An historic event for our philanthropic OER collaboration in widening access to more affordable education especially for learners excluded from the formal education sector.
The OERu is preparing for our official launch on 1 November 2013. Sir John Daniel will officiate at the launch event during the 2nd meeting of anchor partners to be hosted at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, Canada. We will be hosting the inaugural meeting of the OERu Council of Chief Executive Officers at Kwantlen Polytechnic University on 5 November. We will also be allocating quality time to addressing the challenges associated with international course articulation at a meeting convened by the UNESCO-COL OER Chairs at the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Learning on 4 November 2013. The accolade of OERu anchor partner is reserved for recognised institutions who join our international collaboration of "like minded" institutions * before* the official launch. Our innovation partnership spans five continents representing universities and polytechnics who are working together to leverage OER for more affordable education alternatives with pathways to achieve formal academic credit. The implementation of the OERu is also a designated project of the UNESCO OER Chair network. I look forward to announcing four new university partners in the weeks leading up to our launch. Watch this space ... If your institution would like to join our efforts in responding to the challenges of social inclusion in the higher education sector as an OERu anchor partner -- you need to act fast. (For more information see: 5 Things you should know about the OER university network plan<http://wikieducator.org/images/7/7d/OERu.pdf> )*. * True to the OER Foundation's philosophy of open philanthropy, our 2nd meeting of OERu anchor partners will be streamed live with opportunities for virtual participants to contribute to our planning activities during the breakout sessions. You can register as a remote participant<http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/OERu_13.10_Meeting/Virtual_participants> to receive email updates on how to participate. Don't be missed by your absence -- help us plan for more sustainable and affordable education futures using open education approaches. -- 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. 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wikieducator+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
