Courses selected from among the 17,000 courses now shared openly by universities worldwide.
CAMBRIDGE, UK, April 16, 2012 — The OpenCourseWare Consortium has announced the 2012 winners of course Awards for OpenCourseWare Excellence (ACE).
The following five courses were selected in the text and still image category:
- Vulnerability to Environmental Change by Gina Ziervogel, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
- Creole Language and Culture by Karen Richman, University of Notre Dame (United States)
- Avances Ecologicos Para la Sostenibilidad de los Ecosistemas Acuaticos Continentales by María Rosario Vidal-Abarca Gutiérrez, Universidad de Murcia (Spain)
- Biotechnology Fundamentals, Osaka University (Japan)
- Quimica de los Materiales by Javier Pozuelo de Diego, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)
The following five courses were selected in the multimedia category:
- The Ancient Olympics: Bridging Past and Present, The Open University (United Kingdom)
- Sanitary Engineering by Prof.ir. J.C. van Dijk & Prof.it. F.H.L.R. Clemens, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
- School of Webcraft, Peer 2 Peer University (Global)
- Algebra & Geometry, Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (United States)
- Operations Management by Daisy Escobar Arregoces, IE University (Spain)
“We’re very pleased to honor these courses,” said OCW Consortium Executive Director Mary Lou Forward. “They are truly outstanding examples of the amazing educational resources being shared openly by the members of the OpenCourseWare Consortium.”
The OCW Consortium Awards for OpenCourseWare Excellence are sponsored by KNEXT, an education software and solutions provider that focuses on learning assessment, ePortfolio development and higher education advisory services.
About KNEXT
KNEXT , which is part of Kaplan, is an education software and solutions company focused on helping higher education institutions build or enhance prior learning assessment offerings and online portfolio management. By enabling individuals to translate their prior learning into college credit and track their progress through online portfolios, KNEXT helps institutions recruit engaged adult learners and increase both persistence and graduation rates. For information about KNEXT, the Learning Recognition Program, self-assessment quizzes, the PATH courses, and more, visit http://www.knext.com.
About the OpenCourseWare Consortium
The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 250 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model. The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is to advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Activities of the OpenCourseWare Consortium are supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, member dues, and contributions from sustaining members including: African Virtual University, China Open Resources for Education, Delft University of Technology, Japan OpenCourseWare Consortium, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Korea OpenCourseWare Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NetEase Information Technology, Open Universiteit, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Tufts University, Universia, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, University of California, Irvine, University of Michigan, and University of the Western Cape.
Contact:
Stephen Carson
External Relations Director
MIT OpenCourseWare
617-253-1250
scarson@mit.edu
http://ocw.mit.edu