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Well done all!
Abel and Jonathas - please let me know if you would like me to activate
("call to action") the Creative Commons Affiliate network:
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC_Affiliate_Network
If you will write a short e-mail that I can forward, I will add a note of
support and send it to our global team.
Standing by,
Cable
Cable Green, PhD
Director of Global Learning
Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/education
http://twitter.com/cgreen
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Congratulations UNESCO and the open education community!
>
> That's a great achievement and we are well on our way to achieving the
> target of 100 languages.
>
> Wayne
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 5:49 AM, Caine, Abel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Wayne, all****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> With many thanks to Jonathas <http://www.jonathasmello.com/>, we’re very
>> pleased to announce that we now have translations of ‘open educational
>> resources’ in 20 languages.****
>>
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Educational_Resources****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> We have several more which are pending community consensus at: ****
>>
>> http://wikieducator.org/UNESCO_OER_logo_translations****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> If your language is not listed please don’t hesitate to update the
>> WikiEducator page, or send us your phrase and we’ll update and monitor the
>> page for consensus.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> If you know someone who’s a native or fluent speaker of a non-listed
>> language, please forward this message. Let’s try to get 100 languages by
>> the end of 2012 (a quantum year for OER).****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Finally, please share this message with your contacts and social networks.
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Regards,
>> Abel ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> UNESCO OER Programme****
>>
>> www.unesco.org/webworld/en/oer****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Wayne Mackintosh
>> *Sent:* Monday, 27 February 2012 11:03
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Cc:* Open Educational Resources - an online discussion forum;
>> WikiEducator; [email protected];
>> Mello, Jonathas
>> *Subject:* Re: [OERU] Re: [OER] Translations of "Open Educational
>> Resources" for UNESCO OER logo****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Hi Abel,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> We sure will do our best to help with the translations and as an open
>> community our friends at UNESCO can monitor progress and copy these over as
>> they reach the appropriate level of consensus. ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Good idea to upload them to the Wikimedia Commons -- this way the logo's
>> can easily be shared across multiple wikis around the world. See for
>> example how WikiEducator benefits from sharing
>> images<http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_rich_text_editor_tutorials/Images/Basics#Using_an_image_from_Wikimedia_Commons>from
>> our friends at the Wikimedia Commons.
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I think you may have suggested this previousal - but what about a UNESCO
>> promoted activity to translate the concept of "Open Educational Resources"
>> during open education week for the UNESCO OER logo? How many languages can
>> be achieved?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Cheers****
>>
>> Wayne****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Caine, Abel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ****
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Once agreed translations have generally been agreed, please forward them
>> to Jonathas Mello ([email protected]) who can create the logo and
>> upload them to the Wikipedia pages.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Abel****
>>
>>
>> On 27/02/2012, at 9:38, "Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > Here's my suggestion in Sinhala (Sinhalese):
>> >
>> > Vivurtha Adyapanika Sampath
>> >
>> > The word "Sampath" describes a very valuable resource such as gems or
>> > gold. Generally, "Vivurtha Adyapanika Sampath" describes OER as a very
>> > valuable open resource for education.
>> >
>> > I've added it onto the Wikipage.
>> >
>> > Thanks Wayne!
>> > Ishan
>> >
>> >>>> Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> 2/27/2012 3:09 PM
>> >>>>
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the submissions for suggested translations of "Open
>> > Educational
>> > Resources" for Hindi, Bengali, French etc.
>> >
>> > Rather than using the email list for suggested translations, I
>> > recommend
>> > posting these on the wiki to keep track of the discussions. I've set up
>> > a
>> > wiki page for those who may want to contribute to translations. See:
>> >
>> > http://wikieducator.org/UNESCO_OER_logo_translations
>> >
>> > Now that the logo is licensed under a CC-BY license, the community has
>> > the
>> > necessary legal permissions to provide translations for the logo.
>> >
>> > Let the translation begin - -I wonder how many languages we will
>> > generate?
>> >
>> > Wayne
>> >
>> >
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