CONGRATULATIONS OP NZ AND OERu! On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected] > wrote:
> The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand has confirmed their membership as a * > founding* anchor partner of the international innovation partnership > implementing the OER university network. > > The Open Polytechnic is an outstanding distance education pioneer and New > Zealand’s first choice for open, flexible learning. > > Jim Rohn, the american business author suggests that: "There are only > about a half dozen things that make 80% of the difference in any area of > our lives.” This is probably true for the OERu innovation partnership -- > once we achieved the milestone of six founding anchor partners we realised > that a viable solution for OER to provide more affordable education was > indeed imminent. Now that we have achieved the "perfect dozen" of founding > anchor partners this shouts out an open invitation to all institutions that > working together we can radically improve access to education for all. > > The start of our meeting of founding anchor partners on 9 November 2011 is > the cut-off date for to be recorded as a *founding* anchor partner of the > international OER network. We believe that our work will lead to become one > of the most significant improvements in the history of post-secondary > education. > > As an open collaboration -- all institutions will be free to join as we > progress with the implementation of the OER university. However, when we > write the history of the future, the following teaching institutions will > be recorded as the founding pioneers: > > > 1. Athabasca University (Canada)**** > 2. Empire State College (State University of New York, USA) > 3. Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (New Zealand) > 4. NorthTec (New Zealand) > 5. Open Polytechnic (New Zealand) > 6. Otago Polytechnic (New Zealand)**** > 7. Thompson Rivers University (Canada)**** > 8. University of South Africa (Republic of South Africa) **** > 9. Southern New Hampshire University (USA)**** > 10. University of Southern Queensland. > 11. University of Wollongong (Australia) > 12. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (BAOU) (India). > > > BCcampus (Canada) and the OER Foundation (International) are non-teaching > anchor partners and we support the network to achieve their strategic > institutional objectives using open education approaches. UNESCO and the > Commonwealth of Learning will be providing insights and advice from the > international governmental organisations at our meeting next week. > > With due acknowledgment to the funding support from UNESCO, the meeting of > founding anchor partners will be streamed on the Internet. To date, > 90 participants from 29 different countries will be assisting with our open > planning process. > > You can also help in planing more sustainable education futures by > registering as a virtual participant. Don't be missed by your absence, > Register today and spread the word: > > > http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/2011.11_OERu_virtual_meeting_participants > > 2011 is proving to be a quantum shift year for the mainstream adoption of > OER in the formal education sector. > > > > -- > 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]
