Hi Paul, <blush> WE Appreciate your word's of congratulations to the WikiEducator family.
The project's growing international success is also the result of national initiatives and collaborations moving OER forward. In this regard we shouldn't forget the New Zealand Ministry of Education who are also supporting the growth and implementation of OER using a wiki model within the school sector. The NZ Ministry of Education's work in thinking about reusable and portable content and prioritising OER using the advantages of a wiki model is not only well-founded in terms of a research-led approach, but is also inspirational. You know what they say --- "You can't lead from behind" and the NZ Ministry's leadership will ensure future success of OER in the school sector nationally while serving as an example for others to consider. Cheers Wayne 2009/7/27 Paul Seiler <[email protected]> > > A wonderful achievement. Well done. > > Paul > > On Jul 27, 8:51 pm, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm very pleased to share the news that our recent bid submitted to the > > William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has been successful. > > > > The OER Foundation has been awarded a grant of $200 000 to support > strategic > > WikiEducator projects. > > > > This is a testament to our community's passion and commitment to > > collaborative models of OER creation and distribution. The WikiEducator > > community can stand proud and take a brief moment of reflection and > > celebrate what we have achieved! This is another significant milestone > for > > the WikiEducator family and our wiki model of OER development. > > > > This generous funding support from the Hewlett foundation will enable us > to: > > > > 1) Continue WikiEducator's work in hosting the world's largest wiki > skills > > training project in the formal education sector. This grant will ensure > that > > we can continue providing a minimum of one online Learning4Content > workshop > > for the next 2 years. WikiEducator will continue to provide opportunities > > for educators around the world to acquire wiki skills for OER content > > development and collaboration. > > 2) Build a technology bridge for OER content interoperability between > > Connexions and the Mediawiki software platforms thus fostering further > > development and scalability of the OER ecosystem among projects which > > subscribe to the free cultural works definition. > > 3) Establish a national OER collaboration for the school sector in New > > Zealand with the view to developing resources and models that can be > reused > > and remixed for other countries around the world. > > > > I would also like to congratulate our friends at the Wikimedia Foundation > > (WMF) and their respective community projects. > > > > The Hewlett Foundation have also awarded the WMF a grant of $500,000 for > > general operating support of the largest free content initiative in the > > world. Congratulations to our free content partners at the WMF! This > > combined with the recent resolution of WMF projects to support the > CC-BY-SA > > license is reason for celebration in the free culture movement --- > > particularly those projects which have remained true to licensing > > alternatives which meet the requirements of the free cultural works > > definition. > > > > I'm proud that the OER Foundation and WikiEducator have remained true to > our > > core values modeling approaches for open philanthropy by developing all > our > > funding proposals openly and transparently in the wiki. > > > > A special word of thanks to every WikiEducator who continues to > demonstrate > > that the purpose of education is to share knowledge freely. > > > > Now onto making the future happen -- we have lots of work to do and we're > > going to need all the help we can get! > > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > > Director, > > International Centre for Open Education, > > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > > Board of Directors, OER Foundation. > > Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator,www.wikieducator.org > > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > > Skype: WGMNZ1 > > Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg > > > -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
