[Ica-osgeo-labs] Africa thematic - Your ideas inputs needed

[Serena Coetzee]

Dear Suchith, thanks as always. Looking forward to working on this with Rania and Bridget. 

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On 26 Feb 2015, at 14:53, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

Colleagues, I also understand from Phillip Davis post [1] that 4000 students are enrolled for their March 2015 cohort . This is really amazing. Thanks to all colleagues in GeoAcademy for their hardwork and efforts.

"The GeoAcademy is using QGIS 2.8 to provide Massively Open Online Courses through the Canvas Network to students around the globe for free. We currently enrol 4,000 students in our March 2015 cohort"

This might be also a good opportunity for our Africa colleagues to inform educators in Africa  to make use of this as "Train the Trainer" opportunity and use the materials at https://github.com/FOSS4GAcademy  for their  teaching requirements

Best wishes,

Suchith

[1]  http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_UrbanScience_CityAnalytics

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From: ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Suchith Anand [Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 12:25 PM
To: Rania Elsayed; Bridget Fleming; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Africa thematic - Your ideas inputs needed

Hi Rania, Bridget,

Good to see these ideas  for Africa started.  I am sure our colleagues from other regions will be very happy to share their experiences with you.  It is great to hear about the teacher training initiatives in Egypt and South Africa. They are the perfect launchpads for expanding Openness in GeoEducation not just for Africa but globally and we look forward to sharing ideas and experiences.

It has been by colleagues informing others that been the key for our expansion . Conferences and events were very key to help spread the message. For example, if you look at Europe, Americas and Asia, our colleagues have been very active in presenting "Geo for All" message in all major conferences and that helped others know about the initiative and join.  All our colleagues have been doing this in their presentations etc by adding slides on the initiative and this has had a big impact. It was the reason (around 6 months back i think), that we decided to put together a master overview slide of our initiative (which can be downloaded from http://www.geoforall.org  below the map), so that everyone can make use of the slides in their presentations.

So, if you and other colleagues in Africa are presenting in any events/conferences etc please download this master slides and add few slides as relevant to your presentations at events etc and also send colleagues the website details, so they know about this initiative. Our biggest problem in Africa was that we just did not have the connections to the universities and educational  institutes etc across Africa , to get our message to colleagues there. But with you all now leading this , i am sure we will have great momentum there.

I also request all our global colleagues to  also give your ideas/suggestions on how we can all work for expanding Geoeducation opportunities in Africa to Rania, Bridget and Serena.

Best wishes,

Suchith
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From: Rania Elsayed [ranyaalsayed at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 10:47 PM
To: Bridget Fleming; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
Cc: Mohamed Gabr; Suchith Anand; Serena Coetzee
Subject: Re: Africa thematic

Hello Bridget,
happy to hear from you and to know about your efforts in teacher training initiatives in SA. we have also the same initiative in Egypt.  Indeed,  it would be good to broaden our projects and activities.
I hope that everyone in this group to share her/his ideas through Africa wiki page http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_Africa. we want this wiki page to be the first point of contact for the new members, all regional members  and others  because communication through wiki page will be easier than mailing list for us and for everyone who want to know about us and our activities. we can share our news through wiki page and mailing list also.

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Rania Elsayed <ranyaalsayed at gmail.com<mailto:ranyaalsayed at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello Bridget,
happy to hear from you and to know about your efforts in teacher training initiatives in SA. we have also the same initiative in Egypt.  Indeed,  it would be good to broaden our projects and activities.
I hope that everyone in this group to share her/his ideas through Africa wiki page http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_Africa. we want this wiki page to be the first point of contact for the new members, all regional members  and others  because communication through wiki page will be easier than mailing list for us and for everyone who want to know about us and our activities. we can share our news through wiki page and mailing list also.

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:39 PM, Bridget Fleming <bridget at afrispatial.co.za<mailto:bridget at afrispatial.co.za>> wrote:
Greeting from SA

It would be impertinent for me to suggest a strategic plan for Africa!

