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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:
New OISEcms Training Workshop Series (November/December Schedule)
A new series of workshops to help you with the setup, adminstration and associated features of OISEcms v.1. We are also offering HomeSpace sessions which provide an overview as well as its connection to the CMS.
HomeSpace... What is it?
HomeSpace is for: 1) Personal File Backup, 2) Personal Webspace, 3) File Sharing and 4) For OISEcms users, it is the spot to make file management and uploads much easier.
Get more info on HomeSpace! Want to know more? Then sign up for our NEW HomeSpace Training Sessions offered as part of our OISEcms Training Workshop series.
Archived Presentions from Open Access Week - Fall 09
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 |
