[Oer-community] A simple sample map to look at

[Susan D'Antoni]

Dear Colleagues,



It might he useful at this point to look at the sample map we prepared and
that was in my first message as a screen shot – while it caused a little
technical grief in loading.



But first let me give a bit of background.  For an exploration of mapping
OER, it seemed like a good idea to have a sample map.  As Patrick McAndrew
mentioned in his message, I had the privilege of spending some time at the
Open University and had a chance to learn about the work done there, and
some of the options and issues relating to mapping.  Patrick and his group,
Simon Buckingham Shum and his colleagues and Teresa Connolly raised many of
the issues that are being raised in this discussion.



The map that was developed is ONLY an example and I want to stress that.  It
is not a proposal.



The sample map was developed with Google map and with data and generous
help from the Open CourseWare Consortium (OCWC).  OCWC has an international
membership and it made a good data set for the purpose of creating an
example.



Let’s go back to the message of Kathy Nicholson of the Hewlett Foundation
(that has funded the support of this community while at UNESCO and now in
the UNESCO/COL Chair), Mary Lou Forward, Patrick McAndrew and the many
thoughts sprinkled through the the course of the week on what a map could
be useful for, and especially Helen and Mark’s comments .



Then explore the “simple sample” map at
http://oerworldmap.oerknowledgecloud.org/ .



For any of you who have trouble accessing the link, a screen shot is below.



The map represents the three categories of membership of OCWC and you can
see these by colour coding.  If you only want to see one category, such as
institutions, click on the arrow in the window under Filter.  Then click on
Institution of Higher Education – and you will only see members who are
institutions.  This gives an idea of how a classification of OER
initiatives might be presented – although there are more visual ways of
doing that.



Take a look….



Best,

Susan
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