Consider an online class about these licenses and concepts., not so clear to everyone so may need a basic class or instruction first. Don't assume all get the entire concept. Gene
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:51 AM, Wayne Mackintosh < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone > > We are very pleased to announce an exciting collaborative project between > the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCWC), WikiEducator, Creative Commoners and > the OER Foundation (OERF). > > Collectively the OCWC and OERF have identified a common need to develop > guidelines and support resources to assist educators and > educational-decision makers to take informed decisions regarding Creative > Commons licenses. We recognise the unique challenges and opportunities the > education sector faces when taking decision regarding open content licenses. > We aim to address this gap by working together :-) > > Please visit our project portal page: > > > - http://wikieducator.org/Open_Content_Licensing > - If you can assist by donating a little time in sharing your knowledge > and helping us further the objectives of open education -- please sign up > as > a participant here: > http://wikieducator.org/Open_Content_Licensing/Participants > - We're busy taking stock of existing materials we could remix for this > project. If you know of suitably licensed materials we can remix to achieve > our project objectives, please list these here: > http://wikieducator.org/Open_Content_Licensing/Existing_resources > - We need a team of translators who can help in translating the > resources we develop into multiple languages. If you can help with > translations for English into other languages -- please sign up as well: > http://wikieducator.org/Open_Content_Licensing/Participants > > The OCWC will be setting up a dedicated discussion list for our > international collaboration. Watch this space. > > You gotta love the open model --- this is how we nurture and build > sustainable OER ecosystems. > > We'll see you in the wiki and chat with you soon on the OCWC discussion > list :-) > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. > Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> > Director, International Centre for Open Education, > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > Founder and elected Community Council Member, > Wikieducator<http://www.wikieducator.org%20> > 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] -- With Best Wishes for an Even Better Day Gene-loeb Gene-loeb Aronin, Ph.D. -- 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]
