Mission:

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Mission
Develop and share engaging online open
educational content using innovative
methodologies.
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How to share creatively?
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Creative Commons Licenses
UNU is moving towards becoming a 100 Creative
Commons licensed entity.
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You have to get creative when.......
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You want to communicate complex ideas..........
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In an engaging manner....
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But you have limited resources.....
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One answer is......
Collaboration
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Some examples
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An e-case study and video documentary collabora
tion with the University of Guadalajara
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Building courses using Wordpress
Collaboration with Oxford Brookes University,
RMIT and University of Joensuu
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Development of a web-application called
Fieldtrip..... Meso-American Network of Biotic
Resources has been involved in initial testing
A web-application
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UNU Opencourseware portal using eduCommons
Collaboration with all UNU research and training
centres/programmes
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We are motivated by the desire to....
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Collaborate with others anywhere in the
world......
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Publish from any location with Internet access
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Extend and update content at any time
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Save money (or use the funds more efficiently and
effectively)?
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We have begun to talk of a ..... Global
Learning Space
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At WSIS, Hans van Ginkel said that
a.....global learning space will evolve out of
.... online educational projects that promote
collaboration between a diverse range of
institutions.
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A Space for Global Learning

• combines global reach using modern communication
  technologies with global and local perspectives

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Hans van Ginkel also talked of a Promethean
task.......to create an Information Society
open to all...open networks, open source
software, open content, open standards...
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Perhaps through openness we can unleash
massive collaboration?
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Asia Pacific Initiative
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Two Pilot Courses

• Academic Years 2005/6 2006/7

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A Major Success FactorCross Connecting Existing
Infrastructure
ThaiSARN
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A Major Success FactorAffordable Connection Costs

• Internet Protocol (IP)
• No per minute fee
• IP vs. ISDN
• 1,000 US Per Session
• Bridging Services
• Shared Cost Options
• eCourse Management System Moodle
• Open Source No License Fee!

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Advanced Seminar in International Environmental
StudiesAcademic Year 2005/6 2006/7

• Collaborating Partners (2005/6)
• Foundation for Advanced Studies for International
  Development (FASID)
• Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
• Keio University
• National University of Samoa
• Ryukyus University
• United Nations University
• University of Hawaii
• University of the South Pacific
• Collaborating Partners (2006/7)
• Foundation for Advanced Studies for International
  Development (FASID)
• Keio University
• National University of Samoa
• Ryukyus University
• United Nations University
• University of Hawaii

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Advanced Seminar in International Environmental
StudiesAcademic Year 2005/6 2006/7

• Participating Agencies
• Aoyama Gakuin University
• Asian Development Bank
• Asian Institute for Technology
• East-West Center
• FASID
• Intl Society for Mangrove Ecosystems
• Japan Intl Cooperation Agency (JICA)
• National University of Samoa
• Pacific Is. Global Ocean Observing System
• Research Institute for Subtropics
• Ryukyus Univ. Tropical Biosphere Research Center
• Samoa Ministry of Agriculture
• Samoa Quarantine Services
• Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment
  Program (SPREP)
• The Energy Resource Institute (TERI)
• UH Center for Conservation Research Training
  Urban Regional Planning
• UNU ESDP, Media Studio, GEIC
• University of the South Pacific

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Disaster Management and Humanitarian
AssistanceAcademic Year 2006-2007

• Collaborating Partners
• National University of Samoa
• Ryukyus University
• United Nations University
• University of Hawaii
• Participating Agencies
• UN High Commissions for Refugees (UNHCR)
• School of Internet
• East-West Center
• Samoa Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment,
  Meteorology
• Tohoku University
• University of Auckland
• University of Tokyo
• UN Centre for Regional Development
• Pacific Risk Management Ohana (PRiMO)
• Asian Institute of Technology
• Kyoto University

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Widespread Participation

• (5-8) VTC Sites
• (7) Participating Educational Institutions
• (30) Lecturers from Educational, Regional and
  Intl Organizations
• (40) Active Students on each course ltRegisteredgt
• Many more participating students via video
  broadcast (AIT), and Moodle Site

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Challenges of International Collaboration and
Cooperation

• Coordinating (without Face-to-Face Mtg.)
• Achieving Consensus in a Timely Manner
• Meeting needs of Target Audience (level of
  education and relevant issues)
• Standardizing Quality and Assessment
• Intercultural Miscommunication
• Nomenclature and Taxonomy
• Scheduling (Time Zone, Semester Calendars,
  Holidays)

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Water Virtual Learning Centre
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UNU-Global Virtual University
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But this is just the start...
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Internet and Web driven changes offer new
opportunities..... if harnessed properly for
important global goals...
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.... part of the current movement promoting
openness, collaboration and sharing.......
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But for education and learning, this may be a
Pandoras box..... What will we find when we
open it.....
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All the ideas, like web 2.0, e-learning 2.0,
education 3.0 ..... sound very nice...
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But there are immense challenges...
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Breakdown of web users
Source http//www.elatable.com/blog
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This applies to wikipedia, YouTube, blogging, etc.
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How can we encourage more people students and
teachers to create collaborate contribute partic
ipate? Or are we talking about the benefits for
a relatively small group of connected, like
minded people (emergence of the creative class)?
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Be an opener of doors for such as come after
thee. Ralph Waldo Emerson (poet)?
Thank you