Wayne, thanks for this. I had not read the Brazil green paper before but had heard of (and tried reading) the Dutch wiki.
Paul. On Jul 26, 2:00 pm, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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_2010010... > - 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]
