It is important to recognize major contributions to humanity and Sir John's is a major contribution. Congratulations Sir John for opening the door to OER's potential.
Gene Loeb, Ph.d. On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Ibrahim K. Oyekanmi (Mallamibro) < [email protected]> wrote: > This is a well merited recognition. Sir John, Thanks for all your > efforts at making this OER dream a living reality. > > On 4/2/14, Ramesh Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > March 2014 > > <http://wikieducator.org/File:John_Daniel.jpg> > > > > UPE is a community award to honour WikiEducator editors. In exceptional > > cases we may recognise visionary leaders who have contributed to the > > success of the community. Sir John Daniel, O.C. served as President and > > C.E.O. of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) from 2004 to 2012. The > > formative years of the WikiEducator project were nurtured by the COL. Sir > > John provided valuable advice and strategic direction at the inception > > meeting for the OER universitas (OERu) advising that the fledgling > network > > should be "open but tough". On November 1, 2013, he officiated at the > > launch of the OERu, an innovative education system to revolutionise > > tertiary learning. On 30 December 2013 the Governor-General of Canada > named > > Sir John Daniel as an Officer of the Order of Canada in the New Year's > > List. Sir John received this prestigious award for his "advancement of > open > > learning and distance education in Canada and around the world". > > > > Sir John Daniel was educated at Christ's Hospital and pursued his > full-time > > university studies in Metallurgy at the universities of Oxford and Paris. > > Later he demonstrated his commitment to lifelong learning by taking 25 > > years to complete a part-time Master's degree in Educational Technology > at > > Concordia University. The internship for that programme, which took him > to > > the UK Open University in 1972, was a life-changing experience. He saw > the > > future of higher education and wanted to be part of it. This quest took > him > > on an international odyssey with appointments at the École Polytechnique, > > Université de Montréal (professeur assistant/agrégé, 1969-73); > > Télé-université, Université du Québec (Directeur des Études, 1973-77); > > Athabasca University (Vice-President for Learning Services, 1978-80); > > Concordia University (Vice-Rector, Academic, 1980-84); Laurentian > > University (President/Recteur, 1984-90); The Open University > > (Vice-Chancellor, 1990-2001); UNESCO (Assistant Director-General for > > Education, 2001-04); and the Commonwealth of Learning (President, > 2004-12). > > > > Among Sir John's 340 publications are his books Mega-Universities and > > Knowledge Media: Technology Strategies for Higher Education (Kogan Page, > > 1996) and Mega-Schools, Technology and Teachers: Achieving Education for > > All (Routledge, 2010). The three countries where he has lived and worked > > have each recognised his contributions with national honours: France - > > Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Chevalier-1986; Officier-1991); United > > Kingdom - Knight Bachelor (1994); Canada - Order of Canada > (Officer-2013). > > > > Let's express our thanks, regards and respects to him for guiding the > > WikiEducator community in opening educational opportunity. > > > > 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/d/optout. > > > > > -- > Ibrahim K. Oyekanmi > Mallamibro ICT Group, Nigeria > Tel: +234-808-227-7575; +234-803-800-0759 > Websites: http://www.mallamibro.com, http://www.mitaedu.com > > http://www.yppjf.org > > Email: [email protected]; [email protected] > Twitter: @mallamibro > Skype: mallamibro > > -- > -- 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/d/optout. > -- With Sincerest Best Wishes , Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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