He is quite approachable and may be interested in the opportunity to increase global visibility of his work. On the other hand, the dynamics by which GEOSET works is different from that of WE. But that need not be a problem. Listening to him on Science Friday you can hear that he has a clear interest in mobilizing the potential of technologies such as Wiki.
Jan -- Jan Visser, Ph.D. President & Sr. Researcher, Learning Development Institute E-mail: [email protected] Check out: http://www.learndev.org and http://www.facebook.com/learndev Blog: http://jvisser-ldi.blogspot.com/ _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Randy Fisher Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:13 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Anil Prasad (India) Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Freely downloadable resources for science, engineering and technology Hey all, Do you think the WikiEducator community can extend an invitation to Dr. Kroto, so that he can do a seminar with us -- or how we can extend our WE magic to what he cares about? We already have a high flyer among us...I believe, Dr. Swaminathan - father of India's Green Revolution - http://www.worldbank.org/html/cgiar/newsletter/sept99/timemag.htm - Randy On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:05 PM, valerie <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Jan I heard the Science Friday program and really enjoyed Dr. Kroto's participation. Of course, that sparked my interest and I accessed the site - great content. Thanks to all. ..Valerie On Nov 19, 8:03 am, "Jan Visser" <[email protected]> wrote: > GEOSET (Global Educational Outreach for Science Engineering and Technology) > is a repository of freely downloadable educational resources in the area of > science, engineering and technology available athttp://www.geoset.info/. I > thought it might interest members of our WE community. Nobel Laureate in > Chemistry, Harry Kroto, has been instrumental in putting this together and > making it grow. Kroto participated in a panel discussion on NPR's Science > Friday last September 25. Listen to him (or download the mp3 file) athttp://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200909253. > > Jan > > -- > > Jan Visser, Ph.D. > > President & Sr. Researcher, Learning Development Institute > > E-mail: [email protected] > > Check out:http://www.learndev.organdhttp://www.facebook.com/learndev > > Blog:http://jvisser-ldi.blogspot.com/ -- Open Education is a sustainable and renewable resource. ________________ Randy Fisher, MA, OMD Senior Consultant & Facilitator, Intersol Group, Canada Senior Consultant, Organization & Business Development International Centre for Open Education / OER Foundation, New Zealand Elected Member, WikiEducator Community Council, www.wikieducator.org +1 613.230.6424 x144 (EST) Skype: wikirandy Twitter: wikirandy * Stakeholder Engagement, Change / Transition Management & Performance * Organization Design & Development * Sustainable Project Implementation & Community-Building * E-Learning, Online Collaboration & Communities of Practice * Coaching & Facilitation * My Bio: http://www.communitybuildingexpert.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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
