[Oer-community] Essential information

[Duda Nogueira]

And for those who likes open standarts, the same file as a ODT format.


Duda Nogueira
Gerente de Projetos em Tecnologia
www.dudanogueira.com.br

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On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Susan D'Antoni <susandantoni at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
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> Yesterday Simon Buckingham Shum identified two threads emerging in our
> discussion:
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> 1.   A self-sustaining geo-map serving as a gateway to link to projects.
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> 2.    A global OER discovery portal that would search /filter curriculum,
> topic, level, etc.
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> It is the geographical map we are focusing on here.  So, moving into the
> next week let us turn to the sample geographic map again.
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> One of the issues that has been raised in the discussion is what
> information would be needed for even an initial simple OER world map to be
> useful.  And what message is to be conveyed by the information.
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> Taking the sample map as it loads from
> http://oerworldmap.oerknowledgecloud.org/, the message might be the
> global nature of OER initiatives and evidence of some areas with many or
> few initiatives.
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> Qing Chen noted that maps can have layers, and that is what has been shown
> with the Filter options.
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> One of the layers in the sample map – Markers 1,2,3 – is intended to
> present three examples (of different amounts of information that could be
> associated with each institutional initiative.
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> On the map, click on the arrow in the box under Filter – then click on
> Markers 1,2,3.  This will open another layer of the map with just three
> small white markers.  Each has a different amount of information.
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>     Marker 1 is MIT, with very little information, just enough for linking
> to the institution or the project.
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>     Marker 2 is the African Virtual University, with more information such
> as contact, start date, level of education and language.
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>     Marker 3 is the UK Open University, and has the same amount of
> information as AVU, but it also has a link to a document describing the OER
> initiative – a case study, in this instance.
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> Can we turn to considering what would be really essential information –
> balancing that with the effort needed to collect it.
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> The weekend approaches so the list may quieten.  Taking this opportunity, a
> colleagues will prepare a brief summary of some of the key points discussed
> over the past week.  You will receive this by Monday.
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> This has been a rich conversation this week, thanks to all,
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> Susan
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> PS A picture of each marker in included in the attached file for anyone
> having trouble accessing the map online.
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