Hi Everyone, We are pleased to formerly announce that Athabasca University will be joining the OER Tertiary education network as a founding anchor partner. This provides significant impetus for designing and implementing a successful OER university.
Read on ... : Meet Athabasca U - Canada's First OER university<http://wikieducator.org/Athabasca_University/Meet_Athabasca_U_-_Canada%27s_First_OER_university> ! Athabasca university is a world leading OER university. It is only a matter of time before we will see the mainstream adoption of OER within post-secondary worldwide particularly given the caliber of institutional leadership joining this network. Your institution can be part of making these futures happen by joining the OER Tertiary education network (see more information below). Feel free to join the SCoPE seminar currently discussing aspects of the OERu model: Designing OERu Credentials: Aug 29 - Sept 13, 2011<http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=8953> The OERu is a low cost, low risk but high impact innovation model for colleges, polytechnics and universities. Cheers Wayne See also: - New York's open university joins forces with the OERu<http://wikieducator.org/Empire_State_College/New_York%27s_open_university_joins_forces_with_the_OERu> - 5 Things you should know about the OER university network plan<http://wikieducator.org/images/7/7d/OERu.pdf> -- 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> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | identi.ca<http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> Wikiblog <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg/Blog> -- 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
