{"id":272,"date":"2011-11-03T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/job-announcement-open-education-director\/"},"modified":"2011-11-03T15:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T15:42:00","slug":"job-announcement-open-education-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/job-announcement-open-education-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Announcement: Open Education Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"clear: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/68676385@N00\/133164205\" style=\"clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Open\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/51\/133164205_305633f647_m.jpg\" style=\"border: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 130px;\">Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/68676385@N00\/133164205\">wiccked<\/a> via Flickr<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=47.2467,-122.5241&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=47.2467,-122.5241%20%28Tacoma%20Community%20College%29&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" title=\"Tacoma Community College\">Tacoma Community College<\/a>, an innovative college in an innovative state, is advertising for an &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.higheredjobs.com\/state\/details.cfm?JobCode=175570949&amp;Title=Open%20EducationProgram%20Director\" target=\"_blank\">Open Education Program Program Director<\/a>.&#8221; I can tell you by direct experience that this is a good college to work for. I think the fact that there is an American community college advertising for such a position is incredibly significant. I am hoping as progress is made in open textbooks and the open education resources, that more colleges will need staff positions dedicated to supporting instructors and students. Washington state has already released 42 courses in its open course library project. <\/p>\n<div>\n<h6 style=\"font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/weblog\/entry\/30201\">Open Course Library Launches 1st 42 Courses<\/a> (creativecommons.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/economix.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/07\/11\/community-college-as-a-bridge-to-new-skills\/\">Community College as a Bridge to New Skills<\/a> (economix.blogs.nytimes.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/infomational.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/26\/informing-innovation-in-california-community-colleges-the-2011-ltes-pilot-report\/\">informing innovation in california community colleges: the 2011 LTES pilot report.<\/a> (infomational.wordpress.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.downes.ca\/post\/56547\/rd\">Guidelines on Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education<\/a> (downes.ca)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=f102ff03-b2bc-4f43-943d-7c47516c7311\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image by wiccked via FlickrTacoma Community College, an innovative college in an innovative state, is advertising for an &#8220;Open Education Program Program Director.&#8221; I can tell you by direct experience that this is a good college to work for. 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