Re: [WikiEducator] Important: Unesco Replaces OER Acronym

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:39:24 -0700

Oh for goodness sake!!! (One of my mother's favorite expressions) what a silly name...I have enough trouble trying to explain the OER concept to folks with adding a new mouthful!   I vote that we continue to use OER in the ways we have been using it...I suppose UNESCO will still work with us even if we don't conform.  I had better stop sputtering...since this is a message heard around the world.  J.

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Date: 04/01/2011 07:35AM
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Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] Important: Unesco Replaces OER Acronym

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/
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