CONGRATULATIONS BAOU & OERu! On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected] > wrote:
> Hi Everyone, > > The OER Foundation is pleased to announce that the Board of Management and > Professor Manoj Soni, Vice-Chancellor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open > University <http://www.baou.edu.in/> (BAOU) has confirmed that the > University will join the OER Tertiary Education Network (OERTen) and > assist with the co-design and implementation of the international OERu > initiative. > > The OERTen network will now be able to accredit OER learning in Africa, > Asia, North America and Oceania. > > On joining the OERTen, BAOU achieves a tripple accolade: > > - The first founding anchor partner from > India<http://wikieducator.org/India>-- one of the worlds largest democracies. > - The fist Asian anchor partner to join this OER innovation > partnership. > - The *tenth* post-secondary accredited teaching institution to join > OER*Ten (*an informal strategic membership target we set ourselves for > the November meeting of anchor partners). > > The OER Foundation intimated that 2011 would be a quantum shift year for > the mainstream adoption of OER in post-secondary education. I think we're on > track to proving that the prediction may come true. > > Wayne > > Remember to* REGISTER > TODAY<http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/2011.11_OERu_virtual_meeting_participants> > * as a virtual participant for the open planning meeting in November 2011. > Your participation in this landmark meeting is made possible by funding > support from UNESCO to stream the meeting on the Internet. > > *5 Things you should know about the OER university network > plan<http://wikieducator.org/images/7/7d/OERu.pdf> > * > > > -- > 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> > Wikiblog <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg/Blog> > > -- > 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] -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.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]
