Hi Vinod, Good idea -- thanks.
In the past, we've run a number of successful Webinars - for example our 2010 Open Access Week celebrations (see: http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Open_Access_Week_2010) and numerous webinars arranged by our facilitators of the free Learning4Content workshops ( http://wikieducator.org/L4C). Sessions are recorded for viewing at a later time. The downside is that webinars don't scale well assuming more the 30 or 40 participants per session, and the discriminate against people living in time zones where potential participants are sleeping when facilitators are awake. As an international project - WE never sleeps! That said - -through collaboration we can expand webinar sessions in parrallel with initiative designed for large-scale international collaboration. Cheers Wayne On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 8:00 PM, vinod kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Wayne, > Can we think of planning for 'WEBINARs' too in the coming year? Now a > days, 'Webinar' can be seen as an alternative for current concept of > Seminar. The time has begun to see in this direction RATIONALY as > OERF, COL PTF and other stake holders...... > Looking forward for the era of Webinars instead of Seminars.... > Warm greetings > Vinod > > On 12/22/10, Anil Prasad <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]> > <wikied-india%[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 Teacher Collaboration Forum" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum?hl=en > . > > > > > > > -- > Mr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria, > Asstt. 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