Hi Everyone, UNESCO in support from the OER Foundation is hosting an open Oxford-style debate on whether OER should favour commercial use.
We are fortunate to tap into the knowledge, experience and foresight of leading open education pioneers and practitioners to delve into and interrogate this complex topic. *David Wiley* (Pioneer of open content and one of the first open publication licenses) and *Stephen Downes* (Regarded by many to have put the "e" into eLearning) have opened the discussions<http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/debates/group:14358/phase/251476/252288>. We look forward to insights and reflections from leading practitioners including *Neil Butcher* (OER Africa), *Ahrash Bissell* (Project manager MITE and former Executive Director of CC Learn), *Erik Mölle*r (Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation), *Neeru Khosla* (Co-founder of the CK 12 Foundation). - Cast your vote and share your opinion. - Join the discussions by posting comments, reflections and questions. (Participants will be the ultimate winners of this debate by virtue of engagement). You need to register an account on the WSIS OER community platform<http://www.wsis-community.org/>to vote and post comments. If you would like an account to join the UNESCO OER community and participate in this inaugural community debate, please email: - Abel Caine: [email protected] or - Wayne Mackintosh: [email protected] I look forward to interacting with your comments in the debate. Let's build OER futures together! 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]
