[Oer-community] A reflection

[Phil Barker]

On 15/11/2012 09:12, Albright, Susan wrote:
> 1.  An OER map could serve to educate those outside this community about the breadth and depth of the movement.
>
> 2.  There are tools such as those used by the public health community to report outbreaks, that could make self reporting possible, thereby making it easier to keep the map up to date.
Mapping the spread of OER as a contagion, I like that (there are 
parallels between the spread of disease and the spread of innovation).

A time dimension on the map would be interesting.

Phil

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