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Welcome! The Education Commons brings a highly integrated approach to providing information systems, resources, expertise and support for a wide range of educational projects. Our services include the library, technology training, computer labs, multimedia conferencing and production, and design and development for custom academic computing solutions.
Latest NEWS:
e-Thesis Submission: What You Need to Know About Going Global
Who's reading your thesis?
OISE faculty, staff, and students are invited to this informative session about the new e-Thesis submission process. Please join us and ask your questions. We have the answers.
Date: November 20th, 2009
Time: 2 – 3:30
Location: KITL (3rd floor, next to the elevators)
This special event is offered through the collaborative efforts of the Office for Teaching Support at OISE (OTSO), the Education Commons, and the OISE Registrar’s Office. Please go to our Special Events page for more information.
Open Access Week at OISE
Open Access to Research is Coming: What is to be Done?
Each year, a greater proportion of the scholarly literature is being made freely available online (open access), posing new challenges, as well as new opportunities, for the future of learning. View this presentation held by Professor John Willinsky (Stanford University School of Education) at OISE on October 22nd 2009, to learn more about the Open Access policy mandates that faculty members have supported at Harvard, Stanford, MIT and Kansas as an example of what is being done and why it matters.
Innovative Projects in the Publishing of Open Educational Resources
Around the world, universities, regions and national governments are developing innovative projects that make educational resources freely available online.
View this presentation held by Stian Håklev (M.A. Candidate at OISE) on October 19th 2009 to learn about a number of case studies discussing institutional incentives and the potential benefits from open sharing. It will also introduce the Peer2Peer University, a free online collaborative learning platform that forms learning groups around the open educational resources that exist.
The 2009 Migration Continues ...
For all information around the technological changes occuring at OISE, see our:
Summmary and Phase 1 Changes:
What is Changing?
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Who? |
Which Technologies? |
| Email |
Faculty, Staff & Graduate Students |
OISENet to UT's Exchange (using OutLook or Entourage)
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| Teaching & Learning |
Graduate Faculty |
OISENet to Blackboard or WebKF2/Blackboard Combo
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| Administrative |
Faculty & Staff
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OISENet Conference to Various |
| Research |
Faculty & Students |
OISENet Conference to Various |
HomeSpace... What is it?
What is HomeSpace? We answer your questions:
If you need personal file backup space, webspace, inter-unit or project file sharing this is the place for you. For existing CMS users, we have now synchronized the file and folder managment with the CMS, making file managment and uploads much easier. This site will outline general information as well as details on how to get it or know if you have it and how to's on basic usage!
