Would it be insane for both of you to go?
On 20 September 2013 10:38, Martin Poulter <infob...@gmail.com> wrote: > My contribution to OER13 was a presentation rather than a paper, and the > slides plus audio are at http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2286/ (Freely > licensed: ignore the Nottingham copyright statement, which is just part of > their page template). > A lot of people who attended EduWiki also attended OER13, and I think it's > important that Wikimedia is visible there to remind the sector of our > perspective and that we are involved not just in delivering content but in > the issues of educational practice that also interested them. The people > from academia who attend are the most receptive to Wikimedia and to open > education/free knowledge in general. > The topic of using open platforms to collect learning analytics is within > scope of the conference, I think, so you may want to go to OER14 as part of > your research, Simon. > There was a lot of discussion of open access to research, and its > importance to learners. The closing keynote was from the excellent Nick > Shockey of the Right to Research Coalition > http://www.righttoresearch.org/about/, (Nick also spoke at Wikimania > this year). > So the conference is a chance to influence people and to take part in > discussions that affect a lot of what we want to do. > Cheers, > > > On 19 September 2013 22:11, Simon Knight <sjgkni...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I’m sure I’ll blog about it if I attend…I make no promises on quality >> though J**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Might be informative to the list to see Martin’s comments on OER13 >> http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/04/open-educational-resources-some-reflections-on-oer-13/ >> I was actually looking to see if there was a paper too but couldn’t find >> it – Martin? I guess I also wonder what you think about how useful >> attending was/would be? **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Cheers**** >> >> Simon**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: >> wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Martin Poulter >> *Sent:* 19 September 2013 17:12 >> *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list >> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open access and open education**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I would love to return to the OER conference, and I'll have time because >> my Jisc project will be over, but it's hundreds of pounds to send a >> volunteer and I've already had a turn. Hence my raising it here.**** >> >> Simon, if you go to the Distance Education event, might you write up >> another of your excellent blog posts?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> On 19 September 2013 11:16, Jon Davies <jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk> >> wrote:**** >> >> Any volunteers -we can support with fares, hotel pens and badges etc?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> On 19 September 2013 11:14, Martin Poulter <infob...@gmail.com> wrote:*** >> * >> >> Two more items of news that may interest this list:**** >> >> The Open Educational Resources conference will be in Newcastle in April >> and it has an open call for papers until November 22nd. >> http://oer14.org/This is one of the focal points for the open education >> movement in the UK. >> **** >> >> I gave a presentation and a stall there this year and my attendance was >> supported by Wikimedia UK: >> http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/04/open-educational-resources-some-reflections-on-oer-13/ >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> International Open Access Week is from 21 to 27 October >> http://www.openaccessweek.org/events**** >> >> >> -- **** >> >> Dr Martin L Poulter >> Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador, July 2013 - March 2014**** >> >> Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter >> Volunteer, Wikimedia UK >> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter<http://uk.wikimedia.org/> >> Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter >> http://myspace.com/comapilot >> Person http://infobomb.org/**** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org**** >> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. 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