[Oer-community] Introduction to the discussion

Wed Oct 6 02:12:16 MDT 2010

Hi,

Though I enjoyed being part of this interesting group since Oct 2005, due to the nature of my profession (independent consultant) I am not able to contribute much to this group.

Hence I request you to unsubscribe me from the mailing list.

Thanks,
Dr.Kumuda Gururao
www.advisor2u.com

----- Original Message -----
From: amrita ghosh <amritaghosh4 at yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010 1:28 pm
Subject: Re: [Oer-community] Introduction to the discussion
To: oer-community at athabascau.ca

> 
> Hi, 
>  
> Can you please unsubscribe me from the mailing list? 
>  
> Thanks,
> Amrita Ghosh
> 
> --- On Wed, 10/6/10, Hédia Mhiri Sellami <hedia.mhiri at tunet.tn> wrote:
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> From: Hédia Mhiri Sellami <hedia.mhiri at tunet.tn>
> Subject: Re: [Oer-community] Introduction to the discussion
> To: oer-community at athabascau.ca
> Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 12:56 PM
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> Dear All;
>  
> It is a pleasure to be with you again.
> Kindly yours
>  
> Hédia Mhiri Sellami
> High Institut of Management of Tunis
> Tunisia
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> From: Jane Ross 
> To: Paul Lefrere ; jacques at uwm.edu 
> Cc: oer-community at athabascau.ca 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 1:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [Oer-community] Introduction to the discussion
> 
> 
> Good day to Everyone,
>  
> I want to comment on the excitement I feel about  the community of 
> practice and spirit of sharing that is obviously operative in this 
> group. With ideas and discussion building throughout the last 
> couple of days this is encouraging; holding out hopes that 'the 
> walk' will equate with 'the talk'.
>  
> The scope of these initiatives is so large, bringing opportunities 
> to work and create in ways aligned with true learning and teaching 
> -- and a welcome departure from some of the pressurized 
> recruitment/retention and profit-driven aspects of education that 
> recently seem to be growing by leaps and bounds. Much of the 
> discussion in this forum, in fact, reminds of Herman Daly and John 
> Cobb's "For the Common Good, Redirecting the Economy Toward 
> Community, the Environment and a Sustainable Future" -- the book 
> that won the "New options best political book of 1989": 
> http://www.ecobooks.com/books/comgood.htm 
> On the relational ethics side of things, the OER movement brings 
> hope and a brighter side to a global future where actions have 
> potential to supercede rhetoric and constant reinvention of wheels.
>  
> Good success to us all!
>  
> 
>  
> Jane Ross, PhD
> J. Ross Enterprises, Inc. (1986)
> Camrose, Alberta, Canada
>  
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Paul Lefrere 
> To: jacques at uwm.edu 
> Cc: oer-community at athabascau.ca 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 5:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Oer-community] Introduction to the discussion
> 
> 
> Jacques du Plessis <jacques at uwm.edu> writes:
> Hi Paul, I liked your email to Susan regarding the zero-sum issue 
> for sustainability of OER projects. This concept of sustainability 
> is something many are intrigued by, yet it is not achieved with ease.
> 
> My example is the openlanguages.net initiative. It has been 
> growing since 2004 to offer less commonly taught languages online. 
> 
> - Jacques, I like this a lot, it's a great example of OER for the 
> greater good
> 
> ...It is a modest approach, but I find it more grounded  than the 
> grant-seeing approach, ... I want to avoid financial support that 
> brings 'magic' to a project, and then the money goes away, and 
> there is not the means to maintain the 'magic' or bigness of the 
> venture. That is the dance I do not want to dance :-)
> 
> - I admire this approach, and feel that to really make a 
> difference, a project has to have its own internal "magic"; 
> winning a large grant makes some things possible, such as hiring 
> people, but when the grant expires, often the "winner" of the 
> grant is under pressure to move on to the next area where a grant 
> is available, and to stop work on any non-funded prpject no matter 
> how worthwhile it is
> 
> It is vital to think bold and beautiful and even quick, but to do 
> nothing if there is not the long-term logic factored in.
> 
> - very sensible; when the target is clear, and people work on 
> projects they are passionate about, great things can result 
> without massive funding, as with openlanguages.net and also the 
> example that Zaid gives: Salman Khan 
> (http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/12/salman-khan-uses-microsoft-
> paint-to.html )
> 
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