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

[Tamar Lominadze]

Dear Susan,

I was trying to look at the sample OER map. A link is working, but it displays just Google map, without any colored information about OER. Is it a problem of my browser, or you are in the process of its development yet?

Thank you in advance for your reply.

Kindest regards,
Tamar
 
Prof. Dr. Tamar Lominadze
A Head of e-Learning Center
Georgian Technical University
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel. +995 99 181769
        +995 79 181769
Email TLominadze at yahoo.com 
            T.Lominadze at gtu.ge



________________________________
 From: Susan D'Antoni <susandantoni at gmail.com>
To: oer-community <oer-community at athabascau.ca> 
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:52 PM
Subject: [Oer-community] A simple sample map to look at
 

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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