{"id":1361,"date":"2013-01-08T13:09:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T13:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2013-01-08T13:09:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T13:09:26","slug":"open-northampton-gaining-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2013\/01\/08\/open-northampton-gaining-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Northampton &#8211; gaining momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a title=\"Towards a more open Northampton\" href=\"https:\/\/nile.northampton.ac.uk\/bbcswebdav\/xid-770702_1\" target=\"_blank\">Open Northampton project<\/a> aims to put the university on the global map of open educational resources (OER) and develop appropriate open practices in curriculum design and delivery. Approval by UET was obtained and work has begun on a number of fronts. A bid was secured from the Leadership Foundation, which will provide the university with consultancy time led by Professor Megan Quentin-Baxter of Newcastle University. Megan is well known in the field of OER. She and Tim Seale of the Open University will be running sessions on various aspects of open practices at Northampton. Their contribution will be valuable to get the Open Northampton project off the ground, and to raise awareness of OER across the university.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sessions will be held on 17 and 28 January, 12 and 20 February, 5 and 20 March. We would very much encourage colleagues to participate in these sessions. For further details, please contact <a href=\"mailto:rob.howe@northampton.ac.uk\">rob.howe@northampton.ac.uk<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:ale.armellini@northampton.ac.uk\">ale.armellini@northampton.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <a title=\"Towards a more open Northampton\" href=\"https:\/\/nile.northampton.ac.uk\/bbcswebdav\/xid-770702_1\" target=\"_blank\">Open Northampton project<\/a> aims to put the university on the global map of open educational resources (OER) and develop appropriate open practices in curriculum design and delivery. Approval by UET was obtained and work has begun on a number of fronts. 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