Hi Everyone, Join BCcampus at *Opening Education: Taking OER to the next level*<http://open.bccampus.ca/agenda/>
*When*: 17 October 2011 in Vancouver (Check your own time<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Opening+education+-+BCcampus+&iso=20111017T0930&p1=256&ah=6>) . Schedule the date and time in your diary today. *Website*: http://open.bccampus.ca/agenda Sir John Daniel, President and Chief Executive of the Commonwealth of Learning will deliver the opening keynote. Founding anchor partners of the *OER university <http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/Home> *including Athabasca University, BCcampus and the OER Foundation will be contributing to the discussions. This initiative will provide more alternatives for Canadian institutions who have opted out<http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2011/08/more-update-on-opt-outs-from-access.html> and said NO to the exorbitant price hikes associated with the Canadian Copyright Licensing agency (Access Copyright). British Columbia and selected Canadian post-secondary institutions are leading the way and will be developing and implementing an action agenda -- join us in building sustainable OER futures. *Live webcast* A live webcast will be available if you can't make it in person. Please register as a web participant by email to communications [at] bccampus [dot] ca with your name, institution, email address and Twitter handle (if applicable) Download and share the agenda<http://wikieducator.org/File:OE_agendaInvite_final2.pdf>(310KB) -- 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
