Congratulations Wayne! Open is the way...
Nutan Bharati NIIT University,Neemrana Rajasthan , India 0-9818526927 On 11/27/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/topics > > - Open philanthropy is the way to > go!<http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&view=page&name=gp&ver=sh3fib53pgpk#12533491c5098689_group_thread_0>[3 > Updates] > - WE blog or > newsletter?<http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&view=page&name=gp&ver=sh3fib53pgpk#12533491c5098689_group_thread_1>[1 > Update] > > Topic: Open philanthropy is the way to > go!<http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/t/5b8bac748b797e7f> > > Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> Nov 27 11:47AM +1300 > > Hi everyone, > > Apology for any cross postings -- but good news for all WikiEducators! > > The OER Foundation is the non-profit entity which funds WikiEducator > and our > activities. > > As you know, these past few months we have been working on the open and > transparent development of the strategy and 3-year operational plan for > the > OER Foundation. A personal note of thanks to all the WikiEducators > around > the world who have provided inputs to help develop and refine our plans > through various channels including the wiki, our discussion lists and > the > hundreds of personal emails sent through to my desk. Thank you! > > The Board of Directors of the OER Foundation met today and have > approved the > strategy and 3 year operational plan for the OER Foundation -- without > any > changes! The Board has complemented our open approach and the quality > of our > planning. This bodes very well for the ongoing success of the > WikiEducator > project --- we have a solid foundation on which to build -- with thanks > to > all the educators around the world who are committed to creating, > remixing > and reusing OER for the social good of education. Open philanthropy is > the > way to go! > > Today I scanned the page documenting our early history (see: > http://tinyurl.com/yase8m9 ) -- It's great to reflect on the fact that > we > were celebrating 2.3 million cumulative hits on the WE website after > one > year's operation. During October 2009, we recorded over 10.5 million > hits to > the site in one month! WE have come a long way. > > Now, with your help, lets make the future happen! > > Cheers > Wayne > > *Links* > > Planning: > > http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Planning > > Strategy: > > http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Strategy > > Operational plan - (2009 - 2011) > > http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Operational_plan > > > -- > 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 > > > > > "Patricia Schlicht" <[email protected]> Nov 26 03:00PM -0800 > > Congratulations, Wayne, this is quite an accomplishment in such a short > time. Onward and upwards! > > Cheers, > > Patricia > > > > From: Wayne Mackintosh [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 2:47 PM > To: WikiEducator; > [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: [WikiEducator] Open philanthropy is the way to go! > > > > Hi everyone, > > Apology for any cross postings -- but good news for all WikiEducators! > > The OER Foundation is the non-profit entity which funds WikiEducator > and > our activities. > > As you know, these past few months we have been working on the open and > transparent development of the strategy and 3-year operational plan for > the OER Foundation. A personal note of thanks to all the WikiEducators > around the world who have provided inputs to help develop and refine > our > plans through various channels including the wiki, our discussion lists > and the hundreds of personal emails sent through to my desk. Thank you! > > The Board of Directors of the OER Foundation met today and have > approved > the strategy and 3 year operational plan for the OER Foundation -- > without any changes! The Board has complemented our open approach and > the quality of our planning. This bodes very well for the ongoing > success of the WikiEducator project --- we have a solid foundation on > which to build -- with thanks to all the educators around the world who > are committed to creating, remixing and reusing OER for the social good > of education. Open philanthropy is the way to go! > > Today I scanned the page documenting our early history (see: > http://tinyurl.com/yase8m9 ) -- It's great to reflect on the fact that > we were celebrating 2.3 million cumulative hits on the WE website after > one year's operation. During October 2009, we recorded over 10.5 > million > hits to the site in one month! WE have come a long way. > > Now, with your help, lets make the future happen! > > Cheers > Wayne > > Links > > Planning: > > http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Planning > > Strategy: > > http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Strategy > > Operational plan - (2009 - 2011) > > http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Operational_plan > > > -- > 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] > > > > > Randy Fisher <[email protected]> Nov 26 06:03PM -0500 > > Hi to all, > > The link for Open Philanthropy is: > www.wikieducator.org/Open_Philanthropy > > Cheers, > > - Randy > > > . > > > > > > -- > Open Education is a sustainable and renewable resource. > > ________________ > Randy Fisher, MA, OMD > Senior Consultant, Organization Development, 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 > > > > Topic: WE blog or > newsletter?<http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/t/e0964751dff5db3f> > > valerie <[email protected]> Nov 26 02:20PM -0800 > > Another thought. Perhaps the Slashdot model would work for the > WikiEducator community contributions blog. > > http://slashdot.org/ > > Some interesting ideas for publication and administration - anyone > can post. Anyone can comment. Some folks can be moderators. Most of > the editing / administration / publishing are handled by readers/user > with tools in "the system". There is less reliance on the time and > efforts of individuals than some of the alternatives that have been > discussed. The moderation function allows readers to effectively edit > the comments - highlighting the good ones and marginalizing the poor > or inappropriate ones. > > This is a robust environment that is sustainable and has a proven > track record. All of this is handled with the open source code from > Slashdot. > > Worth considering. If it works for Slashdot, it could work well for > the WikiEducator community contributions blog, too. > > ..Valerie > > > > -- > 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] -- http://the-laughingtree.blogspot.com http://bodhsamvad.blogspot.com/ http://www.teachereducatorsnetwork.net -- 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]
