The core of open education is cooperation, not competition. I'm not sure of the value of a competition setting OER proponents against each other, and am not clear on the intent of the funder (beyond what appears to be advertising). The content appears to divert people from the more useful work of creating and supporting open education. Just saying.
-- Stephen On Tuesday, 20 March 2012 18:35:06 UTC-3, Wayne Mackintosh wrote: > > Hi Everyone, (Apology for any double postings) > > The Why Open Education Matters Video > Competition<http://whyopenedmatters.org/>is an opportunity for WikiEducators > and OERu members to showcase their work > and creativity in open education. > > I hope a few community members will consider preparing a few entries. All > videos will be licensed CC-BY which means we could use these in our free > workshops on OER, Copyright and Creative Commons as well as future courses > at the OERu. > > More info below -- please spread the word through your personal networks. > > Cheers > > Wayne > > *About Why Open Education Matters Video Competition* > > Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society > Institute recently launched the *Why Open Education > Matters*<http://whyopenedmatters.org/> Video > Competition. The competition will award cash prizes, provided by the Open > Society Institute, of up to $25,000 for the best short videos that explain > the use and promise of free, high-quality open educational resources and > describe the benefits and opportunities these materials create for > teachers, students and schools. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan > recorded a great video to introduce the video competition. Videos are > accepted until June 5, 2012. The winners will be announced July 18, 2012. > Cash prizes include $25,000 (first), $5,000 (second), and $1,000 (Public > Choice Award). Judges include Davis Guggenheim, Nina Paley, James Franco, > and many others. All videos submitted must be licensed under the Creative > Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. > > Some helpful links to promote the competition: > > 1. competition website: http://whyopenedmatters.org > > 2. CC press release: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/31615 > > 3. Arne Duncan video: http://youtu.be/8SdrhGrcvsk > > 4. suggested Tweet: *Enter the 'Why Open Education Matters' > Video Competition & win $25k! **http://bit.ly/wE20uP*<http://bit.ly/wE20uP> > * by CC/@usedgov/@opensociety #OER* > > -- > 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]
