Congratulations. Are you interested in discussing the infrastructure needed to make this happen globally? How will schoolchildren use these Open Education Resources in regions without an electric grid or a communications grid? When we have educated the children, what do they do in countries that do not know how to create jobs?
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 14:47, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ -- 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]
