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Udemy Puts Ivy-League Profs on Your Desktop for Free (cost)
Udemy, the course creation site, seems to be expanding quite well. They are now offering a new teaching function with free-of-cost courses from reputable...read more
Recherche d'experts francophones africains en REL et de représentants du gouvernement
[[ English message below ]] Pour tous les membres de la Communauté des Ressources Educatives Libres (REL) et de KC SMSI, L'UNESCO...read more
Stampede highlights crisis in higher education in South Africa
A poignant and tragic story of the desparate need of thousands of South African students seeking higher education. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/world/africa/stampede-highlights-crisis-at-south-african-universities.html?ref=world There...read more
Appointment of David Wiley as Digital Promise's Senior Fellow for Open Education
This is great news for the OER Community with a detailed Salt Lake Tribune article. I've always admired David's work, and will always be grateful for...read more
12 predictions for Africa Tech Scene in 2012
I wouldn't ordinarily post a link to this article on the OER WSIS KC, especially with the heavy emphasis on ICT infrastructure/tools, and putting "education"...read more
Many of India’s Poor Turn to Private Schools
Excellent series of articles on India by the US-based New York Times newspaper and several very talented Indian journalists. 1st article on education...read more
New comprehensive report on ICT in Education in Africa
The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank, with the support of the African Union, have released the draft of eTransform Africa education...read more
Workshop on Open content licensing for educators
To all members of the OER Community on the WSIS KC, On behalf of the OER Team at UNESCO, I'd like to wish everyone a very happy new year and look forward...read more
MITx - a new, exciting development in near-free of cost, high-quality education
The US-based Ivy-League Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will be launching a new and very exciting near-free of cost online education product...read more
Excellent article by Paul Stacey - 2011 The Year of Open
Paul Stacey has written an excellent article, 2011 The Year of Open, summarising all the major OER developments in 2011. The UNESCO OER Team is very...read more
