Hi Dorothy: The following resources might be useful:
- http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=421 - http://thepowerofopen.org/ - http://edtechfrontier.com/2012/03/04/the-economics-of-open/ - Business case for OER: - increase access to education - provide students with an opportunity to assess and plan their education choices - showcase an institution’s intellectual outputs, promote it’s profile, and attract students - convert students exploring options into fee paying enrollments - accelerate learning by providing educational resources for just-in-time, direct, informal use by both students and self-directed learners - add value to knowledge production - reduce faculty preparation time - generate cost savings – (this case has been particularly substantiated for open textbooks) - enhance quality - generate innovation through collaboration Cable On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Dorothy K. Gordon < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, I will be speaking to writers and publishers on OER shortly, > obviously they have some qualms about OER and their future business. I > would be most grateful if you could point me in the direction of any > resources which address these concerns. > > best regards > > Dorothy K. Gordon > Director-General > Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT > Mobile: 233 265005712 > Direct Line: 233 302 683579 > Website: www.aiti-kace.com.gh > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cable Green" <[email protected]> > To: "Educause Openness Constituent Group" <[email protected]>, > "Open: WikiEducator" <[email protected]>, "OER Advocacy > Coalition" <[email protected]>, "OER Forum" < > [email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, 19 September, 2012 8:26:59 AM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / > Monrovia > Subject: [OER] Law of the Republic of Indonesia: open learning resources > > > The new Higher Education Law of the Republic of Indonesia now provides as > follows in section 79: > > > > "(4) The Government shall develop open learning resources for use by the > whole Academic Civitas ”. > > Please see attached. > > Congratulations Indonesia! > > Thanks to Neil Butcher for sharing this good news. > > Cable > > -- > > > Cable Green, PhD > Director of Global Learning > Creative Commons > http://creativecommons.org/education > http://twitter.com/cgreen > > _______________________________________________ > OER-forum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.esn.org.za/mailman/listinfo/oer-forum > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > OER-forum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.esn.org.za/mailman/listinfo/oer-forum > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > -- Cable Green, PhD Director of Global Learning Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/education http://twitter.com/cgreen -- -- 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]
