Author: jrostad

03 Feb

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In conjunction with Open Education Week, the North Dakota University System will hold an Open Education Resources (OER) Conference, Friday, March 6 at the Holiday Inn in Fargo. The full-day program will include an overview of the OER landscape at a national level, a panel of...

28 Jan

Posted at 16:41h in News and Media by

The State Board of Higher Education kicked off the new decade with some business as usual, including recommendations from Board committees and regular updates to policies. Board member Kathleen Neset brought forward the Audit Committee recommendations, including a report from the N.D. State Auditor’s office that...

06 Jan

Posted at 14:41h in News and Media by

Event will be March 6 in Fargo   In conjunction with Open Education Week, the North Dakota University System will hold an Open Education Resources (OER) Conference, Friday, March 6 at the Holiday Inn in Fargo. The full-day program will include an overview of the OER landscape at...

06 Jan

Posted at 14:27h in News and Media by

A recent joint exercise among the North Dakota University System, its 11 public colleges and universities and the North Dakota Department of Health, took a look at how public agencies would respond in the event of measles cases at the campuses. The highly-infectious disease has seen...

22 Nov

Posted at 16:09h in News and Media by

North Dakota University System is sponsoring an Open Educational Resources Conference next spring at the Fargo Holiday Inn. Preliminary Program topics will include: National Landscape of OER in Higher Education Landscape of OER in North Dakota – a panel presentation on campus OER adoption experiences Open...

25 Oct

Posted at 18:30h in News and Media by

“There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.” Those words were once spoken by President Theodore Roosevelt, a man who himself was as adaptive as he was iconic. Change remains as...

25 Oct

Posted at 18:28h in News and Media by

A large topic of consideration at this week’s State Board of Higher Education meeting revolved around newly-proposed details to incoming presidential contracts. Board member Dan Traynor brought forward the proposed revision to the presidential contract requirement, which would create the possibility of extending the contract from...

07 Oct

Posted at 19:37h in News and Media by

At its September meeting, the State Board of Higher Education drilled into policies, goals and emerging trends that will affect ongoing strategy and operations of the North Dakota University System. During a presentation to the Board, Mark Schill of Praxis Strategy Group discussed “Trends and Talent...