[Oer-community] A reflection

[Claude Martin]

Dear colleagues,

I am no more directly involved in educational activities as a professional,
but my feeling is that in addition to the OER geography, a mapping of the
educational areas, approaches, methods and economy may be important issues
to consider and discuss.
A database is profiling behind the map.

Claude Martin-Rainaud
Le 17 nov. 2012 03:51, "Stephen Downes" <Stephen.Downes at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> a
écrit :

> I also am not sure of the purpose a map would serve. Certainly a listing
> of OER initiatives and their properties (a 'mapping') would be useful. But
> an actual map, as a visual representation, might make a good presentation
> slide, but beyond that is too static to be useful. Of course I ciuld be
> misreading the intent of the enterprise.
>
> -- Stephen
>
> "Lentell, Helen M." <hml13 at leicester.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> >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
> --
> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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