Hi all,
Today I am calling for your support to the Academy of Sciencies of the Czech
Republic. The current way of the research evaluation in the Czech Republic
set AS to be closed. Me as an inhabitant of this country feel that this
country doesnt want any inteligent people, which is very sad to me.
Let me explain you in short who the problem happened. Its been about two
years, when the Research and Development Council set a new evaluation of the
Czech Research. Scientists started to be evaluated by recieving points (for
articles, projects, publications), for points there are money. At that time
Czech Academy of Sciences were protesting - this system support ordinarines
not the quality - but nothing happened. Universities started to throw up
projects and articles even to non-impacted papers to get points AS continued
in quality research, publishing articles in such papers such as Nature or
Science). Now the finall evaluation came and Czech government want to finish
all basic research wich i predominantly based on the Czech Academy of
Science. For this year the reduction of a budget should be 1 billion CZK,
the other year will be falling to 2 billions CZK, from the current budget of
5 billions CZK.
Well lost the brains, well lost personnell for Universities, well lost the
knoweledge base, well lost the contact with foreign researchers, well lost
the opportunity to have our researcher in the country. I would say to build
up the Academy of Sciences once more after 10-15 year it would cost much
more than current 5 billions CZK, and there will be still gaps in the lost
know-how.
If you will to support us (all kind of support is welcomed), visit the
Academy in Distress website: http://ohrozeni.avcr.cz/en/
Regards,
Juan de Vojníkov
Czech Wikiversity:
http://cs.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiverzita:Hlavn%C3%AD_strana
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (still a student :-):
http://www.czu.cz/en/
Hei,
FYI: I just realized that I probably have not post info about the
article in the First Monday I wrote about the experimental course we
organized on Wikiversity last year. Here are the details:
Learning in and with an open wiki project: Wikiversity’s potential in
global capacity building
by Teemu Leinonen, Tere Vadén, and Juha Suoranta
First Monday, Volume 14, Number 2 - 2 February 2009
http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArtic…
Best regards,
- Teemu
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http://www.uiah.fi/~tleinone/
+358 50 351 6796
Media Lab
http://mlab.uiah.fi
University of Art and Design Helsinki
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Hi Jim,
You can start editing right away by entering the page name that you
want into the search box and follow the instructions. The Wikiversity
regulars will handle the organisation stuff initially and you can just
watch how it is done (it is not that hard).
Regards,
H.
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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:53:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jim Miller <jimmiller5417(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Wikiversity-l] Article: Learning in and with an open
wiki project
Hi, all,
OK, I'm convinced and ready to start uploading some courses and
studies I have in mind, such as several "how to" courses:?
Use of solar energy on a low capital cost, DIY (kits plus
instructions) to produce very low cost electricity, hot and cold
water, refrigeration, distilled water, steam and heat for buildings,
agriculture and industrial processes.Use of biomas for creating
rotational horsepowerUse of solar hot air pressure to turn an air
motor to produce rotational horsepowerProduction of algae for food and
fuelWorkers' Cooperative CompaniesIntentional Communitiesmany moreWhat
is the URL and instructions on adding pages, categories, table of
contents, database, word cloud, index and version tracking?
Jim Miller
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This seems like an amazing chance for WikiProjects in almost any area.
Describe how your work supports open education, set a project with
milestones and metrics for success, and submit a grant request:
http://blogs.talis.com/education/incubator/guidelines/
SJ
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From: Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Subject: [Internal-l] Talis Incubator for Open Education funding available
To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed
subscription)" <internal-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, chapters(a)wikimedia.ch
Via the Creative Commons blog - http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/17005
Talis Incubator for Open Education
For the latest news follow us on twitter: @talisincubator
Talis understands the growing importance of the Open Education
movement and its potential impact on how education is accessed,
assessed and certified.
Aimed at individuals or small groups, the Talis Incubator for Open
Education provides angel funding and other forms of assistance for
ideas and projects that have the potential to further the cause of
Open Education through the use of technology. All we ask in return is
that you donate or ‘open source’ the intellectual property generated
back to the communities that could benefit most from your work.
The brief
1. Write a proposal outlining your Open Education related project
or idea, making a bid for funding of between £1,000 and £15,000.
2. After reviewing and making sure your proposal meets the
guidelines, submit it to incubator(a)talis.com.
3. A proposal review board made up of independent thought leaders
and Talis representatives decide which projects get funding.
4. For successful bids, Talis awards you the funds and organises
any other help you have asked for.
5. Complete the project according to the schedule outlined in your proposal.
6. Talis helps you to make sure your work is disseminated amongst
the community.
from http://blogs.talis.com/education/incubator/
they also note "We also welcome applications from outside the UK,
however we regret that we can only consider and award amounts in GBP
(£), so if you are from outside the UK please account for exchange
rate fluctuation, and make sure you can receive funds paid in GBP."
Looks a bit interesting!
cheers
Brianna
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