Sunday, October 30, 2005

International Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management I've been learning about many new worldwide projects related to open educational resources (OER) through the UNESCO conference. (And also gaining new perspectives on familiar projects such as FOSS and MIT's OCW.) Here's one very interesting project and site in Pakistan described by Fouad Riaz Bajwa . ______JH ________  We have all definitely benefited from the first session of the Internet Discussions. As we move in to the second round, I would like to introduce a small initiative in Pakistan being introduced by FOSSFP: Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan, in South Asia that intends to deliver University Level Curriculum in open content to the far off rural areas of the country and in South Asia. IIIKM-International Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management http://www.iiikm.edu.pk. IIIKM will help delivery open content based eLearning access with a special focus on gender (Women and Youth) that cannot leave their homes to attend the large university offerings as in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. The curriculum being presented in the initiative is similar to the curriculum being taught in the premier universities of Pakistan. The learning aids to this initiative also include the MIT Courseware and other sources of open content knowledge. IIIKM can be a model/pilot online institute for these discussions where we can bring knowledge and professional experiences in establishing a strong Open Content eLearning Environment. Global acceptance of the curriculum being offered through IIIKM can be recognized/accredited at various levels thus authenticating the quality of content be delivered and future employment opportunities for the stakeholder students. FOSSFP encourages the global community to join hands with us in making IIIKM a success and an opportunity to share knowledge and network together to make this initiative from a developing country a successful open content eLearning example for others to follow and build upon. Regards. --------------------------- Fouad Riaz Bajwa General Secretary FOSSFP: Free & Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan ® FOSSAC ' 2006 Secretariat Punjab University College of Information Technology University of The Punjab, Allama Iqbal (Old) Campus The Mall, Lahore-54000, Pakistan e-mail: bajwa@fossfp.org Lahore-Pakistan. URL: www.fossfp.org Ubuntu-Pakistan URL: www.ubuntu-pk.org ----------------------------- 9:21:55 AM    COMMENT []