[Oer-community] OER mapping - Welcome and introduction to Week 1

[Martin Hawksey]

> On 12 November 2012 13:42, Susan D'Antoni <susandantoni at gmail.com> wrote:

>> The very success of the OER movement in its growth over the decade has made it difficult to have a comprehensive overview of the various initiatives in institutions, countries and regions.  Sometimes it is even hard to know who is doing what in one’s own environment.
>> Our discussion ...
>> Let us consider two main questions, although there will be others:
>> 1.   Would a world map to visualize the global OER landscape be useful? (example below created from OCWC data)
>> 2.   Could the OER community work in collaboration to design, build and maintain such a map?
>> To start Week 1, let’s consider the first question --
>>      How would a visual OER world map be useful in your own setting and from your own perspective?

In response to Q1 I would ask how useful are similar resources like
http://newspapermap.com/ ? For me limited. I'm more interested in the
meso/micro layer of individuals/departments. Initiatives like
http://architectmap.net/ are more appealing particularly if profiles
could include resources authored and available from various locations
... essentially the http://academia.edu/ of OER

Martin
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