Résumé: Wayne Mackintosh

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Governance for an Open Community

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Nationality

New Zealand. Born and raised in South Africa.

Place of residence

New Zealand

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Science), University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Bachelor of Education (Honours degree), University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Master of Education, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Bath, United Kingdom.
• Higher Education Diploma (Postgraduate), University of Pretoria, South Africa

Professional experience

Organisation	Positions	Dates
Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand	Director, International Centre for Open Education, Member, Board of Directors, OER Foundation.	2009 - Present
Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, Canada	Education Specialist, eLearning and ICT Policy	2006 - 2009
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand	Associate Professor and founding Director, Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning	2002 - 2006
University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa	Lecturer, Faculty of Education Professional Staff Developer, Bureau for University Teaching Head of Unisa's Central Planning Unit and Strategy Advisor, ICT Directorate	1990 - 2002
Inland Revenue Services, Department of Finance, Pretoria, South Africa	Trainer, Pretoria Training Unit	1986 - 1990
Hillview High School, Pretoria South Africa	Teacher, Commercial subjects	1985 - 1986
Goldberg Kuhn & Lanesman, Pretoria, South Africa	Auditors Clerk	1984 - 1985

Other roles and relevant experience

• Founder of WikiEducator
• Member of the Editorial Board of Open Learning
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation
• Founding project lead of eLearning XHTML Editor (Open source software project)
• Previous member of the New Zealand Ministry of Education selection panel for the Tertiary Education eLearning research fund
• Founding member and first Chair of the New Zealand University eLearning Directors
• International consultancies including UNESCO, International Monetary Fund, World Bank and COL
• Previous Deputy Chairperson, St Paulus Primary School, Board of Governors, Pretoria, South Africa
• Over 80 publications, reports and research papers.

Statement of relationships

• Member of the International Advisory Board of the WikiMedia Foundation
• Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Open Education Resource Foundation by resolution of the Council of Otago Polytechnic
• Hold wiki accounts on the English Wikipedia and English Wikiversity
• Founder and active member of the WikiEducator community
• Employed by Otago Polytechnic as founding director of the International Centre for Open Education.