Re: [WikiEducator] Re: [OERU] Our first century! Free online workshop - OCL4Ed 12.06

2012-05-16 Thread Jan Visser
Speaking as a former UNESCO director, I can say that it is quite common practice for UNESCO to convene expert meetings in areas that the Organization feels are crucial to its mission and vision. By doing so, it contributes, at times, to the introduction or adoption of new terminology. The

[WikiEducator] Re: [OERU] Our first century! Free online workshop - OCL4Ed 12.06

2012-05-15 Thread Anil Prasad
GREAT! I've repeated the message in the blog http://apletters.blogspot.in/2012/05/open-content-licensing-for-educators.html On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:56 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Wow, We have achieved our fist century of registered participants for OCL4Ed 12.06

[WikiEducator] Re: [OERU] Our first century! Free online workshop - OCL4Ed 12.06

2012-05-15 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Thanks Anil, Appreciate you help in getting the message out to your networks! Enrollments are increasing steadily -- we now have 141 participants from 30 countries. Really looking forward to this community learning event! You know what they say - -don't be missed by your absence ;-) I

[WikiEducator] Re: [OERU] Our first century! Free online workshop - OCL4Ed 12.06

2012-05-15 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Apology for repost -- forgot to copy all the lists. Hi Tim, UNESCO convened and hosted the meeting where a forum of experts coined the term OER. UNESCO is commonly attributed as the convener of the meeting where the term was coined. Cheers Wayne On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 4:44 PM, j. Tim Denny