Hi, Wayne This is indeed exciting news.
Sorry, for not being on the mailing list for a while, I just recently got a new job teaching environmental science. Trying to use OER as much as possible, but it is difficult with the course being team taught (with the usual "keep the status quo" attitudes). Count me in to help. Cheers, John http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com ________________________________ From: Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> To: WikiEducator <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; OERF Thought Leaders Forum <[email protected]> Cc: "Meena Hwang, OCWC" <[email protected]>; Mary Lou Forward <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 12:51:54 PM Subject: [WikiEducator] Announcing an exciting collaboration between OCWC, WE Creative Commoners and the OER Foundation 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/ParticipantsThe 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, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and elected Community Council Member, Wikieducator 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] -- 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]