What I can contribute are my experience in using Open GIS resources in secondary education. What has worked and what has not.
We are involved in a number of internal projects which I am very happy to share. I am not an academic, I taught at the coal face for over 20 years and I am now a business woman. I am not affiliated with any academic institution although I have partnered with many. I am the Head of SAGTA (SA Geography Teachers’ Association) and we would be happy to broaden our teacher training initiatives. The AAG and EIS-Africa have given us wonderful support.

My networks are schools in SA, both private and public. It would be good to broaden our current projects.
May I throw one into the mix. We have a SAGTA conference outside Durban SA in August where we will be introducing QGIS to many rural schools.

Perhaps a Skype discussion to meet, discuss, share ideas and plan?
My contact details are below:

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From: Mohamed Gabr <gbrbreen1 at gmail.com<mailto:gbrbreen1 at gmail.com>>
Date: Wednesday 25 February 2015 at 8:02 PM
To: Rania Elsayed <ranyaalsayed at gmail.com<mailto:ranyaalsayed at gmail.com>>
Cc: Bridget Fleming <bridget at afrispatial.co.za<mailto:bridget at afrispatial.co.za>>, <geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org>>, <ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org>>, "serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>" <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>
Subject: Re: Africa thematic


Dear All,
I am really pleased and honored by being a member in your group. Hope I can be a good addition to your appreciated efforts.

Looking forward to meet you and ready for any efforts related to spreading our mission of OSGEO and open education efforts.

All my respect and regards :-)

Dr. Mohamed Gabr
TAWGEEH General Manager & OSGIS implementation consultant
General.manager at TAWGEEH.com<mailto:General.manager at TAWGEEH.com>
Skype: gbrbreen
00201110010199

On Feb 25, 2015 7:13 PM, "Rania Elsayed" <ranyaalsayed at gmail.com<mailto:ranyaalsayed at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello,
I want to ask you how to cooperate together? and if you have any strategic plan, ideas for Africa?


On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
Hi Rania,

For each regions, we decided to keep maximum of 3 chairs only to make it efficient. I am ccing the other chairs for Africa (Serena and Bridget ) so you get thier emails and can start collaborating. Please ask all others interested to join the mailling lists etc and start contributing thier ideas.

The details for new labs criteria etc are updated http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoforall_criteria  so you all can use the info when any universities/educational institutes are interested to join.Any info you need , feel free to contact me or send query in the mailling list.

Best wishes,

Suchith
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From: Rania Elsayed [ranyaalsayed at gmail.com<mailto:ranyaalsayed at gmail.com>]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 7:19 AM
To: Suchith Anand
Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] "Geo for All" Region wise and Subject Thematic groups established

thank you so much for your efforts in Africa region, I am pleased to coperate with Dr. Serena Coetzee and  Bridget Fleming.
kindly send me their contacts. and add Dr Mohamed Gabr as a cochair with us.


On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>> wrote:
Hi Rania,

I now got confirmation from Dr. Serena Coetzee (who established the first OSGeo lab in Africa) and  Bridget Fleming that they are happy to cochair Africa with you. I am sure with you three leading this in Africa will get good momentum for our Open Education efforts.I will send details to the list and update the website soon.

Please invite Mohamed Gabr  to join the Africa list and support you all. btw which university is Mohamed Gabr  working?

Suchith


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From: Rania Elsayed [ranyaalsayed at gmail.com<mailto:ranyaalsayed at gmail.com><mailto:ranyaalsayed at gmail.com<mailto:ranyaalsayed at gmail.com>>]
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 10:28 AM
To: Suchith Anand
Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] "Geo for All" Region wise and Subject Thematic groups established

Hello Suchith
can you add Mohamed Gabr as a cochair for Africa Region webpage, please?


