Thanks for sharing! cheers Letare On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Fabiana Kubke <mf.ku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fantastic Wayne, thanks for sharing. > Cheers > Fabiana > > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < > mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Living in New Zealand, due to our geography and international time zones >> we are very fortunate to see the future which has already happened for many >> parts of the world. However, in the case of the UNESCO World OER Congress, >> we now have the opportunity of getting back to the future of OER! >> >> It was a memorable evening for me (New Zealand time) watching the live >> stream of the World OER Congress and waking up again at 3am to watch the OER >> university team present the closing >> plenary<http://wikieducator.org/OERu_share_solutions_for_Education_for_All_at_UNESCO_World_OER_Congress> >> at >> the congress from home. >> >> Belated news, but definitely worth repeating. >> >> *Following a global consultation process, The 2012 PARIS OER >> DECLARATION<http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/Events/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf> >> has >> been approved by the UNESCO World OER congress. The next step in the >> process is to move through the formal adoption procedures by UNESCO member >> states. * >> >> Here is the link (save it as this is a significant milestone for OER.): >> >> >> http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/Events/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf >> >> On behalf of the millions of learners which the adoption of this >> declaration by governments will ultimately serve -- our thanks and >> commendation to everyone who turned the vision of the Paris OER Declaration >> into reality. >> >> The OER Foundation, WikiEducator community and the OERu anchor partners >> are well positioned to assist countries and education institutions around >> the world with the implementation of the principles contained in the >> declaration. Examples are provided below. >> >> Viva OER, Viva! >> >> Wayne >> >> *Examples of how the OER Foundation family will support the 2012 Paris >> OER Declaration* >> >> *a. Foster awareness and use of OER.* >> * >> * >> Our OER Foundation family is committed to assisting educators and >> education institutions with the mainstream adoption of OER at all levels >> and all educational sectors. Its our core mission. >> >> *b. Facilitate enabling environments for use of Information and >> Communications Technologies (ICT).* >> * >> * >> The technical infrastructure of the OER Foundation is based entirely on >> free and open source software and therefore easy to replicate in >> facilitating enabling environments for anyone who prefers co-operative >> strategies for OER implementation. >> >> Through WikiEducator we are increasing the range of OER support resources >> to improve media and information literacy for all educators worldwide. >> >> Jim Taylor, one of the thought-leaders in our OER university community, >> highlights that "*The OERu will place students at the centre of the >> educational process in such a way that they will develop learning and >> digital literacies as a solid foundation for meaningful participation >> across international boundaries in a networked world" *(see media >> release<http://wikieducator.org/OERu_share_solutions_for_Education_for_All_at_UNESCO_World_OER_Congress> >> .) >> >> *c. Reinforce the development of strategies and policies on OER* >> * >> * >> All policy documents developed through OER Foundation initiatives are >> developed transparently and published under open licenses in editable file >> formats. These policies are available for reuse and modification by anyone >> who wishes to refine and implement their own open policies. >> >> *d. Promote the understanding and use of open licensing frameworks.* >> >> This is a feature activity of the OER Foundation. Our Open Content >> Licensing for >> Educators<http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/Home> >> online >> workshops have already provided free training opportunities in open >> licensing for approximately 2000 educators from over 90 different >> countries. With acknowledgement of initial funding support from the UNESCO >> Office for the Pacific States to develop these OER course materials, the >> delivery model has been designed to scale for thousands of learners. We >> will continue to offer these free training opportunities. >> >> *f. Support capacity building for the sustainable development of quality >> learning materials* >> >> The OER Foundation hosts the Learning4Content initiative which is the >> world's largest attempt to build wiki skills for collaborative development >> of OER. We have offered free training opportunities to over 5000 educators >> from over 150 countries. We acknowledge initial funding support from the >> William and Flora Hewlett foundation, the Commonwealth of Learning and New >> Zealand Ministry of Education in supporting these efforts. >> >> The newly founded WikiEducator Open Learning Academy will continue this >> groundbreaking work as a community volunteer initiative. >> >> The OERu network and the Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER at Otago >> Polytechnic is aiming to integrate existing training courses and to develop >> new training courses in OER which will provide opportunities for formal >> academic credit towards recognised credentials. >> >> f. Foster strategic alliances for OER >> >> The OER university network <http://wikieducator.org/OERu> of anchor >> partners is a prime example of an international strategic alliance for OER. >> This is the first international innovation partnership that will be able to >> accredit OER learning in Africa, Asia, North America and Oceania. >> >> *g. Encourage research on OER* >> * >> * >> The OER Foundation community and its flagship projects provide an >> excellent international platform for research in OER. All research data >> produced by the OER Foundation projects are released under open licenses to >> support reuse and ongoing research for all in the academic who are >> interested. >> >> -- >> Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. >> Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> >> Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic >> Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic >> 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. 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