<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">FYI.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font face="monospace, monospace">Hilton Gibson</font></b></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Stellenbosch University Library</span><br></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><font color="#0000ee"><u><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X</a></u></font><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Mary Lou Forward</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mlforward@openedconsortium.org">mlforward@openedconsortium.org</a>></span><br>Date: 17 June 2016 at 04:48<br>Subject: [Open-education] Call for Proposals, OE Global 2017<br>To: Open Educational Resources - an online discussion forum <<a href="mailto:oer-forum@lists.esn.org.za">oer-forum@lists.esn.org.za</a>>, <a href="mailto:OPENNESS@listserv.educause.edu">OPENNESS@listserv.educause.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:OER-DISCUSS@jiscmail.ac.uk">OER-DISCUSS@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>, <a href="mailto:open-education@lists.okfn.org">open-education@lists.okfn.org</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p>The Open Education Consortium and the
University of Cape Town, hosts of the Open Education Global 2017
Conference, invite proposals for conference sessions to take place in
Cape Town, South Africa, from 8-10 March 2017. We are particularly excited to have Cape Town as the venue for the 2017 Open Education Global Conference, since it marks the 10 year anniversary of the <a href="http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/" target="_blank">Cape Town Open Education Declaration</a>, along with the 15 year anniversary of the term “Open Educational
Resources” and the 5 year anniversary of the <a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-resources/what-is-the-paris-oer-declaration/" target="_blank">Paris OER Declaration</a>. We'll have a lot to celebrate!</p>
<p>The theme of the Open Education Global 2017 Conference is<i> Open for Participation</i>.
In keeping with this theme, we welcome all proposals concerning taking an open approach in
education. This includes formal and non-formal education; primary,
secondary and higher education; open educational practices, projects,
policies, research, collaborations and impact; open data, open access,
open science, open organizations, open source software, etc. </p><p>Timeline</p><p>
</p><ul>
<li>Call for Proposals Opens: 16 June 2016</li>
<li>Submissions Due: 17 October 2016</li>
<li>Acceptance Announcements: week of 12 December 2016</li></ul><p>For the full Call for Proposals and more information about the Open Education Global Conference, please visit <a href="http://conference.oeconsortium.org/2017/call-for-proposals/" target="_blank">http://conference.oeconsortium.org/2017/call-for-proposals/</a></p><p>See you in Cape Town!</p><p>Mary Lou</p></div><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>----</div><div>Mary Lou Forward<div>Executive Director | Open Education Consortium</div><div>tel <a href="tel:%2B1%20802.347.1373" value="+18023471373" target="_blank">+1 802.347.1373</a> | mobile <a href="tel:%2B1%20603.369.8113" value="+16033698113" target="_blank">+1 603.369.8113</a></div><div><a href="http://www.openedconsortium.org" target="_blank">www.openedconsortium.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;word-wrap:break-word"><b><font size="2">Are you in the Open Education Professional Directory? </font></b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;word-wrap:break-word"><a href="http://www.oeconsortium.org/directory/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font size="2">http://www.oeconsortium.org/directory/</font></a></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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