Well done Jibril and the FLOSS4Edu team! FLOSS4Edu is a great project inspired by Africa for Africa -- I'm very chuffed to see the project listed on the UNESCO BREDA site.
Cheers Wayne On Apr 9, 1:11 am, "Jibril TOUZI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a very good news, > > The BREDA (the UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar - the largest UNESCO office > in Africa) has posted on his website the FLOSS4Edu initiative, > seehttp://www.edusud.org/spip.php?lang=en(english) > andhttp://www.edusud.org(french). > > Cheers, > > Jibril > > 2008/4/8, David Wiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Excellent news! > > > As soon as we have the official word, we can figure out how these > > things all fit together... > > > D > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:02 PM, mackiwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi David, > > > > Creative partnerships are certainly possible :-) and I have good news > > > on this front. UNESCO and COL have revised and updated our collective > > > work plan. You will see that OERs @ all levels of education & > > > WikiEducator are clearly specified in the work plan: > > > > http://www.col.org/colweb/site/pid/4658 > > > > This partnership will enable WE to work outside the Commonwealth > > > involving UNESCO member states. > > > > We're hoping to make a more concrete announcement about the practical > > > components of this collaboration in the near future -- so lets keep in > > > touch on this one. > > > > Cheers > > > Wayne > > > > On Apr 7, 2:22 pm, "David Wiley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Wayne, > > > > > There's nothing online yet - official notification from the state > > > > government should come on May 9 2008 (for a fall 2009 start). Once > > > > that happens, there will be a deluge of info. I'm extremely excited, > > > > and have been trying really hard to sit on my hands waiting for the > > > > announcement - I didn't want to get everyone all worked up if they're > > > > going to tell us "no." Every indication is, though, that they're > > going > > > > to tell us yes. I hope to find a creative way to partner with you on > > > > the project ("creative" since I'm not officially part of the > > > > Commonwealth). > > > > > I think the equation is important, too, and I agree it says a lot > > > > about sustainability. Now if I could just understand my own > > > > equation... =) > > > > > D > > > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:06 PM, mackiwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi David (& friends) > > > > > > On Mar 27, 9:08 am, "David Wiley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > open educational resources + open learning support + open > > > > > > credentialing = open education > > > > > > Apology for the late contribution to the discussion -- I've just > > > > > returned from my home visit to NZ where I was able to live out my > > > > > promise to the family by staying away from my laptop. I made a > > point > > > > > of travelling to places where I wouldn't have connectivity -- so > > apart > > > > > from withdrawal symptoms - was able to live out my commitments > > :-). > > > > > > David -- I'm VERY interested in learning more about the Open High > > > > > School of Utah initiative -- where do I find out more? This is a > > model > > > > > which could be replicated throughout the Commonwealth and would > > like > > > > > to see how WE could build communities of teachers/educators to > > support > > > > > the success of initiatives like this. BTW -- I really like the > > > > > equation: Open educational resources + open learning support + > > open > > > > > credentialing = open education -- somehow I think this equation > > also > > > > > provides valuable insights into economic sustainability of the > > Open > > > > > Education movement. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > Wayne --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
