Hi Wayne, Congratulations! This is turning into an excellent week for the OERu.
Regards, Adrian On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Wayne Mackintosh < mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > We are proud to welcome North-West University - Africa's second OERu > anchor partner. > > The North-West University <http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu/index.html> is a > multi-campus university with a footprint across two provinces in South > Africa with three campuses, fifteen faculties and more than 65,000 students. > > *"The African Continent once took the lead in the creation, preservation > and sharing of educational resources. **At the magnificent Ancient > Library of Alexandria (283 BC – 391 AD), scribes borrowed books from around > the known world, copied and returned them. This provided 'open education > resources' to the most famous thinkers of the world who flocked to > Alexandria to study. * > * > * > *In Timbuktu families wrote scrolls to preserve truths and knowledge in > arts, medicine philosophy and science. These handwritten collections of > manuscripts (13th to 20th century) were passed from generation to > generation, creating a resource with an estimated total of 700 000 works to > share with the world.* > * > * > *The North-West University, with its roots in the African continent, > regards the participation in the OERu network as the ideal opportunity for > Africa to once again be a major role player in the provision of meaningful > study opportunities to the “famous thinkers” of the world. * > * > * > *The stellar work done in Timbuktu bears testimony to the fact that we > Africans know how to preserve and repurpose educational resources! Under > the leadership of Mr Nelson Mandela, South Africa as a nation became known > as a symbol of reconciliation and sharing. South Africans know how to share > and work together today to create a better world for tomorrow.* > * > * > *The North-West University, as a provider of higher education, > participated in the building of a democratic South Africa and knows that we > have both the experience and will to make a meaningful contribution to see > the mandate of the OERu realised."* > > > A great Open Access Week celebration for the OERu family. We are > privileged to have been able to introduce a new OERu partner to our network > for each day of OA Week 2014! > > Join us <http://oeruniversity.org/> in planning sustainable education > futures. > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. > Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> > Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic > UNESCO-COL Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic & OER Foundation > 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 "OER university" group. > To post to this group, send email to oer-univers...@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > oer-university+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/oer-university?hl=en?hl=en > Visit the OER univeristy page on http://wikieducator.org/OER_university > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OER university" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to oer-university+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- 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.
