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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The
MERLOT Africa Network (MAN) and its network of partners announce
the</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Call-for-Nominations for the <A href=""><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">2</SPAN><SUP><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">nd</SPAN></SUP><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">
International MAN@eLA Awards</SPAN></A> for Exemplary Open Education Resources
(OER) Practices </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">for
Development. </SPAN></STRONG></FONT></P>
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class=style241><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">These prestigious awards are
presented annually to organizations, individuals, online educational resources
and authoring software tools dedicated to <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">advancing development in Africa</B>, and
recognize three categories of excellence: (1) </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=style441><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG><EM>Leadership
Award</EM></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=style241><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> to an individual or group that has made significant
advances in the understanding of the issues or innovations surrounding OER and
the OER Movement, (2) </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=style441><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG><EM>Virtual Laboratory
Award</EM></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=style241><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> to exemplary teaching and learning resources that
promote inquiry-based/discovery learning, internationalization (such as
multi-lingual accessibility) and usability, (3) </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=style441><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG><EM>Software for OER
Content Authoring Award</EM></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=style241><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (This may be a free or lower cost/affordable
proprietary software.) </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3>Entries must be received
by Thursday, April 30, 2009.</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3> <BR><BR><B>Details,
</B><BR>Go to the MAN@eLA </FONT><A
title=http://wcet.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNDU3NzgmcD0xJnU9MTAwMzEyODkxNiZsaT04NTYyOTY/index.html
target=_blank href=""><FONT size=3>website</FONT></A><FONT size=3> to see the
award criteria, application information and online nomination forms, and a list
of past recipients.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3>posted to A2K
& BOAI, AMSCIforum listservs</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3>by Arif
Jinha</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3>International
Co-Chair</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT
size=2></FONT>MAN@eLA Awards</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3>***apologies for
cross-posting</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3>on behalf of Dr. Moustapha
Diack</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=1 face=Verdana FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8"><B>Moustapha
Diack, Ph.D.</FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#808080 size=1 face=Verdana
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8"></B><BR>Depts. of Science/Math Education &
Chemistry<BR>Southern University - Baton Rouge, LA 70813<B><BR>Tel.</B> (225)
771 2028 (Office) - <B>Fax:</B> (225) 771 3992<BR>Director, MERLOT Africa
Network, <I>MAN - <A href="">http://man.merlot.org</A></I></I><BR>(President, <A
href="">Louisiana Academy of Sciences</A></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#808080
size=1 face=Verdana FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">)<BR>(Associate Editor, MERLOT
Faculty Development Board)<I><BR>For great new teaching ideas and
Conferences:<BR>MERLOT web site: <A
href="">http://www.merlot.org</A></I></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#808080 size=1
face=Verdana FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8"></I><BR>e-learning Africa Conference:
<A href="">http://www.elearning-africa.com/partner_advisory.php
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