iBerry The Academic Porthole* "Everyone has the right to education." - Article 26: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10th December 1948
"Higher education shall be made equally accessible to all, on the basis of capacity, by every appropriate means, and in particular by the progressive introduction of free education." - Article 13: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, 16th December 1966 Our focus is on connection rather than content - we see iBerry as one small part of an emerging and Open Global Education Network
that one day will bring inexpensive education to any adult, anywhere in the world, regardless of their circumstances.
* Porthole ? ... No, not a spelling error - it's a small but cheerful window in the side of the Higher Education ship - for
purposes of illumination and enlightenment ! Only OCW covering academic topics in reasonable depth is included in the directory. OCW items are described by a combination of tags according to Subject, Media Type, and academic Level so that users can customize their searches; eg. - all introductory physics courses with notes and video presentations'.
The OCW Directory also lists information and other directory sites, focusing on up-to-date portals providing specialized links to particular subject areas. News from a variety of sources is grouped in 4 categories. The content can be viewed by anyone but Registered Users can also display their preferred categories as blocks of headlines. Open Courseware (OCW) does not usually come with other desirable parts of the educational process such as expert tuition, interaction among learners or assessment and creditation. iBerry is helping to fill the gap between currently-available OCW and its effective use by online learners. There is a section on Learner Support and, for specific subject areas, the OCW2 Project brings together links to good OCW items, subject guides, motivational material, learning communities etc. - all based on Open Educational Resources (OER). Most of iBerry's facilities are freely available to anyone but Registered Users also have access to the profiles of other registered users. If you are interested in a particular topic or OCW item it can be rewarding to contact others with similar interests or perhaps from the same country as yourself. Other Registered Users can easily be contacted and without revealing private email addresses.
All users of iBerry can be assured that the protection of privacy and confidentiality are given the highest priority.
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