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Organization (Higher education institution) last modified 6 months ago |Login to edit
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Athabasca University

Description

Canada's open university is headquartered in Athabasca Alberta. More than 38 000 students take online courses leading to BAs BScs and Masters degrees. The first doctoral programme commenced in 2008. It hosts the AU Press, Canada's only open access press.

Link

cldd.athabascau.ca...


Primary educational sector

  • Higher Education

Provides

  • AU Press
    AU Press

    AU Press operates on the model of a knowledge-based economy, to which we contribute by providing peer-reviewed publications unfettered by the desire to commodify thought or to restrict access to ideas...

  • OER Knowledge Cloud
    OER Knowledge Cloud

    The UNESCO/COL OER Knowledge Cloud will greatly enhance research opportunities and access to knowledge and research on Open Educational Resources and related information by removing barriers, opening ...

  • Athabasca Open Courseware

    Open Courseware repository of Athabasca University....

  • The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
    The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

    IRRODL is indexed by all the major citation indexing systems (see the indexing list above). In 2016, more than 55% of IRRODL articles are cited by authors in other Scopus indexed journals. IRRODL has ...

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Project lead in

  • Support Of Interaction And Networking Within The International Oer Community
  • Sustaining The International Oer Community By Launching An Oer Network

Member of

  • Open Education Consortium
    Open Education Consortium

    Open Education Global (formaly known as Open Education Consortium - OEC) is a global network of educational institutions, individuals and organizations that support an approach to education based on o...

  • Creative Commons Canada
    Creative Commons Canada

    Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that promotes and enables the sharing of knowledge and creativity throughout the world. The organization produces and maintains a free suite of licensing ...

Affiliated persons

  • Marc P. Singer
    Marc P. Singer

    Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Golden Gate University, an adult-focused institution of higher education in San Francisco. EdD from Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada, where my research focused ...

Mentioned in

  • A Flexible OER Implementation Using a Commercial Application at Athabasca University

    Athabasca University (AU) in Alberta brands itself as Canada's Open University and, as such, is a leader in the country and internationally in supporting open education and open educational resources ...

  • Athabasca University: a Creative Commons case study

    Athabasca University is an open university with an open admissions policy and is dedicated to removing the educational, geographical, financial, social, cultural and other barriers that often limit ac...

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Athabasca University

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Higher education institution

Location

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University Drive
T9S 3A3
Alberta
Canada