David, You are most welcome.
With the new features, for example, the ability to host a collection of wiki pages as a course site using WordPress (or a snapshot for a static website which can be hosted locally or offline to conserve bandwidth) it will be trivial for you to host multiple course instances and relatively easy to customise for different contexts. You can remix your own sequence and collection of wiki pages. I hope that these resources will be useful for educators in the South Pacific. W On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 1:53 PM, David Leeming <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi Wayne, > > > > I’m involved in some training for schools participating in Vanuatu’s > Universal Access Programme (UAP). The importance of local content > production is understood by the programme and this seems like something > well worth checking out and using in the programme. Thanks – I will eagerly > explore and share. > > > > *David Leeming* > > Solomon Islands Rural Link > P.O.Box 652 Honiara, Solomon Islands > > +677 7476396 (m) +677 24419 (h) > > www.rurallink.com.sb > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Wayne Mackintosh > *Sent:* Monday, 13 April 2015 12:43 p.m. > *To:* WikiEducator > *Subject:* Re: [WikiEducator] DS4OER mOOC goes live today > > > > Hi David, > > > > We will be offering the course again in the future, but we haven't > confirmed the dates for the next offering yet. > > > > However, as an open course the materials will be openly accessible for > self-study - no password needed ;-). > > > > The next course in the series, will be Dimensions of Openness in Education > <http://oeru.org/oeru-partners/otago-polytechnic/dimensions-of-openness-in-education-/> > which > we are hoping to complete before 30 June 2014. > > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 1:30 PM, David Leeming < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Wayne, > > > > Will this course be offered later in the year? I would like to register > but am tied up and away from connectivity these dates. > > > > Best, > > > > *David Leeming* > > Solomon Islands > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Wayne Mackintosh > *Sent:* Monday, 13 April 2015 10:55 a.m. > *To:* WikiEducator > *Subject:* [WikiEducator] DS4OER mOOC goes live today > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > We're pleased to launch the prototype offering of the Digital Skills for > Collaborative OER Development <http://ds4oer.oeru.org/> (DS4OER) course > today. > > > > The OERu envisions a world where all learners will have more affordable > access to higher education. > > > > The DS4OER course was developed to build capacity in the design and > development of open online courses using OER. A key feature of this course > is the ability for any educator to host their *own* course site using the > popular open source WordPress content management system assembled from a > collection of wiki pages authored openly and collaboratively. > > > > We are "eating our own dog food > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food>". We developed > the course pages in WikiEducator. I am hosting the course site using > WordPress and my own domain using the free tier from OpenShift > <https://www.openshift.com/products/pricing> (Red Hat linux's public > cloud application.) > > > > We acknowledge the funding support of the New Zealand National Commission > for UNESCO which has supported the development of the course materials and > the open source technologies we are using to enable educators around the > world to widen access to open online courses using OER. > > > > If you wan't to learn how to do this, come join us at: > http://ds4oer.oeru.org or pop in to say hi on the aggregated course feed > <http://ds4oer.oeru.org/interactions/course-feed/>. You can post using > the #DS4OER tag. > > > > As a prototype, we apologise in advance for any teething problems but hope > that your feedback will help us to improve. > > > > We are widening options for educators around the world to create and host > their own open online courses using open source software. > > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > > > > > -- > > Wayne Mackintosh > Director OER Foundation > UNESCO/COL/ICDE Chair in OER > > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter: Mackiwg > > -- > -- 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. > 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. > > > > > > -- > > Wayne Mackintosh > Director OER Foundation > UNESCO/COL/ICDE Chair in OER > > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter: Mackiwg > > -- > -- 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. > 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. > -- Wayne Mackintosh Director OER Foundation UNESCO/COL/ICDE Chair in OER Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: Mackiwg -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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