Open Education Week is taking place from 11-15 March 2013 online and in locally hosted events around the world. The purpose of Open Education Week is to raise awareness of the open education movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. Participation in all events and use of all resources is free an open to anyone.
During Open Education Week (March 11-15, 2013), the OCW Toolkit Working Group will be hosting a series of sprints. The OCW Toolkit introduces OER providers to tools and processes that simplify their work of making course materials openly available.
EdX has chosen a strategy of quality instead of quantity like Coursera. It is a consortium of top universities around the world. Since today the consortium has 12 members:
From the USA: MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, University of Texas System, Wellesley, Georgetown University and since today Rice University
Online Educa - the 19th international conference on technology supported learning & training - will be organized from December 04-06, 2013.
ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN develops a programme revolving around a number of different themes every year. It takes into consideration the broad range of learning professionals participating during the event.
The LINQ conference is addressing Innovations and Quality in Lifelong Learning, Education and Training: potential points of access to this field include new learning methods and design, Technology-Enhanced Learning, quality standards and certification, human resources development, competences and skills, digital resources, learning materials, and online collaboration and communities.