[Oer-community] A Global OER map?

[Tunde Ipaye]

Dear Susan and ALL,
I am happy to be part of this epoch making discussion.

.   Would a world map to visualize the global OER landscape be useful?
(example below created from OCWC data)

My simple answer is "Yes"  It has many advantages one of which is that
the map will help others know what is available in which country
I believe that Sandara in paragraph 3 of her contributions had made
one of the strongest cases so far  for the need for OER global map.
She said,


In my "own OER" project L3T (an open scientific textbook on e-learning
in German language, http://l3t.eu) we have co-authors from Germany,
Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands and Greek ... I don't have a clue
where to add it in your map. Personally, I live in Germany and work in
Austria. Even more important seems (for me) that this is a project in
German language. Eventually, it would be helpful for others to get an
idea about the topic and materials.

  Individuals are known to have dual-citizenships.  The project can
thus have multiple –citizenship if the global oer map comes into
effect. Second,   OER is about collaboration, hence her example gives
a lot of hope in terms of design and development of oer by citizens/
scholars from various nationalities working on same project, academics
sharing lecture notes etc on same topic, or course across the globe
thus enabling students, learners, researchers from different countries
to share, re-use and remix  ideas .   Third the issue of language
barrier, I could see Sandra’s project been translated simultaneously
into the native languages of the participants from the five countries.
Yes, a global OER map will be useful
-- 
Professor Babatunde Ipaye
Educo-Health Project
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