<p dir="ltr">Hi... I like this idea, but maybe tone down the name a little? How about</p>
<p dir="ltr">1)'Foss4g professor of the year' </p>
<p dir="ltr">Or</p>
<p dir="ltr">2) 'Geoforall professor of the year'</p>
<p dir="ltr">Or broaden to</p>
<p dir="ltr">3) 'Geoforall teacher of the year'?</p>
<p dir="ltr">My two cents. Cheers, </p>
<p dir="ltr">Charlie<br><br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Sent from my smartphone. Please excuse typos...</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Maria and Suchith and Charlie and OSGEO Community,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">If anyone else will donate to this ‘Teacher Award’<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">maybe to help cover their travel expenses,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I am willing to ‘match’ that with one NASA crystal bull
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">(~€200 Euros out of my own pocket)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">See it here:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/" target="_blank">http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">But it will have different text, maybe:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> ‘YOUR NAME’<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> World’s Greatest GIS Professor<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">OSGEO 2015, FOSS4G Como Italy<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>; <a href="mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu" target="_blank">cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Il giorno 06/feb/2015, alle ore 21:51, Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> ha scritto:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Patrick,<br>
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This is great idea that will help to further make impact in Openness in GeoEducation .
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Out of the 5k USD we have got allocated for ICA-OSGeo labs from OSGeo budget we have earmarked 3500 USD for website development requirements ( to be finalized with more inputs from all and OSGeo Board) and 1000 USD for NASA WW Challenge student winner teams,
so we still have 500 USD to plan some activity to further our aims.<br>
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So i suggest that we plan an award for the Course leader/Lecturer of the best Geospatial course ( online or class based) based on Open Principles . That will be a great way to honour and recognise the educators who made it possible and will be an inspiration
to others to build upon for future years. We will use the same Award Committee that we set up for the ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS student awards to decide the best course based on nominations recieved to Charlie Schweik (chair of the Award Committee) Email -
<a href="mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu" target="_blank">cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu</a> before 28th Feb 2015. Please note that all members of the Award Committee
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org/wiki/Ica-osgeo-isprs_award" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org/wiki/Ica-osgeo-isprs_award</a> will not be eligible even if they are running excellent programs - sorry folks :)<br>
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The Award will be announce on 9th March (start of Open Education Week) and given at FOSS4G Europe conference in Como. We will send a formal call on this Course leader Award soon.<br>
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We have some courses run by many universities in our list itself, so feel free to nominate those courses and we now have opportunity to recognise both the students and educators.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
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Suchith<br>
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From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov" target="_blank">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>]<br>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 7:59 PM<br>
To: Suchith Anand; <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
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Suchith,<br>
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How about an award for the best GIS course! Teachers need GIS love too!<br>
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1. This can be the complete syllabus for the class, as open source! This would allow other teachers to benefit and improve the course (still open source). The next year's award might go to who has improved that course the most! This is the beauty of open source,
we continually rise to collectively-stand on each other's shoulders. And ^all^ of our students are the beneficiaries.<br>
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2. And maybe another category for best ^online^ GIS course (open source of course).<br>
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3. And maybe an award for the best student-produced GIS app (open source). To make this a more reasonable exercise for the 'judges,' each GIS teacher would be able to submit just one of their student-team's projects, or maybe one for each class taught. That
would help improve and narrow the field of candidates.<br>
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-Patrick<br>
<a href="tel:%28650%29%20604-5656" value="+16506045656" target="_blank">(650) 604-5656</a> (office)<br>
<a href="tel:%28650%29%20269-2788" value="+16502692788" target="_blank">(650) 269-2788</a> (cell)<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a> [<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of Suchith Anand<br>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 4:08 AM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>;
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Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015): Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate<br>
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OSGeo Colleagues,<br>
