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Anchor partner contacts

	David Bull. Director Open Access College, University of Southern Queensland, email
	Robin Day Chair, OER Foundation, New Zealand. email
	Prof Niki Davis Professor of E-Learning, University of Canterbury, email.
	Phil Ker Chief Executive, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. email
	Wayne Mackintosh Director, OER Foundation, and COL Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. email
	Professor Rory McGreal COL-UNESCO Chair for OER, Athabasca University, Canada. email
	Emeritus Professor Jim Taylor AM. Australian Digital Futures Institute, University of Southern Queensland, Australia. email
	Irwin DeVries Director, Curriculum Development, Thompson Rivers University, Canada. email
	Robert Clougherty Vice Provost for Research, Innovation, and Open Education, Empire State College, New York. email
	Prof. Sandra Wills Executive Director Learning and Teaching University of Wollongong, Australia email
	Vasi Doncheva Flexible Learning Manager, NorthTec, New Zealand. email

International volunteers

Visit this page to join our international team of volunteers

(Note the table below is a copy generated from this page)

All volunteers are requested to create a user page on WikiEducator with a short biography and link to their user page below. Please consult the help page for information on basic wiki editing or post your question here.

First name	Surname	Title	Organization	Department	Choose one or more initiatives from the OERu/Logic model	Area of interest	Volunteer time per week
Anil	Prasad	Mr.	Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP), Higher Education Department, Govt. of Kerala, India	Deputy Secretary & Head (Lifelong Learning, Trainers Training Academy and & Finance Sector Skill Courses)	Open curriculum, Open Design and development, Open Assessment Services, Open student support, Open business models	Human Resource Management, OER Development,e-Governance,Administrative Reforms, use of wiki and other social media, Skill Development	One hour per day (definitely it is not the upper limit :) )
Maria	Droujkova	Dr.	Math 2.0 Interest Group	Founder, community manager	Left column, assessment and accreditation	Peer-to-peer support, DIY U, children in higher ed, mathematics education	3 hours a week
Jyoti	Bawane	Dr.	Centre for Educational Studies, Indian Institute of Education, India	Co-ordinator of online teacher education programme, Research & Teaching	Teacher Education, Research Methods, Design & Development online courses.	Development of OERs, Networking, Web 2.0 tools	Three hours per week
Bernard	Nkuyubwatsi	Mr	Language Centre, Kigali Health Institute, Rwanda oct	Teaching	Teacher Education, project plan, Open students support	EFL education, networking,	Five hours per week
Valerie	Taylor		DeAnza College, California, USA	Teacher Education	Teacher Education, project plan, Open students support	Volunteer coordination and support	3-5 hours / week
Nellie	Deutsch	Dr.	University of Phoenix Integrating Technology and Moodle for Teachers	Professional Development	ESL/EFL/Moodle/TESOl/Teaching Methods/Research Methods/Education/Learning Theories/Teacher Development/Reading Comprehension/Academic Writing (APA)	Develop Curriculum/Assessment/Learning Strategies/Support Teachers	1-10 hours a week or more as required.
Patricia	Schlicht	Ms.	OER Foundation	Community Volunteer/ Learning4Content Coordinator/ Faciliator	Open Student support, Teacher Education	Development of OERs, Learning4Content (Teacher/ Student support), wiki use and other media (web 2.0 tools), coordination and support, networking	1-3 hours a week or more as required.
Hollis	Sankar	Mr	Ministry of Education, Trinidad and Tobago	Curriculum Coordinator-St Patrick[Ag]/Science Coordinator.	Planning and Implementation of University.	open student support, technology integration	2 hours per week
Paul	Stacey	Mr.	BCcampus	Director	Open Business Models	Student to student teaching using mobile.	2 hours per week
Lystra	Sampson-Ovid	Mrs.	Ministry of Education, Trinidad and Tobago	Director Open and Distance Learning	Learner/ tutor support, OER development,	Instructional Design for ODL,Teacher training, Technical/ Vocational Education, Agricultural Education, Copyright, integrating technology in teaching and learning	1-3 hours per week
Jim	Tittsler		OnJapan	Software Engineer	Open technology infrastructure	Online reputation awareness, ubiquitous (mobile) access	2 hours/week
Wayne	Mackintosh		OER Foundation	Director	Overall project coordination and leadership	OER, learning design, strategy development, open philanthropy	20 - 40 hours per week
Robert	Cummings	Dr.	Univ of Mississippi, USA	Volunteer	Open Education Assessment, Open Education Credentialing	OER, teaching with Wikipedia, teaching writing	2 hours/week
Su-Tuan	Lulee	MA	Center for Distance Education, Athabasca University	Student of Ed. D. in Distance Education	Open (formative) assessment	research - assessment, curriculum expand - external resources to compliment OERs	3-5 hours per week
Andreas	Link	Dr.	Learningy Agency Network	Director Innovative Learning Practices	Open curriculum, Open Design and development; Open credential services	Development of OERs, Networking, Web 2.0 tools, Life long learning	-5 hours per week
Lynda	Williams		BCIT	Instructional Designer	Fostering use of OER materials	Subject analysis, grass roots innovation, educational technology	2-5 hour per week
Sebastian	Panakal	Mr.	eSchool Kerala, India	Principal	Open curriculum, Open student support, Open business models	Human Resource Management, use of wiki and other social media	One hour per day
