Welcome!
Welcome to the National Resource Center website for the network of Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes (OLLI). The OLLI at the University of Southern Maine (USM) serves as the national center for the current network of 122 lifelong learning institutes throughout the nation.
The National Resource Center for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes plays a lead role in disseminating information on effective educational programming for older learners. In addition to providing information and connections via a web site, the Resource Center publishes a national research journal, plans an annual national conference, and provides a number of other ways for OLLIs to connect with one another.
The Bernard Osher Foundation designated the Osher Institute at USM as the National Resource Center for Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes in 2004. The Center is not a governance body, but is rather a center for excellence and dissemination of best practice models. Each Osher Institute reflects the culture of its own university and its learning community. The National Resource Center exists to facilitate the exchange of opinions, solutions and experiences among institutes throughout the country so that all can benefit.
OLLI News
Surrounded by Science: OLLI attends the Informal Science Education Summit 2010 in Washington D.C. March 3 - 5
Kali Lightfoot is currently attending the CAISE (Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education) Conference in Washington.
Visit the CAISE website to learn more about Informal Science Education.
CAISE also has a live twitter feed coming directly from the conference floor at http://twitter.com/informalscience
There are some marvellous web links for you to follow embedded in these CAISE tweets!
