[WikiEducator] BYOD Bring Your Own Device working group?
Perhaps now would be a good time to set up a BYOD Bring Your Own Device working group to address using mobile, personal and pocket devices in open learning. I'm looking into smartphones and tablets in education. I teach at a community college and I am working with a K-8 science and technology school, so that pretty much covers the education spectrum. I see kids with these wonderful learning environments in their pockets at school and everywhere they go. I want them used as much for learning as they are for entertainment. Sooo much potential! Now if we can just figure out how to make it happen... There are plenty of challenges but that's what WE are good at! WikiEducators are a very resourceful lot so collaboration on this topic seems like a natural thing to do. With over 650,000 apps out there finding the good ones is a big job. Figuring out how best to use these devices to support learning is really interesting and important. Are you working on specific projects? Have you resources, lists, information that you would be willing to share? Have you prepared guides, tutorials for students and/or faculty? Have you thoughts, ideas about pedagogy that we are going to need to think about? Perhaps there is an opportunity to compare notes and/or pool resources. I'm open to suggestions. ..Valerie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
[WikiEducator] OERu to present closing session at UNESCO World OER Congress
I'm please to announce that the OERu will present the closing plenary sessionhttp://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/calendar-of-events/events-websites/world-open-educational-resources-congress/open-seminar-and-exhibition/speakers-and-presentations/friday-22-june/of the Open Seminar and Exhibition at the UNESCO World OER Congresshttp://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/calendar-of-events/events-websites/world-open-educational-resources-congress/. Live streaming of the congress will be available. You can also participate via the WSIS OER community platform and via microblogs using the tag #oercongress. For more information consult the Congress homepagehttp://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/calendar-of-events/events-websites/world-open-educational-resources-congress/ . As an international network, we are very fortunate to have a number of senior leaders from our anchor partners attending the World congress in Paris. I will prepare a short video introduction introducing our OERu team from afar, albeit from afar. I would like to extend our thanks to the presentation team who will be representing the OERu in Paris, including: - Prof Rory McGreal, UNESCO-COL Chair for OER at Athabasca University - David Porter, Executive Director, BCcampus - Prof Belinda Tynan, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning, Teaching and Quality), University of Southern Queensland. - Dr Theresa Koroivulaono, Acting Director, Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning, University of the South Pacific. This is a wonderful opportunity to profile the work of *all* our anchor partners in providing more affordable education opportunities for all learners worldwide. -- Wayne Mackintosh http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation http://www.oerfoundation.org Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic Founder and elected Community Council Member, WikiEducatorhttp://www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg | identi.cahttp://identi.ca/waynemackintosh Wikiblog http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg/Blog -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
[WikiEducator] Re: [OERU] OERu to present closing session at UNESCO World OER Congress
Great! Congratulations! and all the best to the team! I will sign up at the virtual forum -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: I'm please to announce that the OERu will present the closing plenary sessionhttp://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/calendar-of-events/events-websites/world-open-educational-resources-congress/open-seminar-and-exhibition/speakers-and-presentations/friday-22-june/of the Open Seminar and Exhibition at the UNESCO World OER Congresshttp://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/calendar-of-events/events-websites/world-open-educational-resources-congress/. Live streaming of the congress will be available. You can also participate via the WSIS OER community platform and via microblogs using the tag #oercongress. For more information consult the Congress homepagehttp://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/calendar-of-events/events-websites/world-open-educational-resources-congress/ . As an international network, we are very fortunate to have a number of senior leaders from our anchor partners attending the World congress in Paris. I will prepare a short video introduction introducing our OERu team from afar, albeit from afar. I would like to extend our thanks to the presentation team who will be representing the OERu in Paris, including: - Prof Rory McGreal, UNESCO-COL Chair for OER at Athabasca University - David Porter, Executive Director, BCcampus - Prof Belinda Tynan, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning, Teaching and Quality), University of Southern Queensland. - Dr Theresa Koroivulaono, Acting Director, Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning, University of the South Pacific. This is a wonderful opportunity to profile the work of *all* our anchor partners in providing more affordable education opportunities for all learners worldwide. -- Wayne Mackintosh http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation http://www.oerfoundation.org Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic Founder and elected Community Council Member, WikiEducatorhttp://www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg | identi.cahttp://identi.ca/waynemackintosh Wikiblog http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg/Blog -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups OER university group. To post to this group, send email to oer-univers...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to oer-university+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/oer-university?hl=en?hl=en Visit the OER univeristy page on http://wikieducator.org/OER_university -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
