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Founded in 1965, UC Irvine combines the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. Over four remarkable decades, UCI has become internationally recognized for efforts that are improving lives through research and discovery, fostering excellence in scholarship and teaching, and engaging and enriching the community.

With 27,000 students, 1,400 faculty members and 8,300 staff, UCI is among the fastest-growing campuses in the University of California system. Increasingly a first-choice campus for students, UCI ranks among the top U.S. universities in the number of undergraduate applications and continues to admit freshmen with highly competitive academic profiles. Orange County’s second-largest employer, UCI generates an annual economic impact on the county of $3.3 billion.

Gary W. Matkin
Dean, Continuing Education

OCW Papers, Presentations
and Byline Articles

• “Open Courseware and the University of California,” Continuing Education, University of California, Irvine, June 20, 2008, Presentation Available (PDF)
• “Visions of the New World in Continuing Education” Presentation captured with the cooperation of the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business, February 26, 2008.
  Video Presentation Available
• “Open Education Resources: Current Status and Prospects.” Presented at the Distance Learning and the Internet Conference, November 8, 2006, Tokyo, Japan.
  Presentation Available (2.4MB PDF)
  Paper Available (94KB PDF)
• “The Department Encounters Open Educational Resources”  The Department Chair, Winter, 2006, 16-18.
• Open Educational Resources and the Community College.  Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges, April 25, 2006, Long Beach, CA.
  Presentation Available (2.6MB PDF)
• Regulation, E-Learning and the Changing Structures of Higher Education. A White Paper to Guide Discussion for the International Seminar Regulation of E-Learning: New National and International Policy Perspectives, November 16, 2005.
  Paper Available (MS Word Document)
• “Viewpoint: Open Courseware is Here.  Where are You?” University Business , August, 2005, 29-30.
• Open Content is Here.  Presented at the UCEA National Meeting, Boston, April 1, 2005.
  
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