[Oer-community] A reflection

Thu Nov 15 15:17:26 MST 2012

I 100% agree

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On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Craig Agnew <Craig.Agnew at nmit.ac.nz> wrote:

> Just to throw in my two cents...
> On a simpler level, highlighting the geographical location of where OER
> innovations are occurring could act as a catalyst for encouraging
> neighbouring (and often competing) institutions to develop their own OER
> awareness and initiatives. This can only help to grow the community.
>
>
> Craig Agnew
> Open Educational Resource Developer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca [mailto:
> oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca] On Behalf Of Albright, Susan
> Sent: Thursday, 15 November 2012 10:12 p.m.
> To: oer-community
> Cc: oer-community
> Subject: Re: [Oer-community] A reflection
>
> Just two points I would like to make:
>
> 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.
>
> Susan albright
> Director,
> Technology for learning in the health sciences Tufts university
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 14, 2012, at 11:09 PM, "Mark Bullen" <mbullen at col.org> wrote:
>
> > Helen:
> > I'm glad you asked that question because I have also been struggling
> > to understand what the practical outcome of an OER map would be, how
> > it would advance the "movement" and how it would help practitioners -
> > the teachers who are trying to locate, evaluate and integrate OER into
> > their teaching. The benefits that Susan lists all make sense to me but
> > I guess I don't fully understand what the map would actually be. Is
> > it, for example, intended to be a kind of meta-repository? I share
> > your concern about investing a lot of energy in trying to devise
> > technical solutions without a clear identification of the problem.
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> >
> > Mark Bullen, Ph.D.
> > Education Specialist - eLearning
> > Commonwealth of Learning
> > 1055 West Hastings, Suite 1200
> > Vancouver, BC, V6E 2E9
> > CANADA
> > 1 604 775 8261
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca
> > [mailto:oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca] On Behalf Of Lentell,
> > Helen M.
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 1:57 PM
> > To: oer-community
> > Subject: Re: [Oer-community] A reflection
> >
> > Dear Colleagues
> >
> > Interesting conversation. But I am reminded of a comment made some
> > years ago in the distance learning community, it was this: if
> > technology is the answer what is the question? Following on from this:
> > if mapping OERs is the answer what is the educational problem we are
> > trying to address?
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Helen
> >
> > Helen Lentell
> > University Fellow in Distance Learning Centre for Labour Market
> > Studies Ken Edwards Building University Road Leicester LE1 7RH UK
> >
> > helen.lentell at le.ac.uk
> > ________________________________________
> > From: oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca
> > [oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca] On Behalf Of Susan D'Antoni
> > [susandantoni at gmail.com]
> > Sent: 14 November 2012 17:10
> > To: oer-community at athabascau.ca
> > Subject: [Oer-community] A reflection
> >
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > This has been a most energetic start to our discussion of mapping the
> > landscape of OER initiatives.  To see this OER community spring into
> > action again is such a pleasure after being in contact with many of
> > you since 2005.
> >
> > And like our colleague, Saul Fisher, I too was at the 2002 meeting at
> > UNESCO when the Term Open Educational Resources came into being and
> > like him "find the progress in OER over the decade "beyond my wildest
> hopes".
> >
> > Maps are "powerful representations for creating, representing and
> > visualizing open knowledge" (Ale Okada) but no, there has been no
> > decision taken anywhere that we will create an OER world map (Sandra
> > Schosn concern).
> >
> > In the discussion so far, there have been a number of points made
> > about the potential benefits of a visual map of the OER landscape -
> > such as -
> >
> > *   serve as a gateway
> > *   make more initiatives visible beyond the well-known ones
> > *   identify initiatives operating in different languages
> > *   help find OER
> > *   identify the OER community
> > *   foster new collaboration and cooperative efforts
> >
> > But there have been some concerns expressed - such as -
> >
> > *   it is a big task so it needs to be a simple map
> > *   it needs to be self sustaining
> > *   It is tempting to collect too much data
> > *   it needs to be carefully structured and organized
> > *   we need to define or classify initiatives
> >
> > The point about sustainability and the need to keep it simple are good
> > points to bear in mind.  I had the privilege (because I was not
> > trained as a statistician) of working at Statistics Canada, a fine
> > statistical agency.  I learned a lot, but one thing that stuck with me
> > was the extremely high cost of collecting information and the
> > importance of "essential" data, not "nice to have".  It truly is a
> > temptation to want more and morre information.  But if we aimed to
> > describe the global OER landscape, then the amount of information to
> > begin building an OER world map might best be what we consider
> absolutely essential.  Discipline!
> >
> > Let's keep the two lists of pros and concerns in mind as we continue
> > this train of discussion.  Then let's move on to considering what
> > essential information might be for an initial mapping exercise.
> >
> > Lovely conversation,
> >
> > Susan
> >
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