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I would like to get your ideas on how we can contribute to Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015) activities to further accelerate Openness in GeoEducation. See details below.<br>
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If any of your universities are arranging local events coinciding with Open Education week, it will be great to build upon synergies. We will be arranging the March webinar of "Open Geospatial Science & Applications " webinar series on that week also.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
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Suchith<br>
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From: open-education [<a href="mailto:open-education-bounces@lists.okfn.org" target="_blank">open-education-bounces@lists.okfn.org</a>] On Behalf Of Suchith Anand [<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>]<br>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 11:59 AM<br>
To: Igor Lesko; <a href="mailto:open-education@lists.okfn.org" target="_blank">open-education@lists.okfn.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [Open-education] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015): Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate<br>
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Hi Igor,<br>
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On behalf of "Geo for All" <a href="http://www.geoforall.org/" target="_blank">http://www.geoforall.org/</a> we will actively support and participate in Open Education Week. I will inform all our colleagues on this and see if we can build synergies with the training events/workshops/webinars
planned <a href="http://www.geoforall.org/training/" target="_blank">http://www.geoforall.org/training/</a> on this week.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Suchith<br>
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From: open-education [<a href="mailto:open-education-bounces@lists.okfn.org" target="_blank">open-education-bounces@lists.okfn.org</a>] On Behalf Of Igor Lesko [<a href="mailto:igorlesko@oeconsortium.org" target="_blank">igorlesko@oeconsortium.org</a>]<br>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 11:48 AM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:open-education@lists.okfn.org" target="_blank">open-education@lists.okfn.org</a><br>
Subject: [Open-education] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015): Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate<br>
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Dear All<br>
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We would like to make you aware of the upcoming Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015).<br>
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Please spread the news in your networks and participate in this important event.<br>
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Open Education Week 9-13 March 2015<br>
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Call for participation:<br>
<a href="http://www.openeducationweek.org/call-for-participation/" target="_blank">http://www.openeducationweek.org/call-for-participation/</a><br>
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Open Education Week is an annual opportunity to raise awareness about open education and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. Open education encompasses resources, tools and practices that employ a framework of open sharing to improve educational
access and effectiveness. Participation in all events and use of all resources are free and open to everyone.<br>
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The Open Education Week Organizing Committee invites your contributions to and participation in the annual Open Education Week, featuring online and in-person events around the world.<br>
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There are many ways to contribute:<br>
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1. Submit a how-to video, inspirational talk, showcase of your open education project, or message about the impact of open education for your students or institution 2. Send links to resources that you find particularly helpful 3. Host an in-person event in
your community or on your campus 4. Run a workshop on open education (a workshop toolkit will be available to support you) 5. Offer a webinar 6. Coordinate with other organizations focused on open to broaden the scope of awareness raising 7. Hold a discussion
on an aspect of open education on the website's discussion forum 8. Promote open education week to your communities, on your website and through social media using #openeducationwk 9. Link your blog postings to the open education week website<br>
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Web banners, posters, slide templates and other promotional materials are available on the Open Education Week Website
<a href="http://www.openeducationweek.org" target="_blank">www.openeducationweek.org</a><<a href="http://www.openeducationweek.org/" target="_blank">http://www.openeducationweek.org/</a>>.<br>
Open Education Week is coordinated by the Open Education Consortium.<br>
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Please let us know how you'll be participating by 15 Feb 2015 so we can get the website ready.<br>
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We look forward to your participation! Please contact us at <a href="mailto:info@openeducationweek.org" target="_blank">
info@openeducationweek.org</a><<a href="mailto:info@openeducationweek.org" target="_blank">mailto:info@openeducationweek.org</a>> if you have any questions, suggestions or feedback.<br>
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Looking forward to another successful Open Education Week!<br>
--<br>
Igor Lesko<br>
Operations Manager & Open Education Specialist Open Education Consortium<br>
Cell:<a href="tel:%2B27%280%2972%206130478" value="+27726130478" target="_blank">+27(0)72 6130478</a> (Port Elizabeth, South Africa)<br>
Skype:igor19805<br>
Twitter:igor_lesko<br>
<a href="http://www.oeconsortium.org/" target="_blank">http://www.oeconsortium.org/</a><br>
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