[Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo for All - "Open Education Award"

[Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)]

Dear Open GeoSpace, Open Minds and Open Source Folks,



A challenge. . .

Please note, this FOSS4G crystal bull is a ^matching grant^ that is challenging others to donate as well at whatever level. So, this one comes forward as long as another €200 comes in from others, whether alone or combined. Alternatively, if it is recommended to receive cash instead of a trophy, I am glad to do that instead. A €20 here-and-there adds up. Let’s recognize the best with a boost!



Please help us find organizations to donate!!! We want Charlie Schweik to have a real kitty to work with. Maria Brovelli needs help too! She is trying to make generous accommodations for students and others at the best FOSS4G yet! The website is a gorgeous start! Como should be very proud to host such an auspicious event!



A thought. . .

There is no more important profession on the planet than welcoming our children to this world we find ourselves in, and that welcome should be with the best education possible. Rewarding those who do this well, especially when they share their ‘how-to’ talents with the rest of us, is an honor we must strongly commit to.



A concern. . .

These are especially challenging trying times of a rapidly warming world that will continue to impact our ability to survive, as does the increasing concentration of wealth that wants to accelerate consumption and greatly limits democratic choices for a more sustainable future.



-Patrick



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From: Suchith Anand [mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk]
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 12:44 AM
To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); Polimi; ica-opensource at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
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Subject: Geo for All - "Open Education Award"



Hi Patrick,



Many thanks for this kind contribution to the "Open Education Award" we will give to honour and thank the greatest contributions to Open Education principles in the Geo domain. I will speak with Maria and should be able to arrange free conference registration for the winner to attend FOSS4G-Europe. As Jeff will be there at FOSS4G-E , he as the OSGeo President can directly give the award to the winner.



Best wishes,



Suchith





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From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [patrick.hogan at nasa.gov]

Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 11:07 PM

To: Polimi; Suchith Anand

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Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015): Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate



Maria and Suchith and Charlie and OSGEO Community,



If anyone else will donate to this ‘Teacher Award’

maybe to help cover their travel expenses, I am willing to ‘match’ that with one NASA crystal bull

(~€200 Euros out of my own pocket)

See it here:

http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/



But it will have different text, maybe:



              ‘YOUR NAME’

  GeoforAll Educator of the Year



-Patrick



From: Polimi [mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it]

Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 2:16 PM

To: Suchith Anand

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Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015): Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate



Yes!! Great idea!!!

Maria

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Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli

Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor Politecnico di Milano



FOSS4G EUROPE - Don't miss it!  Home<http://europe.foss4g.org/2015>





Il giorno 06/feb/2015, alle ore 21:51, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk%3cmailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>> ha scritto:

Hi Patrick,



This is great idea that  will help to further make impact in Openness in GeoEducation .



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.



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 - cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu<mailto:cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu<mailto:cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu%3cmailto:cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu>>  before 28th Feb 2015. Please note that all members of the Award Committee http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org/wiki/Ica-osgeo-isprs_award    will not be eligible even if they are running excellent programs - sorry folks :)



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.



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.



Best wishes,



Suchith

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From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [patrick.hogan at nasa.gov<mailto:patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>]

Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 7:59 PM

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Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015): Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate



Suchith,



How about an award for the best GIS course! Teachers need GIS love too!



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.



2. And maybe another category for best ^online^ GIS course (open source of course).



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.



-Patrick

(650) 604-5656 (office)

(650) 269-2788 (cell)





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Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015): Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate



OSGeo Colleagues,



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.



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.



Best wishes,



Suchith





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Subject: Re: [Open-education] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015): Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate



Hi Igor,



On behalf of "Geo for All"   http://www.geoforall.org/ 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   http://www.geoforall.org/training/  on this week.



Best wishes,



Suchith





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Subject: [Open-education] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015): Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate



Dear All



We would like to make you aware of the upcoming Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015).



Please spread the news in your networks and participate in this important event.



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Open Education Week 9-13 March 2015



Call for participation:

http://www.openeducationweek.org/call-for-participation/



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.



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.



There are many ways to contribute:



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



Web banners, posters, slide templates and other promotional materials are available on the Open Education Week Website www.openeducationweek.org<http://www.openeducationweek.org><http://www.openeducationweek.org/<http://www.openeducationweek.org%3chttp:/www.openeducationweek.org%3e%3chttp:/www.openeducationweek.org/>>.

Open Education Week is coordinated by the Open Education Consortium.



Please let us know how you'll be participating by 15 Feb 2015 so we can get the website ready.



We look forward to your participation!  Please contact us at info at openeducationweek.org<mailto:info at openeducationweek.org><mailto:info at openeducationweek.org<mailto:info at openeducationweek.org%3cmailto:info at openeducationweek.org%3e%3cmailto:info at openeducationweek.org>> if you have any questions, suggestions or feedback.



Looking forward to another successful Open Education Week!

--

Igor Lesko

Operations Manager & Open Education Specialist Open Education Consortium

Cell:+27(0)72 6130478 (Port Elizabeth, South Africa)

Skype:igor19805

Twitter:igor_lesko

http://www.oeconsortium.org/


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