to Learners Worldwide

IRVINE, Calif. & SAO PAULO, Brazil–(EMWNews)–UC Irvine Extension, the continuing education arm of the University of

California, Irvine, is pleased to announce a joint educational venture

with the Fundacao Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). Through the

partnership, FGV – a nonprofit higher

education institution and the largest provider of online education in

Brazil – has created free online courses,

presented in Portuguese, as part of the UC Irvine Extension’s

OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative. The two new courses, available at no

cost online at http://ocw.uci.edu/courses/,

include “Ethics in Portuguese”

and “Training and Human Resources Development.”

“The sharing of free, high-quality courses

between two higher education institutions with international reach will

benefit students all over the world. Exemplifying the power of the OCW

initiative, this partnership enables learners, no matter whom or where

they are, to gain access to University-level courses,”

says Gary W. Matkin, Ph.D., dean of Continuing Education at University

of California, Irvine. “Also, since most

educational material is shared from the Northern hemisphere to the

Southern, this partnership provides us the opportunity to showcase high

quality educational content produced in the vibrant countries of South

America. The collaboration between UC Irvine Extension and FGV

represents one of the first times that an international institution has

created content for utilization by the United States –

making it an early example of both cultural significance and educational

pioneering.”

Through the partnership, FGV has shared its successful MBA course, “Ethics

in Portuguese,” and has also adapted UC

Irvine Extension’s course, “Training

and Human Resources Development.” The UC

Irvine course has been localized by adding concepts and cases that

reflect the business and cultural environment of Brazil.

“Ethics in Portuguese”

and “Training and Human Resources Development”

are available at http://ocw.uci.edu/courses/.

For more information, contact Larry Cooperman at [email protected].

About UC Irvine’s

OpenCourseWare Initiative: The University of California,

Irvine was the first University of California campus—and

West Coast University—to join the OCW

Consortium. UC Irvine’s membership in the OCW

Consortium is consistent with its public and land-grant missions and its

desire to play a significant role in contributing to the social welfare

of the state, the nation and the world. Open Educational Resources (OER)

showcase the University’s high quality

education and makes courses and course materials free for everyone in

the world. UC Irvine’s OCW is a large-scale, Web-based resource that

houses educational assets that are discoverable, searchable, modifiable,

and, best of all, free and easily available. Through the OCW Movement,

UC Irvine provides university-quality courses and learning assets to

populations of self learners that are underserved and in many cases,

unable to participate in formal education at a university. This site

also offers access to UC Irvine’s online

continuing education offerings. For more information about UC Irvine’s

OCW initiative, visit http://ocw.uci.edu/

or e-mail [email protected].

About the University of California,

Irvine Extension: As the continuing education arm of UCI, UC

Irvine Extension is dedicated to providing a university-level learning

experience for students, offering thousands of exciting courses and

programs to local, regional, and global constituencies. UC Irvine

Extension offers a rich array of academic and community programs to

support a diverse audience, from a wide selection of academic programs

to numerous campus activities. For more information, please visit www.extension.uci.edu.

About the University of California,

Irvine: The University of California, Irvine is a top-ranked

university dedicated to research, scholarship and community service.

Founded in 1965, UCI is among the fastest-growing University of

California campuses, with more than 27,000 undergraduate and graduate

students and about 1,400 faculty members. The second-largest employer in

dynamic Orange County, UCI contributes an annual economic impact of $3.3

billion. For more UCI news, visit www.today.uci.edu.

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