[Oer-community] Global Open Access Map - lessons for OER?

[Susan D'Antoni]

Dear colleagues,

Would others on the African content have any comments to add to Poncelet's
about collaboration to identify OER initiatives?

Best,

Susan

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Poncelet Ileleji <pileleji at ymca.gm> wrote:

> Cecilia,
>
> Great initiative definitely by the OAS, it will be great to see the AU
> initiate something similar in Africa using our various regional blocs like
> ECOWAS, EAST AFRICA REGIONAL BLOC, SADC etc.
>
> With 53 countries including South Sudan now I presume in Africa we can
> work with the AVU and UNSECO to try and initiate an awareness program
> especially towards shared knowledge it will be great to get more insights
> from you on your thoughts on the awareness program you mentioned.
>
> Regards
>
> Poncelet
>
> On 26 November 2012 13:51, Martins, Cecilia <CMartins at oas.org> wrote:
>
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>> Dear colleagues****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> It is really nice an encouraging seeing all the contributions and sharing
>> experiences that have been pulled together these last days.****
>>
>> An unexpected trip makes it difficult for me to participate before but
>> now hopefully I can catch up****
>>
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>> When I first meet Susan last year in NY one of the topics that we
>> immediately started talking was the mapping and the concept of sharing
>> knowledge****
>>
>> Since then at the OAS **Educational Portal of the **Americas**** we have
>> been trying to spread the word to make the movement stronger in our region
>> (the 34 countries that are part of the OAS in the ****Americas****)****
>>
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>> We would love to explore the idea of collecting information in our region
>> collaboratively with countries and other institutions.****
>>
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>> We have also been discussing the possibility of an “Awareness program” in
>> our region since one of the conclusion of a virtual dialogue we had as part
>> of our Summits process last year showed that there is a tremendous need for
>> that too****
>>
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>> Love to continue talking with all of you and see how we collectively can
>> make a difference****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Cecilia****
>>
>> *Cecilia Martins*
>> Unit Chief
>> **Educational Portal of the Americas**
>> Department of Human Development, Education and Culture
>> Executive Secretariat for Integral Development *
>> Organization of American States *
>> 1889 F Street NW Washington DC 20006
>> Phone (202) 458-6334
>> Fax (202) 458-3897 *
>> **cmartins at oas.org* <cmartins at oas.org>****
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>> *From:* oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca [mailto:
>> oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca] *On Behalf Of *Susan D'Antoni
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 21, 2012 6:57 PM
>> *To:* Tamar Lominadze; oer-community
>> *Subject:* Re: [Oer-community] Global Open Access Map - lessons for OER?*
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>> Dear Tamar,****
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>> Which organization or institution in the region would be able to
>> establish such a database?****
>>
>> ** **
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>> Best,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Susan****
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Tamar Lominadze <tlominadze at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> Dear Susan, Dear Colleagues,****
>>
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>> I think that weather information is gathered locally or regionally
>> depends on a particular region. For example, for **Caucasus** it would
>> be better to establish a regional database of OER resources, because the
>> amount of local OER is not so big yet.****
>>
>> ** **
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>> Kindest regards,****
>>
>> Tamar****
>>
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>>   ****
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>>  ****
>>
>> Prof. Dr. Tamar Lominadze
>> A Head of e-Learning Center
>> ****Georgian** **Technical** **University****
>> ****Tbilisi**, **Georgia****
>> Tel. +995 5 99 181769
>>         +995 5 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 22, 2012 12:44 AM
>> *Subject:* [Oer-community] Global Open Access Map - lessons for OER?****
>>
>> ** **
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>> Dear Colleagues,****
>>
>> ** **
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>> If we are to consider the appropriate organization for creating a list of
>> all OER Institutional initiatives, ****Alma****'s message points to an
>> approach that might be appropriate for the OER community at large (not just
>> our group).  ****
>>
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>> She spoke of "crowdsourcing" - using a form on the web page for
>> submission of information by individuals..  ****
>>
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>> If we were to start to create a simple database (that could create a list
>> or a visual map) - aiming at a comprehensive list of institutional projects
>> for a start, could the information be collected and checked locally or
>> regionally, as one message suggested?****
>>
>> ** **
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>> Best,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Susan****
>>
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>> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Alma Swan <a.swan at talk21.com> wrote:****
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> Thank you, Susan, for introducing Leslie and myself. We are happy to tell
>> you a bit about our Open Access Map and how we conceived the project. The
>> map is at www.openaccessmap.org
>>
>> We wanted to create a visual representation of how Open Access is
>> progressing globally. A geographical map seemed the most appropriate way to
>> represent OA (though we will be adding a timeline when we get a bit more
>> funding). Our aim was to crowdsource the venture, so individuals can submit
>> the details of their own project, journal, repository, service, etc. We
>> have an editorial step, where Leslie or myself approves the submission:
>> often these need a bit of correction, checking or chasing up, so it is not
>> labour-free. I’m just saying that in case you envisage doing something
>> similar. The most common thing that needs completing is the georeference of
>> the submission: despite the submission page having boxes for latitude and
>> longitude, and a link to a service that provides these things for each
>> city/town in the world, many submitters leave this step out – and this
>> service they want to be represented on is a map! Ah well...
>>
>> As well as the public submissions, we draw data (daily) from a number of
>> registries, such as the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR), the
>> Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR), ROARMAP ( list of OA
>> policies) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>>
>> The data in the Map can be re-used by anyone to do research or build new
>> services. We think we’ve achieved a fairly complete representation of the
>> infrastructural elements that support progress on OA. We know, though, that
>> projects are not well-represented on the Map. This means that the record is
>> missing many of the temporary or transient initiatives that have been
>> important in forging progress.  This is a shame in the sense that the Map
>> is not able to provide a really complete picture of effort towards OA, but
>> that is an aspiration that is rather unrealistic anyway.
>>
>> Hope this is helpful in providing a snapshot of our little venture.
>>
>> ****Alma****
>>
>> ------------------------------------
>> Alma Swan, BSc, PhD, MBA
>> Director of European Advocacy Programmes, SPARC: www.arl.org/sparc
>> Director, Key Perspectives Ltd: www.keyperspectives.co.uk
>> Convenor, Enabling Open Scholarship: www.openscholarship.org
>> +44 (0)1392 879702
>> Skype: almaswan
>> http://bit.ly/aQXNEy
>>
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