Hi Everyone, We are making history -- planning the OER university which aims to provide free learning for all students worldwide. The inaugural planning meeting for the OER university will be held in Dunedin, and will be streamed globally with support from UNESCO.
Start time: 9am (New Zealand), 3pm EST, 12 noon PST (See world time<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=23&month=2&year=2011&hour=9&min=0&sec=0&p1=22> ). Everyone is free to participate in this meeting via the international webstream here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/oeru Consult the online agenda<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meeting_Agenda_-_23_Feb_2011#Session_4:_The_way_forward>for your local times for the sessions by clicking on the world time links. Key agenda times: - Welcome messages from UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning: 9:50am (New Zealand), 3:50pm EST and 12:50pm PST - Inputs from the pre-meeting SCoPE seminar hosted by BCcampus: 10.20am (New Zealand), 4.20pm EST and 1.20pm PST - Keynote from Prof Jim Taylor introducing the logic model for an OER university: 11:00am (New Zealand), 5pm EST, 2pm PST Registered participants span 24 time zones and we have provided numerous opportunities for remote participants to provide substantive planning inputs via online submission forms (even if you can't make the live scheduled times.) You will find links under the remote participant column of the agenda <http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meeting_Agenda_-_23_Feb_2011#Session_4:_The_way_forward>to provide inputs into the planning of the OER university, including: - Expression of interest and feedback on the proposed logic model for building an OER university - Submission of a proposal for action in building an OER university. - Online chat and identi.ca microblog feed during the meeting. To learn more on how you can participate in planning OER futures - vist this page: http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Virtual_participation We look forward to welcoming you virtually in Dunedin, or receiving your input via the online submission forms. 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]
