I agree. No need for anyone to change names or acronyms if UNESCO does so. That's their business.
Jan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MALLAMIBRO Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 2:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] Important: Unesco Replaces OER Acronym Hi All, Why do we always have to get entangled in these problems whenever UN and its organs enter into a purely Voluntary affair. The same thinbg happens in many other affairs when they come in!!! Why not leave us with OER ??? i can't understand why they need to change the names, Why not OER-Research, OER-Training, OER-@@@@@ or OER-***** Ibrahim On 4/1/11, Randy Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I see - sounds like a great bid to create even more confusion after all of > the energy devoted to building brand and awareness around OERs. > > Let's see - how about a Facebook campaign to get UNESCO to change their name > to: > > "United Nations of the Developing and Developed World supporting Freely/Not > So Freely and Open / Not So Open Educational, Scientific and Technical, > Cultural, Artistic and Media Organization / Entity. > > That's a new mouthful for everyone to chew on. > > But hey - UNESCO as an acronym stands alone - just like OER. > > > - Randy > > > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Gita Mathur <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank You Steve for the information. >> OER's to "FOERSTER" >> "Open Educational Resources", or OERs. >> From 1st April on, they are to be known as "Freely/Openly Enabled >> Resources Supporting Training, Education, and Research". >> The change will include resources related to training and research. >> Warm wishes >> Gita Mathur >> >> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Steve Foerster <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Unesco has announced that they are discontinuing the "OER" acronym in >> > favor of a longer but more inclusive term! More information is >> > available here: >> > >> > http://hiresteve.com/2011/04/01/important-unesco-replaces-oer-acronym/ >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > -=Steve=- >> > >> > -- >> > Stephen H. Foerster >> > http://hiresteve.com >> > http://wikieducator.org/steve >> > >> > -- >> > 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] >> > > > > -- > ________________ > *Randy Fisher, MA, OMD* > President & CEO > iCentro Corporation <http://www.icentro.com/> > * <http://www.icentro.com/>*Ottawa, Canada > +1 613.722.5577 (EST) > Skype: wikirandy > > * > A Success Network for Entrepreneurs & Business Professionals* > * > <http://www.icentro.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] -- Chief Executive Officer, Mallamibro ICT Academy,. 3 Dr Habibu Gwarzo Street, Tsamiyar Boka, Hotoro - Kano, Kano State, Nigeria Tel: +234-808-227-7575; +234-702-581-8401; +234-803-800-0759 Websites: http://www.mallamibro.com, http://www.mitaedu.com Wikieducator Page: http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Mallamibro Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Twitter: @mallamibro Skype: mallamibro -- 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]
