Well done everyone.
On 18 March 2014 14:15, Martin Poulter <infob...@gmail.com> wrote: > Following on last year's announcement of a national Open Education > declaration for Welsh Higher Education, some good news from Scotland. > The Open Scotland group acknowledge that changing practice is the real > goal and the declaration is just a starting point, but it's a significant > step. Wikimedia UK are mentioned by name. > > Acronyms: > Cetis = Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and Standards > Jisc RSC = Jisc Regional Support Centre > SQA = Scottish Qualifications Authority > ALT = Association for Learning Technology > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Lorna M Campbell <lorna.m.campb...@icloud.com> > Date: 17 March 2014 12:57 > Subject: [Open-education] Scottish Open Education Declaration > To: Open Educational Resources <oer-disc...@jiscmail.ac.uk>, > open-educat...@lists.okfn.org, Open Education Special Interest Group < > opened...@jiscmail.ac.uk>, alt-scotl...@jiscmail.ac.uk > > > Dear all, > > (Apologies for cross posting.) > > In order to coincide with Open Education Week last week the Open Scotland > initiative released a public draft of the Scottish Open Education > Declaration http://declaration.openscot.net/ Open Scotland is a a > voluntary cross sector initiative led by Cetis, SQA, Jisc RSC Scotland and > the ALT Scotland SIG, which aims to raise awareness of open education, > encourage the sharing of OER, and promote the development of open policy > and practice. > > One of the primary deliverables we agreed to produce following the Open > Scotland Summit ( > http://openscot.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/open-scotland-report-and-actions/) > held > in Edinburgh last year, was a declaration supporting open education in > Scotland based on the UNESCO Paris OER Declaration. There was general > agreement that the Paris Declaration was a "good thing" however > many participants felt it was too focused on OER and that a Scottish > declaration should encompass open education more widely. The result is > the Scottish Open Education Declaration, a draft statement adapted from the > Paris OER Declaration. > > The first draft of the Scottish Open Education Declaration has been shared > online using the CommentPress application to enable all members of the > community to add comments and feedback. We invite all those with an > interest in open education to comment on and contribute to this draft and > to encourage their colleagues to join the debate > http://declaration.openscot.net/ > > Many thanks. > Lorna > > -- Lorna M Campbell -- > Assistant Director, Cetis > Web: www.cetis.ac.uk > Blog: lornamcampbell.wordpress.com > Mail: lorna.m.campb...@icloud.com > Twitter: LornaMCampbell > Skype: lorna120768 > > > > _______________________________________________ > open-education mailing list > open-educat...@lists.okfn.org > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-education > > > > > -- > Dr Martin L Poulter > Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador, July 2013 - April 2014 > Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter > Volunteer, Wikimedia UK > http://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: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
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