Archive - September 26, 2023

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Jennryn Wetzler (Niger) wins Catalyst Award
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Review | THE 2022 WORLD CUP IN QATAR by Steve Kaffen (Russia)

Jennryn Wetzler (Niger) wins Catalyst Award

In the news   Creative Commons is a non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. About The Catalyst Award This award is presented to an individual actively engaged in promoting the creation and implementation of OER and application Open Practices. A Catalyst is someone other than a professor/teacher that supports the ideals of the Open Education movement through their own practices and who creates engagement in Openness within an organization or community. Examples might include but are not limited to librarians, researchers, instructional designers, policymakers, or administrators. Jennryn Wetzler (Niger 2004-06) Jennryn Wetzler is the Director of Learning and Training at Creative Commons. She runs the Creative Commons Certificate program, a training in open licensing, copyright, and the ethos of our global, shared commons. She focuses on projects to increase collaboration and . . .

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Review | THE 2022 WORLD CUP IN QATAR by Steve Kaffen (Russia)

  The 2022 World Cup in Qatar by Steve Kaffen (Russia 1994-96) April 2023 $5.99 (Kindle) Reviewed by Sue Aiken (Ethiopia 1962-64) • This digital book regales us with all the beauty and memorable moments of the seventh World Cup the author attended in Qatar!  Striking photography and vivid descriptions tell the reader about the great soccer being played, upsets, a remarkable final, controversies , as well as the effort of a small Middle Eastern country.  Qatar is in the middle of a sprawling sand desert hosting perhaps the world’s most important sporting event! Having been a Saturday morning soccer mom for about 10 years of my life, but growing up completely unaware of the existence of soccer, this is truly an eye opening book told only  as someone with extensive knowledge, excitement and experience could tell.  Kaffen takes the reader along on his travel experiences ,teaching as he goes.  . . .

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