ISKME Partners with Open Book Project to Host Middle East and North African Educators
PRLog (Press Release) – Apr. 2, 2014 – HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — ISKME, the education institute that pioneered the sharing, collaboration, and design of Open Education Resources (OER) more than a decade ago, recently hosted a weeklong exchange with leading educators from Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Jordan in partnership with the U.S.
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Cross-Cultural Learning with OER Exchange Program
At ISKME’s headquarters in Half Moon Bay, California, four Professional Fellows on a U.S. Department of State Open Educational Resources (OER) Exchange Program– education leaders forging new open education initiatives and policies in their home countries of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Lebanon as well as across the Middle East and North African (MENA) region – spent the week with us as part of the Open Book Project, an initiative of the U.S.
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State Department Expands Access to Open Educational Resources in the Middle East and North Africa
The U.S. Department of State is sponsoring a special exchange program on Open Educational Resources (OER) for education leaders in the Middle East and North Africa. Open Educational Resources are publically available course syllabi and materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools or techniques. OERs support the State Department’s goal of increasing access to education.
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QFI Launches Online Resource for Arabic Language Learning
— Qatar Foundation International (QFI) announces the launch of Al-Masdar, a comprehensive web-based portal that provides up-to-date, accessible, and useful information about instruction, resources, and opportunities relevant to Arabic language teachers, students of Arabic, designers and administrators of Arabic language programs, and the general public.
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