Hi Paul, Always good that people are looking into the OER space. The challenge of course is that NZ is a No.8 pioneer here in many respects - -but there is growing evidence and traction around the world.
You have the Dutch example (national project supported by the Dutch Minsitry of Education: - http://www.wikiwijs.nl/sector/ Other interesting /related initiatives - Carrolina Rossini (from the Berkman Institute @ Harvard) recently published a green paper on OER in Brazil - -see: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Paper_OER_Brazil_20100108.pdf - Do take a look at the The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges who recently passed an open licensing policy<http://www.sbctc.edu/general/admin/Tab_9_Open_Licensing_Policy.pdf> : *“All digital software, educational resources and knowledge produced through competitive grants, offered through and/or managed by the SBCTC, will carry a Creative Commons Attribution License.” *(Granted -- this is tertiary -- but significant because a government agency has decreed that all funding spent on projects to develop content must be released under CC-BY. - Search for California and open textbooks to see other gov initiatives supporting OER. A starting point .... Cheers Wayne On 26 July 2010 13:39, Paul Seiler <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to learn a little more about other government funded/supported/ > endorsed, school-sector work in the OER space. The New Zealand > Ministry of Education has been supporting WE in small ways over the > last year and this activity is now being looked at by the wider > Ministry. Policy staff want to know of others jurisdictions involved > in similar work. Any assistance appreciated. > > Paul. > > -- > 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] -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation: www.oerfoundation.org Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. 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" 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]
