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the internet librarian

the internet librarian

[:it]Universal online access to all knowledge may not be “a goal that is going to be finished in our lifetime,” says Mr Kahle. “But if you pick a goal far enough out, people can align to it. I am not interested in building an empire. Our idea is to build the future.” [Brewster Kahle, archivist and idealist] [:]

UNESCO OER Community Awarded at eLearning Africa

UNESCO OER Community Awarded at eLearning Africa

The UNESCO OER Community received the 2008 MANeLA Leadership Award. Â It was presented at eLearning Africa last week by Moustapha Diack, Director of MERLOT Africa Network (MAN), and Gerry Hanley, Executive Director of MERLOT. The Leadership Award recognizes the Community’s “significant contribution to the global understanding of the issues and innovations surrounding OER and the OER movement”. The Merlot Africa Network (MAN) established a “MAN-eLearning Africa exemplary practice Award” to recognize exemplary OER (learning resources) and Communities of Practice….

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[OERItaly] Welcome to the workgroup about OER in Italy

[OERItaly] Welcome to the workgroup about OER in Italy

[:it]Dear Friends, thank you for accepting my invitation to join to this group. At the moment the group is closed and people could join only if they are approved. Please consider to send a short presentation about you and about your interest in this topic. The idea of starting this website is due to have a common repository for sharing ideas and materials, in order to promote the knowledge of OER in Italy. Go to Source[:]

25th April, the day of freedom

25th April, the day of freedom

[:en]Some months ago I discovered “Threadless: a Community based teeshirt company with an ongoing, open call for tee design submission” . Based on the idea of open innovation, or in other words, that the best ideas come most of the time outside your company. I like it very much: you can participate and taking advantages from the community in various ways. If you are a dress designer, you can submit your design and if it is choosen for print you…

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Designing for flexible learning practice[

Designing for flexible learning practice[

[:en]WikiEducator startetd another course todayDesigning for Flexible Learning Practice A 16 week course starting this week. The full course schedule is on the Wikied page, supported by a course blog and all participants weekly blogging. Informal participation is welcome. [:]

Learning4content workshop – Building capacity for open education together

Learning4content workshop – Building capacity for open education together

As a member of the UNESCO OER Community I have the opportunity to take part to a wiki training session promoted by the Wayne Macintosh of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL).WikiEducator Learning4Content: 25 February-7 March The UNESCO OER Community has considered the need to create resources to support local awareness raising activities to extend and build on the interaction in the Community. The set of stories that has been created is one resource. This training session can be used to…

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Creating value through digital commons[

Creating value through digital commons[

[:it]Nel seminario Creating value through digital commons che si e’ svolto al Poli il 14 novembre – il programma – ho avuto l’opportunità di ascoltare alcuni interventi molto interessanti. In particolare Jean Michelle Dalle attraverso lo studio della gestione di “bug” o meglio di “superbug” nelle community open source software e nella gestione di “wikibug” in wikipedia, ha dimostrato una differente organizzazione nei processi decisionali e cio’ che e’ emerso che in parte di tratta di processi stigmergici e in…

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CC for education

CC for education

Yesterday, Creative Commons launched its division devoted to education. ccLearn is a division of Creative Commons which is dedicated to realizing the full potential of the Internet to support open learning and open educational resources (OER). Our mission is to minimize barriers to sharing and reuse of educational materials — legal barriers, technical barriers, and social barriers. As a member of the international community started in 2004 by Susan D’Antoni, on behalf of The Virtual University of Unesco, we are…

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