Hi Cornelia, That's a very good question.
First, I must confirm that the OER Foundation subscribes to open philanthropy <http://wikieducator.org/Open_Philanthropy> which means all our planning is done openly and transparently. Any organisation is free to join the initiative at any time. Citing the Chair of the OER Foundation Board: "“We extend an open invitation to all post-secondary institutions that care about sharing knowledge as a core value of education to join us in planning these sustainable learning futures,” -- and we look forward to many institutions around the world joining hands in making this happen I've sent numerous invitations to institutions in Europe, Africa and Asia to join the meeting. As an African by birth -- was a little disappointed that we did not receive any positive responses. However, I have received emails from organisations in Africa and Asia who are planning to host local streams during the meeting. I would appreciate your help in finding institutions in Africa, Europe and Asia to join the OER university as anchor partners. Let's build OER futures together. Cheers Wayne On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 5:00 PM, <cornelia.muga...@out.ac.tz> wrote: > Hi Colleagues, > > I think this 'OER university’ is 'a great leap forward' in the process of > massfication of higher education. I am wondering why there isn’t any > universities from Africa, Europe and Asia in this pioneering group. > I would appreciate getting some responses/comments on this. > Best Regards, > Cornelia Muganda > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Times Higher Education News have published an article about the upcoming > > meeting on 23 February 2011. > > > > See: > > > > > http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=415127&c=1 > > > > 2011 will be a quantum shift year for the mainstream adoption of OER in > > our > > institutions. > > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > > -- > > Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. > > Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> > > Director, International Centre for Open Education, > > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > > Founder and elected Community Council Member, > > Wikieducator<http://www.wikieducator.org%20> > > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > > Skype: WGMNZ1 > > Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | > > identi.ca<http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> > > > > -- > > 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 > > wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com. > > 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 > . > > > > > > > > ---------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > -------------------------------- > > PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS E-MAIL > > This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may > contain confidential information and may be legally privileged. If you are > not the intended recipient, you are notified that you may not use, > distribute or copy this document in any manner whatsoever. Kindly also > notify the sender by email and/or delete this e-mail. Any views or opinions > expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and do not necessarily > coincide with those of the Open University of Tanzania. > > --------------------THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF > TANZANIA-------------------------- > > -- > 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 > wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com. > 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 <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and elected Community Council Member, Wikieducator<http://www.wikieducator.org%20> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | identi.ca<http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> -- 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 wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
