Hi Suzanne While I can't promise I will be able to attend, many of the OERu community live outside of the US/New York. As part of the "Connected World" you could consider using some online conferencing to beam your meeting across the globe. It would certainly demonstrate the capabilities to the group of global connectedness. I am sure the OERu community (check with Wayne MacIntosh of OERu) will be able to assist in making this possible.
*Michael Verhaart **(Dr)*** *::* *Associate Professor, School of Computing* *Eastern Institute of Technology* * Hawke's Bay, New Zealand* * * On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 1:52:59 AM UTC+12, Suzanne Hall wrote: > > Folks -- @StateDept is hosting our next Fulbright Foreign Scholarship > Board meeting in NYC on June 12, 2012 @ the Ford Foundation. We plan to > discuss "Fulbright in a Connected World" and I'd very much like to make > OER/OCW a part of that conversation. Please see below the invitation and > RSVP information. Look forward to having you there! > > Any questions, give me a shout. > > Best, > > Suzanne Philion (formerly Hall) > > Senior Advisor for Innovation, Educational & Cultural Affairs Bureau > > @StateDept //// @SuzKP > > O: 202 632 6080 > > C:* *202 615 9118 > > J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board > > invites you to a discussion on > > > > Fulbright in a Connected World > > > > > > Join us for an exciting discussion to explore the impact digital > technologies are making in the international education space. With the > help of incredible expert speakers, we will explore opportunities for the > Fulbright > Program <http://fulbright.state.gov/> to better build projects > collaboratively, recruit as diverse a demographic as possible and expand > our alumni network. > > > > The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange > program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Fulbright is > innovating to meet the vast changes in how we teach, learn, and share > knowledge in the 21st century. We are witnessing how tech advances are > bringing about social change, connecting people globally across languages, > geographical boundaries and time zones. Leveraging digital platforms, > Fulbright has the opportunity to scale globally its fundamental goal of > increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States > and the people of other countries. > > > > A Presidentially appointed group of 11 Members, the J. William Fulbright > Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB) welcomes your participation and continued > collaboration in this endeavor. > > > > *Date & Time*: Tuesday, June 12 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. > > *Venue*: Ford Foundation, East River Room, 320 E. 43rd > Street, > New York, NY 10017 > > *RSVP:* [email protected]; 202-203-7010 > > > > 3:00 p.m. *Fulbright in a Connected World*, *Opening Remarks: FFSB > Chairman Tom Healy*** > > 3:10 – 3:45 *Crowdsourcing Fulbright* > > Moderator: Suzanne Philion, Senior Advisor for Innovation, Bureau of > Educational & Cultural Affairs @StateDept > > o Tom Rielly, Fellows Director, TED > > o Josephine Dorado, New School / funksoup.com > > o Ross Hoffman, Strategic Partnerships, Twitter > > o Jordan Bitterman, SVP, Digitas > > > > *Prior to the discussion, the Fulbright Board is hosting an open session > of their quarterly Board meeting including a presentation by MTV on the > Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship partnership, to which you are also invited, > starting at 2 p.m.* > > -- 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]
