---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Franco Iacomella <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:28 PM Subject: Towards and OER university -- International open planning meeting 23 Feb and pre-meeting seminar. To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> -------- Mensaje original -------- De: Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> Hi Everyone, The OER unversity concept aims to aims to provide free learning for all students worldwide. We need your help in co-designing these futures. *Open international planning meeting for the OER university * The OER Foundation is hosting an open international planning meeting for the OER for assessment and credit for students projec <http://wikieducator.org/OACS>t scheduled for 23 February 2011 (New Zealand time).**UNESCO is sponsoring a live web steam of this open strategic meeting on the internet to enable virtual participation by education leaders and interested persons around the world. You can register remote participation on this wiki page < http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meetings#Virtual_participants>. * Pre meeting seminar* BCcampus <http://wikieducator.org/BCcampus/Case_study>, an international leader in the implementation of OER in post-secondary education and founding member of the OER Foundation is hosting the pre-meeting SCOPE seminar for the OER university concept <http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=8738> from 16 February to 2 March 2011. The first week of this seminar, is intended to generate discussion and input on the context, problem, concept, partners, and objectives of an OER university. The outputs of this seminar will provide inputs into the agenda < http://wikieducator.org/OER_for_Assessment_and_Credit_for_Students/Meeting_Agenda_-_23_Feb_2011> of the open planning meeting of 23 February 2011. The second week following the meeting will provide an opportunity for summary, follow-on discussions, and recommendations for the way forward. Paul Stacy will facilitate the OER university seminar and present the outputs of the first week during the inaugural planning meeting. 2011 will be a quantum shift year for the mainstream adoption of OER in formal education. Working together, we can make OER futures happen. Cheers Wayne -- Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and elected Community Council Member, Wikieducator <http://www.wikieducator.org%20> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | identi.ca <http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Commons Strategies Group, http://www.commonsstrategies.org/