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Open educational resources (OER) was the topic at vuDAT's November Breakfast Series. Cliff Lampe and Rick Wash from the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media presented really interesting information on openness, user-generated content, and motivation for contribution.

I gave a brief overview of the benefits of OER and some examples from MSU and elsewhere. Here are my slides with links to examples:

The International Review of Open and Distance Learning has just brought out a special issue Vol. 10, No. 5, 2009, edited by David Wiley and James Hilton III that focuses on openness and the future of education.
 
Dr. Christine Geith co-authored an article for the issue on Peer-to-Peer Recognition in Open Education http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/641/1389.

My Horse University and HorseQuest received the eXtension Partnership Award at the eXtension national conference in October 2009 for their collaborative work on:

• Free monthly webcasts
• An online monthly newsletter
• Joint abstracts/papers
• Federal Grant submissions
• Maintaining sponsorships

Regardless of their breed preference, riding style or location, equine enthusiasts can find happy trails with help from a new course by My Horse University and Source Interlink Equine Network. From selecting a trail horse to preserving the trail, “Trail Riding 101” offers expert advice on every aspect of this international past time.

Click HERE to learn more!!

On October 19, more than 200 sites around the globe will mark Open Access Week 2009. Research institutes, colleges, universities, and advocacy organizations everywhere will host events or wear buttons to express their support for free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research.

As part of the Rochester Institute of Technology's participation in Open Access Week, Dr. Christine Geith will be hosting a webinar titled "Teaching and Learning Unleashed Through Web 2.0 and Open Educational Resources." This webinar will be on Friday, October 23, 2009 from 1:30 - 2:30 pm EDT. This event is sponsored by The Wallace Center's Teaching, Learning, & Scholarship Services. A complete list and schedule of all the free events can be found at this RIT Libraries site.

For additional information, please contact: Marianne Buehler at (585) 475-5589 or Nick Paulus at (585) 475-7934.

Yesterday MSUglobal had its annual staff retreat that began with a DISC workshop in the morning and a mobile scavenger hunt and BBQ in the afternoon. At the DISC workshop we learned more about our styles and personalities and how to work with and communicate with each other more effectively. It was informative and lively and fun to see the different personality types.

For the mobile scavenger hunt, teams drove all around the East Lansing, Okemos, and Holt area looking for the objects on their list including a cocktail umbrella, pizza coupon, and car dealership flag, as well as taking pictures of an 85 year old person, a city official in front of a municipal building, a team member helping a stranger carry groceries to his/her car, and more! It was a crazy adventure that ended in a delicious potluck BBQ and a couple rounds of Bingo.

We had a wonderful time celebrating our year's successes and looking forward to an even better one. Go team!

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MSUglobal is excited to announce our first offering as part of the New York Times Knowlege Network (NYTKN)http://www.nytimesknownow.com/

On December 1, 2009 at 1 p.m. ET the NYTKN will feature a webcast by John Spink, PhD., CPP.  Dr. Spink is an Assistant Professor and Associate Director for the Anti-Counterfeit and Product Protection Program (A-CAPPP) at Michigan State University.

"Defining Food Fraud and The Chemistry of the Crime" will focus on food-related counterfeiting and fraud and core deterent strategies based on base opportunity.  From ingredient counterfeiting -- such as melamine in wheat gluten -- to complete counterfeit products in the market place, food fraud is a threat across all business sectors.

For more information on the webcast and to sign up please visit:  https://noncredit.msu.edu/offeringDetail.action?sectionId=289

MSUglobal is excited to announce a new partnership with the New York Times Knowledge Network http://www.nytimesknownow.com/

The two parties reached an agreement in early September to feature MSU learning experiences in the Network.

The New York Times Knowledge Network offers a wide range of distinctive adult and continuing education opportunities, including online courses, programs and webcasts.  Some of the programs are offered directly by The Times, while others are presented in collaboration with universities, colleges and other educational institutions.

"This an incredible opportunity to match the expertise, resources and reach of the New York Times with key research and expertise available from Michigan State University," states Gerald Rhead, Director of Academic Entrepreneurship and Non-credit Enterprise Center at MSU.

MSU faculty interested in pursuing opportunities through the Network should contact Gerald Rhead at MSUglobal at:  rhead@msu.edu

With the increasing demand for safe food and the growing globalization of food production and manufacturing, there is a great need for no-cost, accessible training and educational resources for food safety professionals, especially those working in developing countries where such access is not readily available.

Michigan State University and the Global Food Safety Initiative have partnered together to create the Food Safety Knowledge Network (FSKN), a directory of open educational resources in the area of food safety, which will make quality content easily and efficiently findable.

FSKN will use ccLearn’s DiscoverEd search tool to draw resources from reliable sources. These materials will be curated by experts in the field as well as aligned to a set of core competencies for food safety managers so that the users can identify the specific area the resource covers as well as trust the quality of the content. This fall, the Food Safety Knowledge Network will be pilot tested to support implementation of supplier training at the pre-certification level in developing countries including India and China.

If you have or know of food safety resources to share, please contact Sunnie Kim at kiml@msu.edu.

All resources that the FSKN integrates into DiscoverEd will have a Creative Commons license, with all FSKN site content available via CC BY.