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What are OERs?
To start, let's get to know a little bit about WikiEducator and the OER foundation: -Open Educational Resources (OERs) are educational materials which are licensed in ways that provide permissions for individuals and institutions to reuse, adapt and modify the materials for their own use. (Information that can be used by the masses that is educational, licensed and certified).
-OERs are created by everyone and are okay to be shared. This feature makes OERs a free, dynamic, and pleasant environment for people to spread their ideas, creations, knowledge and experience,... or to learn those from others.
-OERs are the inspiration and the core of action of WikiEducator. For more general information about OERs and their categories of resources, please go to
What is the significance of Open Education and the WikiEducator Project?
-The WikiEducator community is improving access to education globally by radically expanding the availability of free learning content using a mass-collaboration model of OER development. (It is a vessel and tool for OER's)
Who is the WikiEducator community?
-WikiEducator is an international community of teachers, lecturers and trainers creating OER and sharing their experiences in using OER to improve teaching and learning around the world.
Some basic headlines about WikiEducator that will shine some light on the organization
The Open Education Resource (OER) Foundation was officially launched on 17 September 2009 by Dr. Robin Day, Chair of the board of Directors of the OER Foundation to coincide with Software Freedom Day. The OER Foundation is a new not-for-profit organization that will assist education institutions in New Zealand and around the world to reduce costs through open education resources. These are materials which educators are free to reuse, adapt and modify without restriction.
Yesterday, Dr Robin Day, Chair of the Board of Directors and Deputy Chief Executive of Otago Polytechnic, signed the Cape Town Open Education Declaration on behalf of the OER Foundation marking the official launch of this new entity headquartered in Dunedin, Otago. “In education, we shouldn't lead from behind”, said Dr Day. “The OER Foundation is an open collaboration and we invite all education institutions to join us in this exciting endeavour which will produce tangible returns for all involved.”
Why choose Wikieducator?
WikiEducator was conceived as a website for educators to develop free educational content that anyone can use, modify and distribute. As the WikiEducator community has evolved, distinct uses of the site have emerged:
* Free Content development - these are the actual content pages; * Planning pages for Projects developing free educational content; * Community Network nodes which facilitate a range of free content activities; * Research projects hosted on WikiEducator.
Social Issues
The effects of computers on children
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Final Project Important Information
CIS 2 Computers and the Internet in Society FALL 2009 Final Projects Project communication, draft document sharing, revision, final submission preparation and publication.
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STRATEGY
SCHEDULE
Final Project Due Date: November 28, 2009
Group Members
Danielle Azevedo
Danielle Fee
Bao Ha
Kristina Kenna
Austin Lam
Yan Lei
Lida Sutachan
Alexander Town
