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Begin forwarded message: > From: Marieke Guy <[email protected]> > Date: September 24, 2013, 5:59:50 AM EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Open Education Working Group > > Dear Carolina, > > > I’d like to introduce myself to you. I'm Marieke Guy and I work for the Open > Knowledge Foundation on the EU LinkedUp Project, "pushing forward the > exploitation of the vast amounts of public, open data available on the Web, > in particular by educational institutions and organizations". At the Open > Knowledge Foundation there has been huge amounts of activity around > government and economic data, and quite a bit around opening up GLAM objects. > Open education is a relatively new area for us, but it aligns well with > action around open development and sustainability. > > > As part of our work we have set up the Open Knowledge Foundation Open > Education Working Group. The plan is bring together people working in > different areas of open education: OERs, open data, policy, learning and > teaching etc. to find overlaps. > > > So for example, those working with OERs are pretty interested in MOOCs, and > this potentially could be a key area of interest for open data enthusiasts - > this could lead to joint activities. The plan isn't to replace any existing > groups but to work with them. > > > The Working Group is only just getting off the ground and a key activity for > me is building a community and getting know people working in this area, not > just in the UK but in Europe and beyond. One of our first activities is the > Open Education Handbook. > > > Given that you have been carrying out some really exciting work relating to > open education it would be fantastic to see you join our mailing list and be > involved in some of the conversations we are starting to have. > > > Look forward to working together in the future. > > > Marieke > > > -- > Marieke Guy > LinkedUp Project Community Coordinator | skype: mariekeguy | tel: 44 (0) 1285 > 885681 | @mariekeguy > The Open Knowledge Foundation > Empowering through Open Knowledge > http://okfn.org/ | @okfn| OKF on Facebook | Blog | Newsletter > http://remoteworker.wordpress.com
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