It is a well deserved honour to Sir John. Continue to keep the spirit up. On Apr 2, 2014 4:41 PM, "gene loeb" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > 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. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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