Another End of Year list, but one which I hope you’ll take to heart: the amazing accomplishments of the volunteers running School of Open programs around the world, comprised of the Creative Commons, P2PU, Mozilla, and related open communities.
One Year On: The Journey of “Open Research”
Open Research course logo (CC-BY 4.0 OER Research Hub)
It’s now been a couple of weeks since we formally ended our four-week Open Research course on P2PU … And what a month http://schoolofopen.p2pu.org/one-year-on-the-journey-of-open-research/”>Countinue reading »
Kenya Ministry of ICT congratulates School of Open for transformative model of learning
SOO Africa Launch Nairobi / CC BY / Phillip Ranja
Today Mr. Joseph Tiampati, Principal Secretary of the Ministry of ICT of Kenya gave a speech to formally launch the School of Open Africa in Nairobi. The full text of the speech is below and also available as a Countinue reading »
Ministries of ICT, Education, & UNESCO join to formally launch School of Open Africa
As promised last week, here are the details around the formal launch event for School of Open Africa taking place in Nairobi tomorrow morning.
SOO logo here. Earth CC BY by Countinue reading »
School of Open Africa’s Launch and Future
In September, the School of Open Africa launched with nine programs distributed across four jurisdictions: Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, and South Africa. Kayode from CC Nigeria announced in the launch in August, and now we want to give you an update on how the programs (http://schoolofopen.p2pu.org/school-of-open-africas-launch-and-future/”>Countinue reading »
Copyright 4 Educators (AUS) opens for enrollment on 20 October
The National Copyright Unit (NCU) is leading a course on ‘Copyright for Educators (AUS)’ in coming weeks, which may be of interest to teachers, librarians, university students studying to become teachers, and IT managers looking to gain a bit more expertise in Australian educational copyright law.
What http://schoolofopen.p2pu.org/copyright-4-educators-aus-opens-for-enrollment-on-20-october/”>Countinue reading »
CC Tanzania launched the School of Open in style
Erasmus K. Photography / CC BY
12.09.2014 will be one of the memorable days for Creative Commons Tanzania in many years to come as they http://schoolofopen.p2pu.org/cc-tanzania-launched-the-school-of-open-in-style/”>Countinue reading »
POPJAM: School of Open Africa Kenya Event
I love this video from Khan Academy:
This formed the basis for Jamlab‘s School of Open Africa event which also doubled up as a Maker Party event. We christened the event “Popjam”.
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School of Open Africa launches in Kenya tomorrow!
Following on the heels of School of Open Africa launch events in Tanzania and Nigeria last weekend, the School of Open Kenya is hosting our own tomorrow to kick off training for four high schools in Nairobi.
(SOO logo here. Earth icon http://schoolofopen.p2pu.org/school-of-open-africa-launches-in-kenya-tomorrow/”>Countinue reading »
We filed comments yesterday in support of Net Neutrality
P2PU + School of Open filed comments yesterday in support of Net Neutrality!
You can access the full comments at http://schoolofopen.p2pu.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/P2PUSchoolofOpenNNReplyComments.pdf. It should be available on the FCC site soon. http://schoolofopen.p2pu.org/we-filed-comments-yesterday-in-support-of-net-neutrality/”>Countinue reading »