[Portugal] Fwd: Happy Year of Open 2017

[Artur Gil]

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De: Suchith Anand

Dear All,

Happy New Year 2017.  On behalf of GeoForAll community , we are very
excited to support the Year of Open  2017 and looking forward to work
with you all on expanding Open Education worldwide.

15 years ago the term “Open Educational Resources” was created, the
Budapest Open Access Initiative was launched, and the first Creative
Commons licenses were released;

10 years ago the Cape Town Open Education Declaration was written;

5 years ago the first Open Education Week took place and the first OER
World Congress was held, resulting in the Paris OER Declaration.

2017 is a great year to celebrate our achievements while making even
more people aware of the benefits of openness. That’s why we’re
calling 2017 the Year of Open, and we want the global open community
to lead the way. Here’s how:


*   Use promotional materials
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/0B-2iwGe3GdicVWZpVG9jOExoVDQ
. The more people see the Year of Open logo, the more they will want
to find out what it’s about.

  *   Get the word out about open. Write blog posts, op-eds, articles;
make videos; hold discussions with new audiences. Let everyone know
you support open by using the #yearofopen hashtag.



  *   Participate in Open Education Week
https://www.openeducationweek.org - let’s make this the biggest and
best one yet. Open Education Week is one of the key activities for
open education globally, with online and locally hosted events around
the world.  Get ideas on the website, and let us know what you’re
doing so it will appear on the Open Education Week events calendar.

The Year of Open is not just for open education; we encourage our
colleagues working in other areas of open to join with us. Look for
more information in the coming few weeks, and the official launch on
1.17.17.

Access to quality education opportunities is everyone's birthright.
Open principles  in education (open educational resources , open
standards, free and open software, open access to research
publications) are key to lower entry barriers and make sure there is
no digital divide etc. Open principles  in education are key for
breaking down the artificial barriers and rapidly bringing down the
walls of digital divide.  Caring and sharing are important values in
education  .

Education and empowerment are key for getting rid of extreme poverty
and help create digital economy opportunities also for billions of our
economically poor brothers and sisters across our planet .  Education
and empowerment of students are also key for developing creative and
open minds in students which is critical for building open innovation
and contributes to building up Open Knowledge for the benefit of the
whole society and for our future generations.So let us all  join
efforts and  work together to enable open principles in education to
help create a world that is more accessible, equitable and full of
innovation and opportunities for everyone.

Details of why this is important at

http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/07/sharing-is-caring-why-openness-is-key-for-true-empowerment-and-sustainability/

Wishing everyone  Happy New Year 2017...

Best wishes,

Suchith

Dr. Suchith Anand
http://www.geoforall.org/
http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/

GeoForAll - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science