[Oer-community] OER mapping: from threads to design to fabric

[Fred Mednick]

Apologies for not having joined this fabulous and robust conversation about
OER mapping sooner.  As I read the discussion threads, I began to make
lists - which comments viewed* the OER map concept* as a *noun* and which
as a *verb*.  Seems to me that the discussion started as the former and
ended as the latter.  I found myself writing down every link I could find).

I always imagined a suction cup theory of education and development.
Someone asks for something and s/he can place a suction cup on a map and
pull out local resources in one's own backyard.  These days, all such
resources reach globally, and so we have the best of all possible worlds:
OER face to face (local) and OER support (global).

I would like to help sort through the issues presented so that the map can
work its magic and evolve over time — as noun and/or verb— and put in
motion something that can allow for a period of gathering the wool and
vetting design, then weaving it together.  I believe that, together, we can
work out the benefits and liabilities, challenges and opportunities,
languages and impacts so that this "thread" doesn't unravel.

Thanks,
-Fred

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