[Oer-community] OER World Map

[Paul Stacey]

Susan:

Susan:

I think an OER world map could be very useful, particularly if it reveals
pertinent characteristics of the OER.

A geographical map shows distinguishing attributes of a physical location -
cities, towns, roads, railways, rivers, lakes, …

An OER map could show:
- url where OER are publicly available
- OER language
- OER license (Creative Commons, public domain, …)
- quantity of OER available
- type of OER (such as courses, modules, textbooks, assessments,
simulations, …)
- academic level such as K-12, higher education, vocational trades,
workplace, …
- credential OER is part of (Bachelors, Certificate, Diploma, badge, …)
- OER fields of study such as business, health, arts, science, …
- subject area of OER within a field of study eg. Science - biology,
physics, chemistry, …

Even more useful would be an OER world map of the existing and desired
network of an OER.
This map would differentiate between:
- Single entity produced OER (MIT, UKOU, …)
- Regional consortia produced OER (Open Course Library, TESSA, ...)
- Globally developed OER (Wikieducators OCL4Ed course)
Ideally overlaid on top of this would be an indication of which OER are
seeking co-developers and which are simply being produced for others to use
without interest in co-development.
If an OER world map can lead to greater partnerships among OER
developers/users that would be a great outcome.

-- 
Paul Stacey
Creative Commons
(e) pstacey at creativecommons.org
(w) http://creativecommons.org
(me) http://creativecommons.org/staff#paulstacey
(blog) http://edtechfrontier.com
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