Hi Wayne, This is great stuff.
What I also like about it, is that it provides a 'model' for other countries and communities to replicate, to spread the word about their activities -- beyond the articles, etc. -- and generate additional support, buy-in and engagement. What I love about the wiki way, is not just about sharing content, but sharing models, good practices and ways of doing things, to make my life and others, easier. Thanks! - Randy On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Here in New Zealand, Kiwi educators are in the early phases of establishing > a national OER commons for the school sector on WikiEducator ( > http://wikieducator.org/OERNZ). > > We have benefited tremendously from the international WikiEducator > experience and teachers from New Zealand have also participated in our > international Learning4Content workshops. Continuing the OER Foundation's > commitment to open philanthropy, all our planning documentation and > resources are developed openly in the wiki and hopefully some of our work > will be of use for other countries to adapt and modify when establishing > their own national OER collaborations. > > Today we published the first issue of OERNZ News --- a short 2-page > newsletter which can be printed and distributed in the pigeon holes of > teachers at local schools. Hopefuly this will help connect the > "disconnected" -- teachers who have much to contribute to OER, but who may > not regularly surf the online world. > > One way OERNZ can contribute back to the community (apart from releasing > the Newsletter under an open license :-) ), is to provide the source files > of the Newsletter in open editable formats. Therefore, if there are > articles, content or ideas which other national initiatives would like to > re-use --- they can easily be copied and reconfigured for re-use in other > contexts. We have uploaded the OERNZ news files in the Scribus (.sla) format > (an open source desktop publishing application -- see: > http://www.scribus.net/ ). > > You will find a copy of the OERNZ News and links to the source files here: > > http://tinyurl.com/yafv9wx > > I look forward to seeing other national OER collaborations starting on > WikiEducator. OER is not restricted to teaching materials -- we should also > share the resources (like newsletters) we use to support and promote our > projects. > > Gee -- you gotta love the open model! > > 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 > User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "WikiEducator Teacher Collaboration Forum" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum?hl=en > . > -- 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 -- 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]
