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Resources

• Athabasca University - Mobile ESL

• Disruptive Pedagogies and Technologies in Universities, by Terry Anderson and Rory McGreal, Athabasca University

• Business Communications (Saylor) - iTunes course
• New Brunswick course
• Otago course
• Diversity
• DE Hub PowerPoints, Australia

• The Critical Role of Teachers in Optimizing Technologies for Open Learning

• Moodle Toolkit, OER Africa
• Futures Thinking - Knowledge Works Foundation
• ICTC Tech Talent Bulletin
• TRU Online Courses Offered

Entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneurial Education
• ILO Promotes Entrepreneurship Among Women
• Stakeholders in Education in Canada
• List of Sector Skills Councils

• Alliance of Sector Skills Councils - Priorities
• Polytechnics Canada Annual Conference (2012)

• TEDx - A Crash Course in Creativity, Tina Seelig

OERu

• New Zealand Qualifications
• Course - AST100 Study Desk

Fora, Events

• 21st Century Leaders Forum, Alberta
• Computer Science in Education Week, USA. 2012
• Canadian Evaluation Society

Articles, etc.

• ICTC Tech Talent Bulletin
• The Best Web 2.0 Applications for Educators in 2012
• Technology and Tools for Teachers
• 100 Best Video Sites for Teachers
• Corporate Communications (Saylor) on iTunes
• Web 2.0 Applications, Wikipedia
• The Year of the MOOC (Massive Online Open Course), New York Times, November 2, 2012
• BC Government Lends Support for Open Textbooks
• BC to Lead Canada in Offering Students Free, Open Textbooks (press release)

• Microsoft Push for Visa Workers Raises Concerns, Exposes Loopholes, Seattle Times, November 24, 2012
• UBC Career Framework

• UBC Occupational Guidelines for Management and Professional Staff
• UBC Management and Professional Staff Job Family Descriptions

• Ladies Learning Code, Doing It Themselves, Ottawa Citizen (2012)
• How did we create such bleak job prospects for Canada's youth, Toronto Star, November 30, 2012 by Neil Sandell

Future of Education

• Shifting Minds Learning Summit, Canada

• 21st Century Learning Leadership Forum Report (2011)

• Rethinking Education, European Commission
• Disruptive Pedagogies and Technologies in Universities, by Terry Anderson and Rory McGreal, Athabasca University
• Knowledge Works Foundation, USA

• Forecast 3.0 Recombinant Education - Regenerating the Learning Ecosystem

• Open Education Resources (OER) Foundation - Open Strategy

• Powerful example of the value of visualising global data using open technologies. The UNESCO Institute for Statistics have developed an interactive global map to illustrate: Where do students go to study? Where do they come from? based on UIS data.

• Learning Resources Metadata Initiative

• Metadata Tagging in Education

• Horizon Report (2012)

• Horizon - Crowdsourcing

• Google's Open Course Builder - A Giant Leap into 21st Century Online Learning

NB Exemplars

• Chatham Historic Places - iTunes
• Chatham Walking Tour - Video

Opinion Leaders

• Valerie Taylor - MOOC's - A Crash Course in Creativity

Timelines

• See: Timeline

Appendices

• Our Assets

Education Standards for High Schools, FIT

• Competencies
• Action Plan / Timeframe
• Board Roles

• Who is internally involved, and who has a role to play?

• Case Studies / Promising Practices

• BC Open Texts
• Resources – Downes, European Commission, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Rory McGreal, etc.

• Apply Guiding Principles
• IPNs - sponsorship
• Collaboration Events
• Mentorship (women)