On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 7:13 PM, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>>> wrote:
Colleagues,

Following Sergio's excellent suggestion and inputs from the community ,we now have "Geo for All" Region wise and Subject Thematic groups formally established. The webpages of all the 5 regional groups and subject wise thematic groups ready.

With the region wise thematic groups established, the chairs of this are now the contact points for any new labs to be established in that region to contact and the mailing list becomes the first point of contact for the new members and all regional members in the region can use the list for collaborating on regional funding calls, FOSS4G local conferences etc. They will also be the administrators of the mailing lists and they will use the wikipages to develop their ideas with inputs from all members in their groups. This way we can make sure it is scaleable and meets local/region requirements/needs. All ideas welcome.

Region wise thematic Groups

North America Region
Chairs: Helena Mitasova (USA), Charles Schweik (USA), Phillip Davis (USA)
The mail list will be geoforall-northamerica at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-northamerica at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-northamerica at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-northamerica at lists.osgeo.org>><mailto:geoforall-northamerica at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-northamerica at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-northamerica at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-northamerica at lists.osgeo.org>>>
Webpage at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_North_America


South America Region
Chairs: Sergio Acosta y Lara (Uruguay) and Silvana Camboim (Brazil)
The mail list will be geoforall-southamerica at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-southamerica at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-southamerica at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-southamerica at lists.osgeo.org>><mailto:geoforall-southamerica at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-southamerica at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-southamerica at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-southamerica at lists.osgeo.org>>>
Webpage at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_South_America


Africa Region
Chairs: Rania Elsayed Ibrahim (Egypt) and one more to be added
The mail list will be geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org>><mailto:geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-africa at lists.osgeo.org>>>
Webpage at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_Africa


Asia Region (including Australia)
Chairs: Tuong Thuy Vu (Malaysia/Vietnam) and Venkatesh Raghavan (Japan/India)
The mail list will be geoforall-asiaaustralia at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-asiaaustralia at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-asiaaustralia at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-asiaaustralia at lists.osgeo.org>><mailto:geoforall-asiaaustralia at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-asiaaustralia at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-asiaaustralia at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-asiaaustralia at lists.osgeo.org>>>
Webpage at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_Asia

Europe Region
Chairs: Maria Brovelli (Italy) and Anne Ghilsa (Germany)
The mail list will be geoforall-europe at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-europe at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-europe at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-europe at lists.osgeo.org>><mailto:geoforall-europe at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-europe at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-europe at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-europe at lists.osgeo.org>>>
Webpage at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_Europe


Subject/Language Thematics

Urban Science - City Analytics Thematic
Theme Leaders - Chris Pettit (Australia) and Patrick Hogan (USA)
geoforall-urbanscience at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-urbanscience at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-urbanscience at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-urbanscience at lists.osgeo.org>><mailto:geoforall-urbanscience at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-urbanscience at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-urbanscience at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-urbanscience at lists.osgeo.org>>>
Website at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_UrbanScience_CityAnalytics

Teacher Training & School Education thematic,
Theme Leaders - Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska (Poland)  and Adrian Manning (UK)
The  mail list will be  geoforall-teachertraining at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-teachertraining at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-teachertraining at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-teachertraining at lists.osgeo.org>><mailto:geoforall-teachertraining at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-teachertraining at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall-teachertraining at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-teachertraining at lists.osgeo.org>>>
Website at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_TeacherTraining_SchoolEducation

Spanish thematic
Theme Leaders - Sergio Acosta y Lara (Uruguay)  and Antoni Pérez Navarro (Spain)
The mail list will be geoforall-spanish at lists.osgeo.org<http://lists.osgeo.org><http://lists.osgeo.org><http://lists.osgeo.org>
Website at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_Spanish


Jeff, Anne, Jorge - as you have more knowledge on SAC etc, could you please advise me what is the best way to get all these 8 mail lists created for us for the different themes and i will do accordingly. Thanks.

Best wishes,

Suchith




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