Hi Stephen, That's a fair comment and observation.
I hope that a number of "entrants" will decide to work collaboratively and cooperatively to create superior outputs (those which can't be replicated without meaningful cooperation). I would hope that some folk will create just because open education is important, cooperation is fun and but more importantly a learning and enriching experience in its own right. I would like to think that open educators would donate any monetary gain to a worthy cause. Will be interesting to observe what transpires. W On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Stephen Downes <[email protected]> wrote: > 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<http://whyopenedmatters.org/> >> >> 2. CC press release: >> http://**creativecommons.org/weblog/**entry/31615<http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/31615> >> >> 3. Arne Duncan video: >> http://youtu.be/**8SdrhGrcvsk<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 "OER university" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/oer-university?hl=en?hl=en > Visit the OER univeristy page on http://wikieducator.org/OER_university > -- 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]
