Good question, I'd suggest posting that on the freedomdefined site and lets see how they respond.
Cheers Wayne -----Original Message----- From: wikieducator@googlegroups.com on behalf of Leigh Blackall Sent: Wed 9/17/2008 10:36 PM To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: another text on OER, but not an OER!! Yes, you are right.. I am, as always impatient :) I wonder though - given that the discussion page shows a fair number of unresolved or threads without closure, how we will determine consensus and take action on that paragraph...? On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi Leigh, > > My own experience with the open movement is that nothing is cut and dry. > The success and survival of the top open projects depend on community > support, listening and feeling the pulse of the community. > > Openness and the willingness to adapt, refine and get better without > compromising core vales is what feeds and sustains successful open projects. > With every open project there is always the opportunity to fork. The risk > with forking is the challenge of achieving critical mass for sustainability. > It's a self-organising system. > > WikiEducator is an important and significant community in the global OER > space -- the fact that Erik has opened the discussion is a testament to our > contribution to the freedom culture but also a validation of the openness of > the free cultural works definition. > > I don't see this as a "cut and dry" scenario rather an opportunity to make > a positive contribution to what we collectively are trying to achieve. The > real test will be whether the WikiEducator community and others take up the > opportunity in changing the world for the better :-). > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wikieducator@googlegroups.com on behalf of Leigh Blackall > Sent: Wed 9/17/2008 9:35 PM > To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com > Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: another text on OER, but not an OER!! > > Have also added my bit to the discussion page... seems pretty cut and dry > though. Not sure what needs to be discussed, but let's see and I guess its > only polite. > > Randy said: How ironic! Someone should write an opinion piece in a highly > > regarded publication to draw attention to the irony, and some might say, > > hypocrisy. > > > Well, mine may not be highly regarded but it is read by 3000 people a > month. > (scarey I know!) When is an OER not an > OER?<http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/whens-an-oer-not-an-oer/> > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > Thanks Erik, > > > > I've posted some feedback on the preamble here: > > > > http://freedomdefined.org/Talk:Definition#Preamble_for_1.1 > > > > Appreciate your speedy response in opening up the discussion again. A > > testament to the open approach. Lets hope that the WikiEducator community > > will be active in helping with contributions to refine the definition. > > > > Here's your opportunity :-) > > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wikieducator@googlegroups.com on behalf of Erik Moeller > > Sent: Wed 9/17/2008 8:03 PM > > To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: another text on OER, but not an OER!! > > > > > > I've rebooted the discussion and invited some of the contributors to > > the definition to participate: > > > > http://freedomdefined.org/Talk:Definition#Preamble_for_1.1 > > -- > > Erik Möller > > Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > Leigh Blackall > +64(0)21736539 > skype - leigh_blackall > SL - Leroy Goalpost > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > > > > > -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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