Joyce	McKnight	Dr.	State University of New York/Empire State College	Online course designer/supervisor, professor, online student adviser, expert in prior learning assessment	overall design of the OER-U	Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), self-directed and connected learning, course design, student support	5-15 hours per week
Ramesh	Sharma	Dr.	Institute of Distance and Continuing Education, University of Guyana	Director (Distance Education)	Open pedagogy, Open student support, Open technology infrastructure	Need Analysis, Distance and Online course design, Open student support, Open Education Assessment	3-5 hours per week
Shijna	Shijna	Mrs	Online Tutor	Teacher	Content development,Teaching online,Teacher training	Student and teacher support	3 hours per week
Randolph	Hollingsworth	Dr.	University of Kentucky, Lexington KY	Assistant Provost	Open pedagogy, Open design and development, Open community service	Open student support, Open business models	1-3 hours per week
Michael	Verhaart	Dr.	EIT Hawkes Bay, NZ.	IT Lecturer	Can be involved in all areas	Development of OERs, Learning4Content (Teacher/ Student support), wiki use and other media (web 2.0 tools), coordination and support, networking	1-3 hrs a week (as fits into my teaching commitments)
WikiRandy	Fisher	Mr.	University of Ottawa	Founder and Director	as required	as required	as required
Supten	Sarbadhikari	Prof.	Supten Institute	Manager, Community Service Learning	as required	as required	as required
Savithri	Singh	Dr.	Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi	Principal	Open curriculum, Open design and development, Open Pedagogy	OER, Training support, Development of an open community,	3-5 hours per week, could go up if required.
Jibril	TOUZI	Mr	Online Tutor	Volunteer, Facilitator	Software Development, Open Source, Web 2.0 tools for Education, Content development, Teaching online, Teacher training	Student and teacher support, Open communities	3 hours per week
Ishan	Abeywardena	Mr	Wawasan Open University	Senior Lecturer, School of Science and Technology	Open Business Models, Open ICT Infrastructure	Effective Searching and Location of OER, Virtual Collaboration, Virtual Tutorials on IT and Computer Science.	1-3 hours per week
Madhumita	Bhattacharya	Prof.	University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada	Japan Program Chair (Visitor), Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives	Organized the 1st International Conference on Innovations in Learning and Technology: Asia-Pacific Perspectives	Specialize in eLearning research, curriculum and program design and teach instructional technology courses	3-5 hrs. per week
Boris	N'DONG NGUEMA.	Mr.	e-LEAD.	Marketing and Programmes.	Open student support, Open student administration, Open pedagogy, Open community service.	e-Learning, Business Management, ICT, Social entrepreneurship.	3 - 5 hours a week.
Letare	Hemrom	Mr.	Tata Steel	Senior Associate	Instructional design, Distance education.	e-Learning, .	4 hours per week.
rwagasana	gerard	Mr.	eLearning, ICTEDU Learning Centre, Kigali, Rwanda	Director	Open curriculum, Open student support, Open Pedagogy, Open business models	OER finding, development and usage,elearning, use of wiki and other social media	Ten hours per week ) )
Bronwyn	Hegarty	Ms.	Otago Polytechnic professional website	Educational Developer	Open curriculum, Open Design and development, Open pedagogy, Open Assessment Services.	Social networked learning, mobile learning, blended, open, online and distance learning.	2-3 hours per week, possibly more.
Vasi	Doncheva	Ms.	NorthTec	Flexible Learning Manager	Open learner support, AVIs, Open learning strategy and policy development	Open curriculum, Open design and development, Open pedagogy, Open access, Social networked learning support.	8 -10 hours per week.
Pankaj	Khare	Dr.	Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India	Registrar (Admissions)	Open curriculum, Open system design and development, Learning Support	Training support, Technology Support, ODL, Development of an open community,	3 hours per week, could go up if so required.
Victor	Mensah	Mr.	Commonwealth Secretariat, CYP Africa Centre, Lusaka, Zambia	Programme Manager (Youth Enterprises and Sustainable Livelihoods)	Open curriculum, Open Design and development, Open Assessment Services, Open student support, Open business models	Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship Development, OER Development, use of wiki and other social media for education and business	As required.
Bernard	Lewis	Dr.	[T&L Support Sydney, Australia]	[Teaching and Learning Team Leader; Teacher Trainer/ Consultant]	Open Curriculum, Open Design and development, Open Pedagogy, Open business models	2.0 tools, ICAs, ICT & Digital technologies, TESOL training, ESL/EFL, IELTS, E-learning & Instructional designing	2 hours per week.
Erik	Christensen	Mr.	South Florida State College	Professor	as required - planning, design, implementation, and advocacy	Development of OER, OER advocacy, e-Learning	2 hours per week
Dan	Dubien		African Virtual University	Instructional Designer	Educational Technology and Learning Resources	STEM, Language education, Open design and development, Distance Education	3 hours per week

We are working on organizing a volunteer services page to outline volunteer opportunities, collect suggestions, work out coordination and support for volunteers and OERu projects. Please feel free to contribute. This is an open collaboration. Your input and ideas are important.