Open College at Kaplan University and Open Education Consortium Host First Ever #AllAboutOpen Twitter Event on March 11

#AllAboutOpen Twitter event hosted by Open College at Kaplan University (OC@KU) and the Open Education Consortium (OEC) is the first of its kind organized to bring awareness and understanding to all things ‘open.’ The event on Wednesday, March 11 starts at 8 a.m. ET as part of Open Education Week (#OpenEducationWk).

The 24-hour live event features influential contributors to the open education movement from across the globe, including WCET, Blackboard, Creative Commons, MIT Opencourseware, Udemy, Federal University of Ceará - Quixadá Campus (UFCE), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Each 30-minute session covers topics such as finding and using open education resources (OER’s), Open Pedagogy, Adaptive Learning: Why, Where, and How? and Implementing OER in the Classroom.

"One of the most exciting dynamics we're seeing in open learning is around how learners are using the information they gain through open education resources,” said Peter Smith, President of OC@KU. “The marathon #AllAboutOpen Twitter event is designed to bring thought leaders together for a global conversation around related trends that help solve for many big issues.”

For a schedule of guest Tweeters and topics, visit: https://opencollege.kaplan.com/AllAboutOpen/ To participate in the discussions, go to Twitter.com and be sure to use both #AllAboutOpen and #OpenEducationWk

About Open College at Kaplan University

Open College at Kaplan University (OC@KU) offers a new way of approaching traditional education. OC@KU is a sense-making venture that combines open-access, self-paced, and relevant courses with the opportunity to earn college credit in a one-stop environment. Built on a proprietary platform, OC@KU uses technology to bring together the use of open courses, assessments, and learning resources to provide learners a personalized learning path, informal or formal. Kaplan University, which has its main campus in Davenport, Iowa, and its headquarters in Chicago, is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission. Kaplan University is part of Kaplan Higher Education LLC and Kaplan, Inc., a leading international provider of educational and career services for individuals, schools and businesses.

About The Open Education Consortium

The Open Education Consortium is a worldwide community of hundreds of higher education institutions and associated organizations committed to advancing open education and its impact on global education. We envision a world where everyone, everywhere has access to the education they need to build their futures. We seek to instill openness as a feature of education around the world, allowing greatly expanded access to education while providing a shared body of knowledge upon which innovative and effective approaches to today’s social problems can be built. The Open Education Consortium realizes change by leveraging its sources of expert opinion, its global network and its position as the principal voice of open education.