Warm welcome Prof. Jim On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > The OER Foundation and WikiEducator is pleased to announce that Professor > Jim Taylor, AM. from the University of Southern > Queensland<http://wikieducator.org/USQ>, > will lead and facilitate discussions on building a logic model for the OER > university at the open planning meeting for the OER for assessment and > credit for > students<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students>project. > Jim says that: "" > *We aim to create a parallel learning universe to augment and add value to > traditional models through effective collaboration networks.*" > > Jim is a leading international scholar and experienced distance education > practitioner. Jim's abridged CV attests to the calibre of leadership that > will support and guide us in building sustainable OER futures: > > - Professor, Australian Digital Futures Institute, University of > Southern Queensland. > - 2000 - 2009: Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Learning Services), > University of Southern Queensland. > - 2009: Australian Higher Education Quality Award* *for meritorious > service to quality advancement in Australian higher education. > - 2009: Appointment as a Member in the General Division of the Order of > Australia* *for service to tertiary education, particularly in the > areas of open learning, on-line and distance education, as an academic, > researcher and administrator. > - 2002-2005: President of the International Council for Open and > Distance Education (ICDE) > - 1988 - 2000: Professor and Director, Distance Education Centre, > University of Southern Queensland. > > If you haven't registered for the meeting yet -- you can still join us in > making history today: > > > http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meetings#Virtual_participants > > Spread the word. > > 2011 will be a quantum shift year for the mainstream adoption of OER. > > 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> > 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 "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] -- 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]
