More partners interested in working, learning, building together. Truly amazing!
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Ugochukwu Ihunanya <chimmo...@gmail.com>wrote: > Brilliant, we can now sit back and enjoy knowledge with comfort, very soon > Nigeria will join. Just watch out. > > > On Friday, October 25, 2013 12:06:50 AM UTC+1, Wayne Mackintosh 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 "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. > -- -- 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.
