Microsoft New Zealand has issued a press release announcing collaboration with the OER foundation. From the press release:
Microsoft, working alongside the Open Education Resource (OER) Foundation at Otago Polytechnic and the Ministry of Education, has produced a new, open source extension for Microsoft Word that allows documents to be saved in a Wiki-friendly format called MediaWiki, as used by the popular online encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
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Fred Benenson is announcing that the wiki conference “Wikis Take Manhattan” will be taking place this Saturday (presumably in Manhattan).
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The educational wiki site Curriki has been highlighted at The Huffington Post. The article discusses Curriki’s contribution model and available tools. From the article:
With an equal opportunity system of contributing, a quality vetting process is vital and Curriki’s review process is therefore appropriately thorough. Any content that a member uploads is first reviewed for its educational relevance. Next, a team of experienced subject matter experts review content and provide both numerical scores and detailed analysis for technical completeness, content accuracy and appropriate pedagogy.
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