Process.arts nominated for the 2012 Education-Portal.com People's Choice Awards

UPDATE: Congratulations to Winner: African Virtual University voted the "Most Progressive" resource in the second Education-Portal.com OpenCourseWare (OCW) People's Choice Awards. process.arts are really pleased to have been Finalist in this award along side Mozilla Open Badges, read more and the Winner and Finalists here.

Process.arts is a fitting open education site for art students and teachers. Operating through the University of the Arts London, this is a place for artists to collaborate on arts practices, research and ideas. But it's also a place for the same users to collaborate on how the site functions. It's an experimental open education resource that's part formal education site and part social network. It's like a group of poets workshopping not only their art, but the workshop itself. As our voters noted, the site is 'constructed with the principles of community building in mind,' placing a high value on 'openness in informal thinking.'

Voting has been extended until 4 September so you can still vote here - https://t.co/IDcugeI5 Process.arts are really pleased to announce that process.arts.ac.uk has been nominated for the 2012 Education-Portal.com People’s Choice Award. Nominations were made by Education-Portal.com readers and other members of the free education community. The category for which process.arts have been nominated is: Most Progressive.

Please vote here (It’s easy to vote, you are not required to vote for all categories or add feedback)

Check out the nominees below. You can vote for your favorites here. Voting closes on Friday, August 31.

Short link - http://eduport.al/PMydv1

Voting will take place online from now until Friday, August 31. Anyone can vote, so we encourage you to send the ballot to your colleagues, followers and friends:

The winners of the awards will be announced on Education-Portal.com in early September, and will provide updates about the awards on their site, Facebook page and Twitter feed @EducationPortal.

Thank you

Most Progressive:

• Process Arts is an online, open educational resource from the University of the Arts London. The goal of the project is for students and staff of the university to share their daily research and knowledge. It's a format for these individuals to exchange educational materials and go beyond the traditional educational setting to expand learning abilities.
• African Virtual University, established in 1997, is an African educational resource, providing free education to individuals on that continent. The university bridges language barriers by offering multilingual materials.
• Open Badges is a Mozilla project designed to help individuals and organizations easily display badges for accomplishments that were gained outside of a traditional degree program and that wouldn't be apparent from looking at a college transcript. The program makes it easy for open educational institutions to award badges of achievement to individuals who complete open courses or gain other achievements in an open education environment.