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

[Edward Cherlin]

I saw the colored dots as soon as I zoomed in one level.

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Tamar Lominadze <tlominadze at yahoo.com>wrote:

> 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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