Dear Dr. Wayne, Definitely "Open Content Licensing for Educators" will provide an astounding start to 2011.
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Wayne Mackintosh < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Anil, > > Apology for the tardy response :-(. Been running a little low on bandwidth > these past two weeks -- not complaining, being busy means you are still > wanted (but not necessarily needed) ;-) > > At the end of every year, I think it's worthwhile exercise to think about > priority projects. Anil, I agree that we should plan for increasing our > online offering of free courses. Specifically, the OER Foundation is > planning to extend and widen its community outreach and free training > activities: > > - Early in the new year we will launch the "Open Content Licensing for > Educators" course. We will model this on the ground breaking > Learning4Content initiative aiming to become the world's largest free > training programming in assisting educators with the complexities of > copyright. With funding support from UNESCO and collaboration among the > OpenCourseWare Consortium, Creative Commoners and WikiEducators -- I'm sure > this will be a great success! The draft of one unit called "Creative > Commons > unplugged<http://wikieducator.org/Creative_Commons_unplugged/Introduction>has > now been completed for review. This is one of five > units<http://wikieducator.org/Open_Content_Licensing/Outline_for_materials> > planned for the eventual course. I'll be working over the holidays drafting > the remaining units. All help is well received and folk can visit the > planning schedule to monitor progress and help with the project: > http://wikieducator.org/Open_Content_Licensing/Project_plan > - In 2011, the OER Foundation will focus energies on mainstream > adoption of OER in our education institutions around the world. We are > hosting a strategic planning meeting in Dunedin on 23 February 2011 for a > quantum shift project called the "OER for assessment and credit for > students > project<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students>". > I firmly believe that learning and learning materials should be free for > all > students around the world. This project aims to develop OER mapped to > university and polytechnic credentials. Students will be free to learn > from > these courses with the option of assessment and credit for reduced fees. > The OER Foundation is partnering with the University of Southern Queensland > in Australia (building on Professor Jim Taylor's inspirational work around > the concept), Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand and Athabasca University in > Canada as anchor partners for the project. All universities, colleges and > polytechnics of the world are free to join > us<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meetings>in > this exciting venture. I'm hoping to get sponsorship to cover the costs > of streaming this planning meeting for the world. So if you know of donors > interesting in supporting free education for the world -- invite them to > donate here: http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Donate > > I predict that 2011 will be an amazing year for OER! > > I invite all WikiEducators to share their 2011 resolutions for making OER > futures happen. > > Best wishes to all WikiEducators and their loved ones for the holidays. > > Cheers > Wayne > > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 3:26 AM, aprasad <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Dr. Wayne and all other friends, >> >> As the New Year waits at the threshold of 2011, shall we plan more online >> courses on a variety of subjects? I think the time has come! >> >> *HAPPY, PROSPEROUS AND ESSENTIALLY A VERY BUSY NEW YEAR TO THE CREATIVE >> WE FAMILY!* >> >> -- >> Warm regards >> >> Anil >> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad >> http://www.apletters.blogspot.com >> >> >> > > > -- > 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 <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | > identi.ca<http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "WikiEd-INDIA" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<wikied-india%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wikied-india?hl=en-GB. > -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com -- 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]
