[elearning] Open Content Licensing for Educators Workshop and Open Education

[Roland Gesthuizen]

This event sounds interesting, it has been given a good plug on the
national lists and now has the backing of a federal office. Open education
has a lot going for it as a model of good practice and can help us navigate
the complex licencing issues that have been raised on these lists.

The event details are from the link below. There is no cost to participate.

I am interested in what others think.

Regards Roland

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> From:   "Saab, Sylvie" <Sylvie.Saab at det.nsw.edu.au>
> Date:   Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:17:09 +0000
> Subject:   Open Content Licensing for Educators Workshop and Open
            Education

Hi All,

There has been some exciting OER activity of late:

"Open Content Licensing for Educators Workshop"

Ako Aotearoa, the OER Foundation, and Creative Commons, announce an
international professional development opportunity for all educators.

What: Open Content Licensing for Educators Workshop
Where: Online -
      http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/About
When: 23 -27 January 2012
Cost: Free
Registration:
http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/About
Facilitators:

*   Jane Hornibrook , Public Lead, Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand
*   Wayne Mackintosh, Director, OER Foundation.
*   Cable Green, Director Global Learning, Creative Commons

Open content licensing for educators is a free online workshop designed
for educators who want to learn more about open education resources,
copyright, and creative commons licenses.

The course materials were developed as a collaborative project by
volunteers from the OER Foundation <http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Home>,
WikiEducator <http://wikieducator.org/Main_Page>, the OpenCourseWare
Consortium <http://www.ocwconsortium.org/> and Creative Commons
<http://creativecommons.org/> with funding support from UNESCO.

The course will provide prerequisite knowledge required by educators to
legally remix open education materials and help institutions to take
informed decisions about open content licenses.

Visit:  http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/About

Open Education Week – Call for Participation

Join your colleagues around the world to increase understanding about
open education!

Open Education Week will take place from 5-10 March 2012 online
(www.openeducationweek.org ) and in locally hosted events around the
world.  The objective is to raise awareness of the open education
movement and open educational resources.  The OCW Consortium is
coordinating this community run event..  There is no cost to
participate.  Follow them on twitter at #openeducationwk and facebook at
facebook.com/openeducationwk.

There are several ways you and your organization can be involved:

Provide a pre-recorded informational virtual tour of your project, work,
or organization.  This should be focused on the work you’re doing in open
education, designed for a general audience.  These can be done in any
language.

Offer a webinar.  Webinars are well suited for topics of general
interest, such as what’s happening in open education in a particular area
or country, or topics that offer discussion possibilities.  Webinars can
be scheduled in any language, 24 hours a day.  We would also like to
feature question and answer sessions in a variety of languages and time
zones.

Pre-record a presentation on open education concepts.  Do you have an
inspiring presentation about open education?  Can you discuss the issues
that open education seeks to address in your country, region or
globally?  We plan to feature short, introductory overviews of open
education and OER for different audiences, such as those new to the idea,
policy makers, faculty, etc.  Presentations in any language are welcome.

Create or share text-based, downloadable information.  This should be
information on the open education movement, in any language, appropriate
to introduce the movement and its important concepts to a variety of
audiences.   Specific information on your project can be linked to from
the openeducationweek.org website.

Sponsor or host a local event during the week of 5-10 March. This could
be a community discussions, a forum on open education, a challenge and/or
a celebration.  We invite you to get creative with planning events.
Suggestions and support will be available on the open education week web
site, and the planning group is happy to work with you to create bigger
impact.

If you would like to participate, please fill out the form at:
www.openeducationweek.org , or contact the organisers at
openeducationwk at gmail.com ..

Please forward this email on to other educators such as Teachers,
Librarians and Curriculum and E learning areas who may be interested in
learning about open content licensing and open education.

Thank you.

Regards,

Sylvie Saab
National Copyright Officer, National Copyright Unit
Ministerial Council on Education, Early Childhood Development
and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA)
Level 5, 35 Bridge Street, Sydney NSW Australia 2000

t: +61 (0)2 9561 8730   f: +61 (0)2 9561 1499
e: sylvie.saab at det.nsw.edu.au

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Cheers Sylvie
Stephen Loosley


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