Hi All, With all due respect to Tony and OERu, what about the $500M awards in the US for OER development? - http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/29195
OR, Washington State's completion of 42 Phase I courses in the Open Course Libary Project - http://www.opencourselibrary.org/ - Randy On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Wayne Mackintosh < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > As we start preparing for the holidays, Tony Bates cites the OER > university as the most noticeable development in OER for 2011. > > See: > http://www.tonybates.ca/2011/12/13/e-learning-in-2011-a-retrospective/ > > Tony's scholarship in open distance learning and technology mediated > learning has informed much of my own thinking in this field over the last > two decades. Tony, therefore, you can claim some responsibility for > informing the foundations on which our founding anchor > partners<http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/2011.11_Founding_OERTen_anchor_partner_statements>are > building the OER university ;-). > > Earlier this year I intimated that 2011 would be a quantum shift year for > seeding the mainstream adoption of OER in the formal education sector. The > OERu is the vehicle enabling us to facilitate this transformation. > > I wonder what 2012 will promise for open education and the OERu? Any > thoughts? > > Wayne > > -- > 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] -- ________________ *Randy Fisher, MA *(Fielding) President iCentro Corporation <http://www.icentro.com/> Ottawa, Canada (Eastern Time) +1 613.722.5577 - home/office +1 613.899.0475 - cell (seldom on, but I check messages regularly) *Improving Organizational Performance* Specializing in marketing, e-learning / distance learning and program evaluation LinkedIn Profile <http://ca.linkedin.com/in/randyfisher> Wordle <http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3991918/Randy_Fisher_-_Experience> *Skype*: wikirandy -- 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]
