Hi Everyone, UNESCO / OER Foundation debate: Should OER favour commercial use? <http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/debates/group:14358/overview/251476>
David Wiley and Steven Downes have opened the OER debate with well-founded opening statements for both sides of the house. I strongly recommend that you read the opening statements<http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/debates/group:14358/phase/251476/252288>from our open education thought leaders as well as the commentary<http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/debates/group:14358/phase/251476/252288>from the floor. We now move into the second phase<http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/debates/group:14358/phase/251476/252289>of the debate (Day 2), where leading OER practitioners share their thoughts on preferred license choices and the issue of commercial use: - *Ahrash Bissell*, Project manager at the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE) provides insight into their current thinking about open license choices within an organisation which aims to ensure a sustainable model for OER design, development and distribution. - *Erik Möller,* Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts the the popular Wikipedia website, explains how the free culture and the free and open source software movement has informed their license policy. - *Lisa Petrides, *Founder and Director of Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education who host the oercommons.org suggests that the NC license is likely to be the most popular choice in the near future. - *Neil Butcher, *OER strategist at OER Africa, explains the approach they have adopted to help African universities to take informed decisions about open content licenses. Visit us at: http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/debates/group:14358/phase/251476/252289 Have you *voted* yet? If not cast your vote. Don't be missed by your absence ;-). *We need your comments* to build a collective stream of digital consciousness in changing our world for the better -- that is, through degrees of openness in education. You will need an account on the debate platform to cast a vote. If you don't have an account for the UNESCO OER Community, you can request an account from Abel Caine (email: [email protected]) or Wayne Mackintosh during the course of the debate (email: [email protected]). We look forward to seeing you on the debate floor! Cheers Abel Caine UNESCO Wayne Mackintosh - OER Foundation -- 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]
