congrats. We should start a pool. date of 100 partners (88 + the original 12) My guess Oct 15 2012. :)
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Anil Prasad <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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