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October 31, 2006
The Open University launches OpenLearn
The Open University launches OpenLearn , 25 October 2006
"The Open University’s commitment to broadening access to education is being taken to another level with the launch of OpenLearn, its major new open content initiative. The OpenLearn website will make educational resources freely available on the internet, with state of the art learning support and collaboration tools to connect learners and educators.
This £5.65 million project, supported by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, will cover a full range of subjects from arts and history to science and nature, at all study levels from access to postgraduate. Available to learners and educators throughout the UK and worldwide, the project will be of particular significance in The Open University’s efforts to open access to hard-to-reach groups and tackle educational disadvantage both within the developed and developing worlds.
OpenLearn will be formally launched in London on 25th October 2006 at 1 Great George Street, Westminster. Keynote speakers include Bill Rammell, MP, Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education and Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford University."
Posted by mlindema at October 31, 2006 09:18 AM