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

[Hollis Sankar]

can the bangladesh site be sent  to us.? This is a good job there,
Hollis Sankar
Trinidad and Tobago


On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
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>> *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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