[IAEP] Call for Nomination: 2009 International MAN at eLA Awards for Exemplary Open Education Resources (OER)

Sean DALY sdaly.be at gmail.com
Wed Apr 8 08:07:01 EDT 2009


http://man.merlot.org/manela/index.html

The MERLOT Africa Network (MAN) and its network of partners present
its 2009 International MAN at eLA Awards for Exemplary Open Education
Resources (OER) Practices for Development.

These prestigious awards are presented annually to organizations,
individuals, online educational resources and authoring software tools
dedicated to advancing development in Africa, and recognize three
categories of excellence:

(1) Leadership Award to an individual or group that has made
significant advances in the understanding of the issues or innovations
surrounding OER and the OER Movement applied to development issues,
(2) Virtual Laboratory Award to exemplary teaching and learning
resources that promote inquiry-based/discovery learning,
internationalization (such as multi-lingual accessibility) and
usability,
(3) Software for OER Content Authoring Award (This may be a free or
lower cost/affordable proprietary software).

Nominations may come from any part of the world.  Preference will be
given to OER activities within the past two years. The Awards will be
presented during the 4th eLearning Africa Conference to be held in
Dakar, Senegal, on May 28-30, 2009.


HOW TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE: SUBMIT NOMINATIONS ONLINE USING OUR NOMINATION FORM
You can submit your Award Entry using our online nomination form (
http://www.manela.tsqlscripts.com ). This is the preferred method of
submission.


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