Hi Judy Appreciate your note and look forward to exchanging a few "Toots" on mastodon.oeru.org
Keep well! Wayne Mackintosh (Mobile) OER Foundation / OERu On Sun, 8 Jul 2018, 20:24 O'Connell, Judith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Wayne, > > This is a wonderful development. I am very glad you were encouraged to > share this information and I’m certainly keen to explore further, > > All the best, > > Judy > > Judy O’Connell > Senior Lecturer > Course Director > School of Information Studies > Faculty of Arts and Education > Charles Sturt University > Albury, NSW 2640 > Tel: +61 2 69334084 > Email: [email protected] > > > > On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 3:09 PM +1000, "Wayne Mackintosh" < > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi everyone > > The OER Foundation has set up a Mastodon instance< > http://antispam.csu.edu.au:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYyZDdkOWJhZTFlYTcwYTI3Zj01QjQxOUM4OF84NDM0Nl81NTVfMSYmNGNmYjI0ZGU0Njg4MmY3PTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRm1hc3RvZG9uJTJFb2VydSUyRW9yZyUyRg==> > which is a federated and open source social networking alternative. (This > short video< > http://antispam.csu.edu.au:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYyZDdkOWJhZTFlYTcwYTI3ZT01QjQxOUM4OF84NDM0Nl81NTVfMSYmMGMxYjQ0ZGZlMjI4ZmZjPTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnlvdXR1JTJFYmUlMkZJUFNiTmRCbVdLRQ==> > provides a good overview of what Mastodon is.) > > At the OERu, we do not want any learner to be forced to use any > proprietary hosted technologies in order to participate in our learning > opportunities, and this is why we have set up an OERu instance< > http://antispam.csu.edu.au:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYyZDdkOWJhZTFlYTcwYTI3Zj01QjQxOUM4OF84NDM0Nl81NTVfMSYmNGNmYjI0ZGU0Njg4MmY3PTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRm1hc3RvZG9uJTJFb2VydSUyRW9yZyUyRg==> > of the Mastodon software. > > It's primarily intended to support OERu learners rather than forcing > learners to join, services like Twitter. Most conversations on our instance > will be focused on OERu and OER related topics, however as open technology, > WikiEducator users are free and most welcome to create accounts on our > instance (thanks Steve Foerster for suggesting that I post this > announcement on the WikiEd list). > > As a federated technology there are many different instances and > communities you can join with the advantage of being able to interact with > users on difference instances. > > If you need a little help in setting up an account and finding out how > Mastodon works - you can consult the OERu support site< > http://antispam.csu.edu.au:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYyYTZjOWRhYjQzZjI1NzZmYj01QjQxOUM4OF84NDM0Nl81NTVfMSYmNmRkYjQ0OWZiNjM5ZmVkPTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmNvdXJzZSUyRW9lcnUlMkVvcmclMkZzdXBwb3J0JTJGc3R1ZHlpbmctY291cnNlcyUyRm9lcnUtc29jaWFsLW5ldHdvcmslMkY= > >. > > Happy tooting! > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh > Director OER Foundation and OERu facilitator > UNESCO - ICDE Chair in OER > Mastodon: @[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org< > http://antispam.csu.edu.au:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYyZDdkOWJhZTU3YjIwYTdmZT01QjQxOUM4OF84NDM0Nl81NTVfMSYmZWQ5ZWY0ZWUyNjc4NGZjPTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3JTJFd2lraWVkdWNhdG9yJTJFb3Jn > > > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > < > http://antispam.csu.edu.au:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYyYTY2ODhiMjA4YjM0NjY3Zj01QjQxOUM4OF84NDM0Nl81NTVfMSYmNDgxYTY0YmU0Nzk5ZGI2PTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGZ3JvdXBzJTJFZ29vZ2xlJTJFY29tJTJGZ3JvdXAlMkZ3aWtpZWR1Y2F0b3I= > > > 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]<mailto: > [email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout< > http://antispam.csu.edu.au:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYyMjY2ODBiOTAxZjgwYjZiZj01QjQxOUM4OF84NDM0Nl81NTVfMSYmNmMzZWU1ZGE0NjM5ZGVkPTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmdyb3VwcyUyRWdvb2dsZSUyRWNvbSUyRmQlMkZvcHRvdXQ= > >. > > -- > -- 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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