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

Tue Nov 27 00:13:49 MST 2012

Dear Colleagues

Unfortunately Catherine Ngugi, Saide's OER Africa Project Director is travelling at the moment but I am sure that she and the rest of the OER Africa team would support all collaborative initiatives as that has been key in the project from inception. One of the project's specific areas of collaboration is around teacher education through the African Teacher Education Network and other areas of collaboration have been in health and agriculture.  www.oerafrica.org<http://www.oerafrica.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: 26 November 2012 06:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [Oer-community] Global Open Access Map - lessons for OER?

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<mailto: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<mailto:CMartins at oas.org>> wrote:
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

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)

We would love to explore the idea of collecting information in our region collaboratively with countries and other institutions.

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

Love to continue talking with all of you and see how we collectively can make a difference

Cecilia
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From: oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca<mailto:oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca> [mailto: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?

Dear Tamar,

Which organization or institution in the region would be able to establish such a database?

Best,

Susan
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Tamar Lominadze <tlominadze at yahoo.com<mailto:tlominadze at yahoo.com>> wrote:
Dear Susan, Dear Colleagues,

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.

Kindest regards,
Tamar

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From: Susan D'Antoni <susandantoni at gmail.com<mailto:susandantoni at gmail.com>>
To: oer-community <oer-community at athabascau.ca<mailto:oer-community at athabascau.ca>>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 12:44 AM
Subject: [Oer-community] Global Open Access Map - lessons for OER?

Dear Colleagues,

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).

She spoke of "crowdsourcing" - using a form on the web page for submission of information by individuals..

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?

Best,

Susan

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Alma Swan <a.swan at talk21.com<mailto: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<http://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

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