This is a well deserved recognition for a pacesetter who has worked to make OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES a phrase that now has a recognizable place in global education. Wayne, keep up the good work.
On 2/1/14, gene loeb <[email protected]> wrote: > Ramesh and Nellie, > These comments are very appropriate and it is good that Wayne's > contributions are recognized. He has had a wide effect on the learning of > many internationally and has set a fine example for an example and > organization for helping others. I add my thanks, gratitude and > appreciation for Wayne for his wor. Yes, he is a winner of our hearts. > > With Best wishes, > Gene > > > On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Ramesh Sharma > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> January 2014 >> <http://wikieducator.org/File:Wayne_Mackintosh_Yale_2010.jpg> >> >> It was in February 2006 the domain names for wikieducator.org, >> wikieducator.net and wikieductor.com were registered by Wayne >> Mackintosh<http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, >> a WikiEducator mailing list was created by Brent >> Simpson<http://wikieducator.org/User:BrentSimpson>in January 2007 and the >> WikiEducator launched the highly popular >> Learning4Content <http://wikieducator.org/Learning4Content> project in >> January 2008. WikiEducator's first online training session was conducted >> in >> February 2007, since then our WE is now a 67,882 registered user strong >> community having provided online training to several thousand teachers >> and >> professionals. As an evolving community, WE're turning the digital divide >> into digital dividends using free content and open networks. >> >> Currently Wayne <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg> is the founding >> Director of the OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> and the >> International Centre for Open Education based at Otago >> Polytechnic<http://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz>, >> New Zealand. He also holds the UNESCO-COL Chair in OER at Otago >> Polytechnic. It was during his stint at the Commonwealth of >> Learning<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Learning>he founded >> the WikiEducator, we all are in agreement with him for it to be >> the most rewarding project for turning the digital divide into digital >> dividends for thousands of teachers, students and educators. He was also >> an >> Associate Professor and founding director of the Centre for Flexible and >> Distance Learning (CFDL) at the University of >> Auckland<http://www.auckland.ac.nz>, >> New Zealand. Truly a global figure, he has worked and lived in three >> different regions of the Commonwealth, namely Africa (South >> Africa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa>), >> the Pacific (New Zealand <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand>) and >> North America (Canada <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada>). >> >> We believe that its about time now that WE express our thanks to the >> founder of WikiEducator, Dr Wayne >> Mackintosh<http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, >> he sure is a winner of our hearts!! >> >> Let's begin this year 2014 with our expression of thanks, gratitude and >> appreciation for Wayne <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>for his >> vision, support, leadership and commitment to the cause of building open >> educational resources, free content and open networks. >> >> With best wishes >> >> Nellie and Ramesh >> >> -- >> -- 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] >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "WikiEducator" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > With Sincerest Best Wishes , > Gene > Gene Loeb, Ph.D. > > -- > -- 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] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "WikiEducator" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Mallamibro ICT Group, Nigeria Tel: +234-808-227-7575; +234-803-800-0759 Websites: http://www.mallamibro.com, http://www.mitaedu.com Wikieducator Page: http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Mallamibro Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Twitter: @mallamibro Skype: mallamibro -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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