this is a great initiative and i'd like to participate, but i missed this mail and moreover this period is full of school work; there will be any other sessions, esp during summer ?
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jackie, > > This is a great initiative (I've also posted a copy of your invitation to > the main WikiEducator list). > > Is this a global offer or is attendance restricted to US educators? For > example, if a Kenyan educator were available to attend one of the > face-face-face workshops -- would they qualify for the $1,500 stipend to > promote free text books back home in Kenya? > > The OER Foundation is keen to invest time and a little funding to support > the development of a wiki version of the Open Textbook training workshop > based on the Learning4Content model. I would like to scale up knowledge > sharing about open textbooks around the world to provide free online > training to educators on how to become an Open Textbook Advocate. > > Thanks for the post to our lists -- WE look forward to helping and > supporting the international growth of Open Textbooks in education! > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > > > > On 4 March 2010 03:45, Jacky <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> All community college faculty, administrators, librarians, >> instructional designers/technologists, distance learning coordinators, >> and other staff are welcome to register for this workshop. Become a >> Community College Advocate/Trainer for Open Textbooks and earn a $1500 >> stipend for giving a workshop on your campus. March 8 noon to 1:30 PM, >> March 10 noon to 2 PM, March 11 noon to 2 PM, March 18 noon to 1 PM. >> All times are Pacific Standard Time. >> To Register for the train the trainer workshop, join >> http://opentextbookadvocatetrainers.ning.com/ and then join the >> Synchronous Online Cohort at >> http://opentextbookadvocatetrainers.ning.com/group/onlinecohort >> There is no cost to attend this workshop. >> >> As an Advocate/Trainer, you’ll learn how to: >> * Foster interest in open textbooks >> * Help faculty discover, select, and adopt open textbooks >> * Help students choose a format (online, downloaded, printed, bound) >> * Work with all the stakeholders on campus including bookstore, print >> shop, library, and administration >> * Provide feedback to the authors and educational community >> * Plan, market, and deliver an adoption workshop >> * Report on the workshop to the community of Advocate/Trainers >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "WikiEducator Teacher Collaboration Forum" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director, > International Centre for Open Education, > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > Board of Directors, OER Foundation. > Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter: OERFoundation, 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] -- roberto -- 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]
