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Fw: [OER] Want to learn more about OERs and open licensing? Join our free online workshop
by Network of non- formal Educational institutions 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

------------------------------------------------- Jaco DU TOIT Adviser for Communication & Information UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa United Nations Avenue, UNON, Gigiri (Room C-104) P.O. Box 30592-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 (0)20 762 2346/2566 Fax +254 (0)20 762 2750 Mobile: +254 (0)728 610 912 Email:j.dutoit@unesco.org, Website: http://www.unesco-nairobi.org From:oer-forum-bounces+j.dutoit=unesco.org@lists.esn.org.za [mailto:oer-forum-bounces+j.dutoit=unesco.org@lists.esn.org.za] On Behalf Of Wayne Mackintosh Sent: Sunday, 30 September, 2012 3:10 AM To: oer-forum(a)lists.esn.org.za Subject: [OER] Want to learn more about OERs and open licensing? Join our free online workshop Another free learning opportunities to learn more about open educational resources and open licensing. Reserve your seat today. 2012 is a significant year for OER. Celebrating the recent adoption of the 2012 Paris OER Declaration at the UNESCO World congress, the OER Foundation in collaboration with the COL & UNESCO-COL Chairs in OER and Creative Commons New Zealand will host another free online workshop on OERs and open licensing. Registrations are now open. Open content licensing for educators is a free online workshop designed for educators and students who want to learn more about open education resources, copyright, and creative commons licenses. * When: 3 - 14 December 2012 * Where: Online * Cost: Free * Registration: Open -- register today Please share the gift of knowledge with friends and colleagues and invite them to register here: http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/About The course uses a number of MOOC-like features and can therefore accommodate large numbers of participants. Please spread the word through your networks. Feel free to download a poster for the OCL4Ed Workshop for local distribution. -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic Founder and elected Community Council Member, WikiEducator Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter | identi.ca Wikiblog Celebrate World Teachers' Day 5 October Take a stand for teachers! Join us in celebrating 5 October, World Teachers’ Day. Agissons pour les enseignant(e)s ! Le 5 octobre, célébrons ensemble la Journée mondiale des enseignants _______________________________________________ OER-forum mailing list OER-forum(a)lists.esn.org.za http://lists.esn.org.za/mailman/listinfo/oer-forum Unsubscribe: OER-forum-unsubscribe(a)lists.esn.org.za

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AFRINIC invites organisations in Africa to apply for the Fund for Internet Research and Education
by Davis Onsakia 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

FYI Dear Colleagues, AFRINIC invites organisations in Africa to apply for the Fund for Internet Research and Education – FIRE Award for US$ 3,000. *_Applications are open from 18 September until 19 October 2012._* The FIRE Award will be given to initiatives *"already completed or in their final implementation phase”* and aligned to the funding categories and eligibility criteria 2012. Categories 2012: *Innovation on access provision:*ICT access is a prevalent issue in the African region, especially for services that require broadband connectivity. Innovative solutions offering low cost deployment, low power consumption and low maintenance that expanded fixed and mobile access to the Internet through new forms of technical and organisational arrangements as well as improved the quality of access based on issues of accessibility, disability and linguistic diversity. *E-Development: *The development, deployment and enhancement of content, applications and solutions to support timely and relevantinformation dissemination on a large scale using a range of network infrastructures through a variety of devices. *Freedom of expression: *Initiatives related to freedom of expression, freedom of association, privacy, security, consumer’s rights, new forms of intellectual property in the digital environment, and a wider range of issues related to Internet and human rights. *In addition to the above categories there shall be a Community Choice Award category for the best social media campaign. The winner will be a project receiving the most number of votes from the community.* *For more information on the Award and application process, please visit our website: http://www.fireafrica.org/ Regards, The FIRE Program -- Ms. Babusha Radhakissoon Tel: +230 403 51 00 PR and Marketing Assistant, AFRINIC Fax: +230 466 67 58 babusha(a)afrinic.net -www.afrinic.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us at AFRINIC-17 for our Public Policy Meeting in Khartoum, Sudan, on 24 – 29 November 2012 Regards and many thanks, Davis M Onsakia 'The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.' - Maureen Dowd

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Re: [ISOC_KE] isoc Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1
by Charles Oloo 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

This is good news, but the Gov. <KBS> should escalate their acts. Two years ago I bought a phone for 4K, but dint last two hours. I tried to return it to the seller to no avail, the cops also wouldn't help. I simply threw it away. Before the announcement, how would innocent people distinguish between fake and original? I think it is unfair to switch off unless there are some plans for compensation. Why do we allow them in, in the first place? Then how can consumers seek redress in case of complaint? Do we have legal mechanisms, rather than be told to go report to KBS office to lodge complaint. What if am residing in Turkana or Mandera? Won't the cost of travel be double the cost of the phone? Can we then say that our fundamental human rights are not adequately being addressed. I think its is time order was brought in to protect the general innocent public from suffering. Charles On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 9:29 AM, <isoc-request(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > Send isoc mailing list submissions to > isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > isoc-request(a)lists.my.co.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > isoc-owner(a)lists.my.co.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of isoc digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fake phones switch-off (Liz Orembo) > 2. Re: Fake phones switch-off (Ali Hussein) > 3. Re: Fake phones switch-off (Tom Oketch) > 4. Re: Fake phones switch-off (Barrack Otieno) > 5. Re: Fake phones switch-off (Liz Orembo) > 6. Re: Fake phones switch-off (Grace Githaiga) > 7. Re: Fake phones switch-off (Ali Hussein) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 07:24:43 +0300 > From: Liz Orembo <lizorembo(a)gmail.com> > To: "isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke" <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Subject: [ISOC_KE] Fake phones switch-off > Message-ID: > <CAHHjpePxT=nOPARhLu9GEQukQWZy2J3HeV5B86wAg-StRO=_= > Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > listers, > Out of curiosity. Has anyone had his/her device locked out of the networks? > > best regards. >

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Re: [ISOC_KE] Fake phones switch-off
by Liz Orembo 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

Ali The consumer is not to blame here. If I had my phone locked out i would have no problem saying it. We all know the government should have been more responsble in preventing such a situation. best regards. On Oct 1, 2012 8:37 AM, "Ali Hussein" <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote:

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Fake phones switch-off
by Liz Orembo 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

listers, Out of curiosity. Has anyone had his/her device locked out of the networks? best regards.

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