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

Chris Pettit cpettit at unimelb.edu.au
Sun Feb 8 00:16:06 PST 2015 

Great idea

On 8/02/2015 2:32 am, "Mueller, Thomas" <Mueller at calu.edu> wrote:

>That sounds awesome. Great idea and name
>
>Tom
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Feb 7, 2015, at 10:24 AM, Suchith Anand
>><Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> Let us make it "GeoforAll Educator of the Year"   because it is then
>>open to all educators at all levels (from Universities to School
>>Teachers and other trainers ).
>> 
>> Suchith
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Charles Schweik [cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu]
>> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 2:42 PM
>> To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
>> Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org; Polimi; Suchith Anand
>> Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015):
>>Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate
>> 
>> Hi... I like this idea, but maybe tone down the name a little? How about
>> 
>> 1)'Foss4g professor of the year'
>> 
>> Or
>> 
>> 2) 'Geoforall professor of the year'
>> 
>> Or broaden to
>> 
>> 3) 'Geoforall teacher of the year'?
>> 
>> My two cents. Cheers,
>> 
>> Charlie
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my smartphone. Please excuse typos...
>> 
>> On Feb 6, 2015 6:07 PM, "Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)"
>><patrick.hogan at nasa.gov<mailto:patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>> wrote:
>> 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’
>>  World’s Greatest GIS Professor
>> OSGEO 2015, FOSS4G Como Italy
>> 
>> -Patrick
>> 
>> From: Polimi [mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it]
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 2:16 PM
>> To: Suchith Anand
>> Cc: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX);
>>ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org>;
>>cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu<mailto:cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015):
>>Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate
>> 
>> Yes!! Great idea!!!
>> Maria
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> 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>>
>>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>  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
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
>>[patrick.hogan at nasa.gov<mailto:patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>]
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 7:59 PM
>> To: Suchith Anand;
>>ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org>
>> 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<tel:%28650%29%20604-5656> (office)
>> (650) 269-2788<tel:%28650%29%20269-2788> (cell)
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 
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>>s.osgeo.org> [mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf
>>Of Suchith Anand
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 4:08 AM
>> To: 
>>ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org>;
>>discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: open-education
>>[open-education-bounces at lists.okfn.org<mailto:open-education-bounces at list
>>s.okfn.org>] On Behalf Of Suchith Anand
>>[Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>]
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 11:59 AM
>> To: Igor Lesko; 
>>open-education at lists.okfn.org<mailto:open-education at lists.okfn.org>
>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: open-education
>>[open-education-bounces at lists.okfn.org<mailto:open-education-bounces at list
>>s.okfn.org>] On Behalf Of Igor Lesko
>>[igorlesko at oeconsortium.org<mailto:igorlesko at oeconsortium.org>]
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 11:48 AM
>> To: open-education at lists.okfn.org<mailto:open-education at lists.okfn.org>
>> 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.
>> 
>> --------------------------
>> 
>> 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.op
>>eneducationweek.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
>>@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<tel:%2B27%280%2972%206130478> (Port Elizabeth,
>>South Africa)
>> Skype:igor19805
>> Twitter:igor_lesko
>> http://www.oeconsortium.org/
>> 
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