open education

Grant Will Fund $2B in CC-BY OER

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I’m simply ecstatic to say that this deal is finally done! Rather than write up my own announcement, I’ll reuse Timothy Vollmer‘s. Today Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the solicitation for grant applications under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program (TAACCCT). Over … Read more

OER-related Position at QFI

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Qatar Foundation International has a new posting for an ICT Officer that mentions OER specifically. I know some of the people at QFI and they’re fabulous. This sounds like a great opportunity for someone… Officer, Information Communications Technologies A critical element of QFI’s developmental approach is to apply the best & most appropriate technologies to … Read more

Open Education Jobs

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I’m sure someone will decry this as representing the increased corporatization of open education, but a rather high profile open ed job is now open in WA state. The position is listed as Open Education Project Manager, and was posted by the awesome Cable Green, whose title is Director of eLearning & Open Education. I’ll … Read more