For anyone who's taken advantage of this, please feel free to follow me at https://mastodon.oeru.org/@stevefoerster as I am using it actively.
-=Steve=- On Sunday, July 8, 2018 at 1:09:28 AM UTC-4, Wayne Mackintosh wrote: > > Hi everyone > > The OER Foundation has set up a Mastodon instance > <https://mastodon.oeru.org/> which is a federated and open source social > networking alternative. (This short video <https://youtu.be/IPSbNdBmWKE> > provides a good overview of what Mastodon is.) > > At the OERu, we do not want any learner to be forced to use any > proprietary hosted technologies in order to participate in our learning > opportunities, and this is why we have set up an OERu instance > <https://mastodon.oeru.org/> of the Mastodon software. > > It's primarily intended to support OERu learners rather than forcing > learners to join, services like Twitter. Most conversations on our instance > will be focused on OERu and OER related topics, however as open technology, > WikiEducator users are free and most welcome to create accounts on our > instance (thanks Steve Foerster for suggesting that I post this > announcement on the WikiEd list). > > As a federated technology there are many different instances and > communities you can join with the advantage of being able to interact with > users on difference instances. > > If you need a little help in setting up an account and finding out how > Mastodon works - you can consult the OERu support site > <https://course.oeru.org/support/studying-courses/oeru-social-network/>. > > Happy tooting! > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh > Director OER Foundation and OERu facilitator > UNESCO - ICDE Chair in OER > Mastodon: @mack...@mastodon.oeru.org > > -- -- 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/d/optout.
