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

Wed Nov 14 14:27:52 MST 2012

Dear OER Colleagues,

I agree with the many ideas contributed about how a map could improve OER
accessibility and assist in efforts to educate beyond current OER
supporters. I’m also interested in how the tool can inform research,
benefit the development of new technologies and, as others have noted, lead
to improved use of metadata.

I see the map as a potential database of collective knowledge about
existing initiatives, and as a way to aggregate information (some of which
we are already collecting as a community) and enrich descriptive
information about resources/projects. A few questions of relevance include:

   - What are the audiences the OER movement is serving?
   - What models for policymaking around OER exist? Are they implemented at
   local, state, and/or national levels?
   - What best practices have emerged in OER projects? Where do gaps remain?
   - How do OER initiatives serve not only to generate, collect, and
   provide content, but also to support professional development and transform
   teaching and learning?
   - How has the OER movement evolved over time? In what ways have OER
   initiatives changed and been shaped by new technologies, processes,
   policies, and opportunities?

Here is one map ISKME developed, which isn’t about our OER work, but is an
example of how information can be shared about policy and connections
between people around projects  (it’s about state-level, college
productivity policy). *http://www.collegeproductivity.org/states*

Best,

Clare
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Clare Middleton-Detzner
Researcher
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME)
323 Harvard Avenue
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
clare at iskme.org
mobile: 415.710.2482

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Susan D'Antoni <susandantoni at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Dear colleagues,
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> It is a pleasure to be back together with old colleagues and to welcome
> new colleagues to this international group.  The focus of this discussion
> is tol think about and discuss whether the growing OER community could
> build an “OER World Map” to present a picture of the global landscape of
> OER initiatives.
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> This exploration of mapping OER initiatives is one of the main activities
> of the UNESCO/COL Chair in OER at Athabasca University in Canada.  We
> work in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair at the Open Universiteit of the
> Netherlands and our collective network of partner institutions and
> organizations.
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> Looking back ...
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> Over the past decade a global OER movement has emerged – with more and
> more initiatives in more and more countries. The OER movement began with a
> vision of sharing knowledge freely and openly. In a world where growing
> numbers of children and adults want and need to learn, whether in formal or
> informal settings, the accomplishments of the OER movement over the decade
> are a contribution.
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> A decade of development:
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> *   10 years ago, the term Open Educational Resources was coined at a
> UNESCO meeting …
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> *   7 years ago, an international OER Community was launched byUNESCO IIEP<http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/forumshome.php?queryforums_id=3> to
> raise awareness of OER and to consider some of the related issues …
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> *   5 years ago, the UNESCO IIEP OER Community ranked the priorities for
> advancing the OER movement<http://www.icde.org/Open+Educational+Resources+-+The+Way+Forward.9UFRzI16.ips> –
> and identified awareness raising, and community building and networking as
> the most important actions …
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> *   5 years ago, OECD<http://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/givingknowledgeforfreetheemergenceofopeneducationalresources.htm> reported
> on a study of the scale and scope of OER at that time …
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> *   5 years ago, the Cape Town Open Education Declaration<http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration> was
> released …
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> *   2 years ago, a UNESCO/COL Chair in OER (Athabasca University<https://unescochair.athabascau.ca/>)
> and a UNESCO Chair in OER (Open Universiteit<http://oer.unescochair-ou.nl/>)
> were awarded to act as think tanks and bridge builders, working through
> partnerships and networking …
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> *   this year in 2012, UNESCO passed the Paris OER Declaration<http://www.unesco.org/pv_obj_cache/pv_obj_id_EEF3C7E6694B8B91C31F5EA3340D484EF03A0100/filename/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf> and
> OECD released a Working Paper on Open Educational Resources<http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/fulltext/5k990rjhvtlv.pdf?expires=1352570266&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=7D1A24B993239122096EFD1EA4C4C2E7>
> .
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> In ten years, much has been accomplished.  There are many individual and
> institutional OER initiatives, discussion lists, meetings, conferences,
> groups, communities and networks.
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> A challenge ...
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> 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.
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> Our discussion ...
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> Let us consider two main questions, although there will be others:
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> 1.   Would a world map to visualize the global OER landscape be useful?
> (example below created from OCWC data)
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> 2.   Could the OER community work in collaboration to design, build and
> maintain such a map?
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> To start Week 1, let’s consider the first question --
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>      How would a visual OER world map be useful in your own setting and
> from your own perspective?
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> The floor is yours …
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> My best, Susan
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> [image: Inline image 1]
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