HEAT

HEAT is an interactive 3D instructional computer game that will provide first responders to a fire with the necessary training and background to handle a similar scenario in a real-life environment professionally, safely, and effectively.

1. teach the player proper incident procedure in order to save lives
2. direct the player in how best to stabilize an incident
3. instruct the player in best practices for the preservation of property

Open Education 2008

Open Education 2008 was a huge success, with over 200 attendees.The theme of the conference was "Celebrating Ten Years of Open Education." Three dynamic speakers spoke about sustainability and their ground-breaking open projects/businesses:

1. Wayne Mackintosh, Commonwealth of Learning
2. Teresa Malango, Magnatune
3. Gary Lopez, Monterey Institute of Technology and Education

USU OCW

Utah State University OpenCourseWare (USU OCW) is an open access repository of educational materials used in courses offered by Utah State University (USU). Under continuous development, the collection currently includes courses from irrigation engineering, instructional technology, and other areas, with the long term goal of eventually providing access to materials supporting almost every course offered by Utah State University. USU OCW materials are available under a Creative Commons license, which grants users the right to use, reuse, copy, transfer, translate, extend, improve, and redistribute the materials. Users commit to provide proper attribution of the source of the materials, make only noncommercial uses of the materials, and open access to any new works based on the materials under these same terms. USU OCW provides free and open access to online course materials, but does not provide free access to professors or free university credits

OER Handbook

The Open Educational Resources (OER) Handbook is a guide for educators who are interested in learning more about open educational resources. The project is designed to follow the "OER lifecycle:"

1. Find
2. Adapt
3. Compose
4. Use
5. Share
6. Licensing