Hi everyone, This is real good news! And it shows we are matching forward, and OER is certainly the future. Thanks for sharing this encouraging news. Ibrahim Oyekanmi
On 6/23/12, Letare Hemrom <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for sharing! > > cheers > Letare > On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Fabiana Kubke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Fantastic Wayne, thanks for sharing. >> Cheers >> Fabiana >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Living in New Zealand, due to our geography and international time zones >>> we are very fortunate to see the future which has already happened for >>> many >>> parts of the world. However, in the case of the UNESCO World OER >>> Congress, >>> we now have the opportunity of getting back to the future of OER! >>> >>> It was a memorable evening for me (New Zealand time) watching the live >>> stream of the World OER Congress and waking up again at 3am to watch the >>> OER >>> university team present the closing >>> plenary<http://wikieducator.org/OERu_share_solutions_for_Education_for_All_at_UNESCO_World_OER_Congress> >>> at >>> the congress from home. >>> >>> Belated news, but definitely worth repeating. >>> >>> *Following a global consultation process, The 2012 PARIS OER >>> DECLARATION<http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/Events/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf> >>> has >>> been approved by the UNESCO World OER congress. The next step in the >>> process is to move through the formal adoption procedures by UNESCO >>> member >>> states. * >>> >>> Here is the link (save it as this is a significant milestone for OER.): >>> >>> >>> http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/Events/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf >>> >>> On behalf of the millions of learners which the adoption of this >>> declaration by governments will ultimately serve -- our thanks and >>> commendation to everyone who turned the vision of the Paris OER >>> Declaration >>> into reality. >>> >>> The OER Foundation, WikiEducator community and the OERu anchor partners >>> are well positioned to assist countries and education institutions >>> around >>> the world with the implementation of the principles contained in the >>> declaration. Examples are provided below. >>> >>> Viva OER, Viva! >>> >>> Wayne >>> >>> *Examples of how the OER Foundation family will support the 2012 Paris >>> OER Declaration* >>> >>> *a. Foster awareness and use of OER.* >>> * >>> * >>> Our OER Foundation family is committed to assisting educators and >>> education institutions with the mainstream adoption of OER at all levels >>> and all educational sectors. Its our core mission. >>> >>> *b. Facilitate enabling environments for use of Information and >>> Communications Technologies (ICT).* >>> * >>> * >>> The technical infrastructure of the OER Foundation is based entirely on >>> free and open source software and therefore easy to replicate in >>> facilitating enabling environments for anyone who prefers co-operative >>> strategies for OER implementation. >>> >>> Through WikiEducator we are increasing the range of OER support >>> resources >>> to improve media and information literacy for all educators worldwide. >>> >>> Jim Taylor, one of the thought-leaders in our OER university community, >>> highlights that "*The OERu will place students at the centre of the >>> educational process in such a way that they will develop learning and >>> digital literacies as a solid foundation for meaningful participation >>> across international boundaries in a networked world" *(see media >>> release<http://wikieducator.org/OERu_share_solutions_for_Education_for_All_at_UNESCO_World_OER_Congress> >>> .) >>> >>> *c. Reinforce the development of strategies and policies on OER* >>> * >>> * >>> All policy documents developed through OER Foundation initiatives are >>> developed transparently and published under open licenses in editable >>> file >>> formats. These policies are available for reuse and modification by >>> anyone >>> who wishes to refine and implement their own open policies. >>> >>> *d. Promote the understanding and use of open licensing frameworks.* >>> >>> This is a feature activity of the OER Foundation. Our Open Content >>> Licensing for >>> Educators<http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/Home> >>> online >>> workshops have already provided free training opportunities in open >>> licensing for approximately 2000 educators from over 90 different >>> countries. With acknowledgement of initial funding support from the >>> UNESCO >>> Office for the Pacific States to develop these OER course materials, the >>> delivery model has been designed to scale for thousands of learners. We >>> will continue to offer these free training opportunities. >>> >>> *f. Support capacity building for the sustainable development of quality >>> learning materials* >>> >>> The OER Foundation hosts the Learning4Content initiative which is the >>> world's largest attempt to build wiki skills for collaborative >>> development >>> of OER. We have offered free training opportunities to over 5000 >>> educators >>> from over 150 countries. We acknowledge initial funding support from the >>> William and Flora Hewlett foundation, the Commonwealth of Learning and >>> New >>> Zealand Ministry of Education in supporting these efforts. >>> >>> The newly founded WikiEducator Open Learning Academy will continue this >>> groundbreaking work as a community volunteer initiative. >>> >>> The OERu network and the Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER at Otago >>> Polytechnic is aiming to integrate existing training courses and to >>> develop >>> new training courses in OER which will provide opportunities for formal >>> academic credit towards recognised credentials. >>> >>> f. Foster strategic alliances for OER >>> >>> The OER university network <http://wikieducator.org/OERu> of anchor >>> partners is a prime example of an international strategic alliance for >>> OER. >>> This is the first international innovation partnership that will be able >>> to >>> accredit OER learning in Africa, Asia, North America and Oceania. >>> >>> *g. Encourage research on OER* >>> * >>> * >>> The OER Foundation community and its flagship projects provide an >>> excellent international platform for research in OER. All research data >>> produced by the OER Foundation projects are released under open licenses >>> to >>> support reuse and ongoing research for all in the academic who are >>> interested. >>> >>> -- >>> Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. >>> Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> >>> Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic >>> Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic >>> 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. 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