory and practice of Open Learning as implemented in Athabasca University’s Beyond the LMS social networking system. The presentation discusses the motivation , design and challenges ...
Panel on Moving to Open Educational Resources at Athabasca University
(2011-10-27)
Dr. Cindy Ives, Director of the Centre for Learning Design and Development (CLDD) at Athabasca University, discusses recent projects in the CLDD that have focused on open educational resources including initiatives to ...
Post Secondary Leadership and the OER Movement
(2011-10-27)
ER provide both opportunity and anxiety to University Administrators. While they see possible savings, at the same time they see new expenditures without accompanying revenues. Little understanding exists by either ...