[Oer-community] A good example of the value of visualising global data

Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wayne at gmail.com
Fri Nov 23 01:33:39 MST 2012


Without getting into the issues surrounding open data or the use of open
technologies, here is an powerful example of the value of visualising
global data.

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics have developed an interactive
global map<http://www.uis.unesco.org/EDUCATION/Pages/international-student-flow-viz.aspx>to
illustrate: Where do students go to study? Where do they come from?
based on UIS data.

See: http://goo.gl/tkzML

Choose your country and change the options.

Now imagine what we could do for OER using open data and open source
technologies.

Wayne


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