Thanks John, Appreciate your offer to help -- don't forget to add your name to the participant list:
http://wikieducator.org/Open_Content_Licensing/Participants Let us know if the OER Foundation can help in anyway to progress OER adoption at your institution. Cheers Wayne On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:56 AM, john stampe <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/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] > > -- > 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 <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]
