I had the privilege in participating in the Opening Education Event convened by BCcampus recently in Vancouver.
David Porter, Executive Director of BCcampus has posted an excellent blog summary of the event including links to video recordings from the event: http://conviviality.ca/2011/10/renewing-our-focus-on-open-thinking/ You can also access the video recordings including the keynote address delivered by Sir John Daniel and the panel discussion with two representatives of the OER university network: http://open.bccampus.ca/ Canada has two founding anchor partners in the OER university<http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/Home>network (Athabasca University and Thompson Rivers University). I was inspired by the depth and understanding of open education issues from participants attending the event. Watch this space -- Canada is forging a leadership role in building sustainable education futures. Don't forget to register as a virtual participant for the upcoming meeting OERu meeting which will be streamed worldwide: http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/2011.11_OERu_virtual_meeting_participants 26 Different countries have already signed up to help plan a parallel learning universe which will provide free learning opportunities for all students worldwide with pathways to achieve credible credentials. This network will be able to accredit OER learning in Asia, Africa, North America and Oceania. 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]
