Great job, Dr. Wayne! Precise information on what is going is the real health tonic of a growing community. Thank you!
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Wayne Mackintosh <mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > In preparation for the open planning for the OERu meeting of founding > anchor partners<http://OER_university/2011.11_OERu_Anchor_Partner_Meeting>, > I have prepared a summary of the timeline including key events, partners and > activities to date. This summary should help to minimize the temptation of > spending time on questions which have already been answered. > > We are collectively writing the history of the future of OER, and thought > it would be useful to share this summary. > > Remember -- you can register to attend and participate virtually in the > OERu meeting of founding anchor partners here: > > > http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/2011.11_OERu_virtual_meeting_participants > > *Timeline and relevant links for the OERu initiative*: > > > - *November 2010*: Jim Taylor from the University of Southern > Queensland <http://wikieducator.org/USQ> (USQ) and Wayne Mackintosh of > the OER Foundation <http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Home> (OERF) meet at > Massey University as invited speakers at the ACODE 54 meeting on OER > convened by the Australasian Council on Open, Distance and > E-learning<http://acode.edu.au/>. > At this meeting USQ and the OERF agree to collaborate on recruiting a > critical mass of founding partners to design and implement a parallel > learning universe based on OER. > - *December 2010*: OER Foundation commences open planning for the OER > for Assessment and Credit for Students > initiative<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students> > and > registers the oeruniversity.org domain names. > - *January 2011*: Paul Stacey from > BCcampus<http://wikieducator.org/BCcampus> > publishes The University of > Open<http://www.http//edtechfrontier.com/2011/01/04/the-university-of-open/> > where > he suggests that the combination of: open source software, open access > resources, open government, OER and open pedagogies constitute the building > blocks for a new *university of open*. > - *February 2011*: Summary of the first SCoPE seminar and think > tank<http://wikieducator.org/images/7/71/SCoPE_OERu_Summary-1.pdf>, > convened by BCcampus <http://wikieducator.org/BCcampus> over the period > 4-21 February 2011 as a pre-meeting > seminar<http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=%7D8738> for > the inaugural OERu > meeting<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meeting_Agenda_-_23_Feb_2011> > . > - *February 2011*: OER Foundation <http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Home>, > Otago > Polytechnic <http://wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic>, TEKRI, > Athabasca University <http://www.tekri.athabascau.ca/> and > USQ<http://wikieducator.org/USQ> coordinate > the planning of the inuagural meeting. Consult the summary and video > > recordings<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meeting_Summary_-_23_Feb_2011> > of > the OER for Assessment and Credit for Students project > meeting<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students>, > hosted at Otago Polytechnic <http://wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic> in > Dunedin on 23 February 2011. This meeting discussed and > proposed<http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meeting_Agenda_-_23_Feb_2011> > a > logic model for the OERu concept and was streamed worldwide with funding > support from > UNESCO<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31227&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html> > . > - *March 2011*: The Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research > Institute<http://www.tekri.athabascau.ca/> (TEKRI) > at Athabasca University convened the publication of the report entitled OER > University: Towards a logic model and plan for > action<http://wikieducator.org/images/c/c2/Report_OERU-Final-version.pdf>. > The report documents the planning framework for building the OER > university. > - *August 2011*: BCcampus <http://wikieducator.org/BCcampus> and the OER > Foundation <http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Home> collaborate on a SCoPE > seminar for designing OERu > credentials<http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=8953> in > preparation for the November meeting of founding anchor partners. > > > *OER Tertiary Education > Network<http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/FAQs#OER_Tertiary_Education_Network_.28OERTen.29_anchor_partners> > (OERTen) > founding anchor partners as on 1 October 2011*: > > > - Athabasca University (Canada) > - BCcampus (Canada) > - Empire State College (State University of New York, USA) > - Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (New Zealand) > - OER Foundation (International) > - Otago Polytechnic (New Zealand) > - Southern New Hampshire University (USA) > - Thomson Rivers University (Canada) > - University of South Africa (Republic of South Africa) > - University of Southern Queensland (Australia) > > *Meeting and OERu sponsors* > > > - UNESCO Office for the Pacific States > - William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. > > * > * > > -- > 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 -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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