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OER ACHIEVEMENTS, CHALLENGES, AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES

  1. Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman at the University of Colorado[1] is developing interactive simulations and guided activities for teaching chemistry and physics.
  1. The Notre Dame OpenCourseWare[2] project at the University of Notre Dame is developing thirty courses in ethics, philosophy, theology, anthropology, and peace and international studies.
  1. University of Washington is preparing two educational computer simulations, LEGSIM[3] and Election Day,[4] on the legislative process and of elections, for widespread, open use.
  1. WGBH is developing new science teaching resources in WGBH’s Teachers’ Domain[5] and making them openly available online.
  1. Yale University is creating digitized audio-visual content for undergraduate liberal arts instruction. It will be offered freely through the Internet and managed by its Center for Media Initiatives.[6]
  1. Yale University is making published scientific research on the environment available through Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE)[7] open to public and nongovernmental organizations in developing countries.
  1. Alexandra Archive Institute[8] is compiling archaeological data.
  1. Capacity Building in Developing Countries for Effective Use of OER
  1. Academy for Educational Development for the Global Learning Portal[9] project is designing a website supporting educators in developing countries.
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  1. ↑ http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet
  2. ↑ http://ocw.nd.edu/
  3. ↑ http://www.legsim.org/
  4. ↑ http://www.election-day.info/
  5. ↑ http://www.teachersdomain.org/
  6. ↑ http://cmi2.yale.edu/cgi-bin/cmi2/news.cgi?group=&year=2006&story=1
  7. ↑ http://www.oaresciences.org/en
  8. ↑ http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/
  9. ↑ http://www.glp.net

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