Hi Leo, I'm not sure -- but don't think so. Connexions is an OER project that has been going for some time, based out of Rice University:
See: http://www.cnx.org Cheers W 2009/11/18 Wong Leo <[email protected]> > Tks Wayne for this , does this Connexions have anything to do with OCLC ? > > 2009/11/18 Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> > > Hi Everyone, >> >> With generous funding support from the William and Flora Hewlett >> Foundation, the OER Foundation is pleased to announce that we are able to >> take OER interoperability and remix potential to new levels. >> >> Collaborating with OER projects which subscribe to licenses which meet the >> requirements of the free cultural works definition, WE aim to provide >> educators with greater freedom of choice to mix and match the best of two >> OER worlds, namely "producer-consumer" models with more traditional work >> flow approaches and commons-based peer production. This is an exciting >> project to build import export capability between the Connexions and >> WikiEducator/Mediawiki platforms. >> >> WE need your help in building better OER futures. >> >> >> 1. Please visit the project planning node to find out more about the >> project: http://wikieducator.org/CNX-WE >> 2. WE extend an open invitation to all Connexions authors, >> WikiEducator authors, editors of the Wikimedia Foundation Projects to help >> us achieve success with this project. >> 3. WE will use the Connexions mailing list on Google Groups for our >> discussions -- Join the list if you're interested ( >> http://groups.google.co.nz/group/connexions-community ) >> 4. Visit the mini SWOT analysis page on WikiEducator and help us >> understand the context and remix needs of educators and OER authors ( >> http://tinyurl.com/yakk4vm) >> 5. Consider joining our open planning team or list of active >> contributors (http://tinyurl.com/yed7erx ) >> >> Gee -- you gotta love open philanthropy! Let's make OER remix and >> interoperability futures happen for education. >> >> 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 >> >> >> > > > -- > Leo Wong > -------------------------------------- > http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com/ HELP > There is something very special and powerful about engaging directly with > the real teacher and real Kids > > > > > -- 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
