[Oer-community] Oer-community my participation
Senishch Alona
alona.senishch at aalto.fi
Tue Nov 27 01:00:22 MST 2012
Dear Colleagues,
Although I haven't contributed very much to the discussion, I found it most informative and engaging. I am now travelling to Brussels for League of European Research Universities Conference on Open Access and will be back next week. If the discussion still continues I will be happy to be back on board.
With best virtual wishes,
Alona Senishch-Chmilewsky
Aalto University
University of Helsinki
Finland
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1. Re: Global Open Access Map - lessons for OER? (Susan D'Antoni)
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(glenda.cox at uct.ac.za)
3. Revised Week 2 OER mapping summary (Susan D'Antoni)
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From: "Susan D'Antoni" <susandantoni at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Oer-community] Global Open Access Map - lessons for OER?
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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:
>
>> ** ** ** ** ** **
>>
>> 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****
>>
>> *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>****
>>
>> *www.educoas.org<https://mail.oas.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://mail.oas.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.educoas.org/>
>> *****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *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?*
>> ***
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> 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>
>> 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****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> 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****
>>
>> ** **
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *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?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> 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> 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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>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> -- ****
>>
>> Susan D'Antoni****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> Advisor to the President****
>>
>> International OER Initiatives****
>>
>> ****Athabasca** **University********
>>
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>>
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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:10:56 +0000
From: glenda.cox at uct.ac.za
Subject: Re: [Oer-community] Global Open Access Map - lessons for OER?
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Hi all, I have been lurking! From a South african perspective we are very happy to collaborate in any way possible. I am about to start a PhD and a map of this kind will be so useful from a research perspective.
We are under resourced but willing!
Regards
Glenda Cox
University of Cape Town
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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:59:36 -0500
From: "Susan D'Antoni" <susandantoni at gmail.com>
Subject: [Oer-community] Revised Week 2 OER mapping summary
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Dear Colleagues,
The text below has been revised as requested by Christian "Maybe you can
add ISO metadata standard MLR (ISO/IEC 19788) to the list of focused
metadata standards, please?"
We will be giving you a URL for revised document once it is available on
the OER Knowledge Cloud for downloading if you wish.
Best,
Susan
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Stracke, Christian <
Christian.Stracke at icb.uni-due.de> wrote:
> Dear Susan and Sara,****
>
> ** **
>
> Thank you very much for this excellent overview and summary!****
>
> ** **
>
> Maybe you can add ISO metadata standard MLR (ISO/IEC 19788) to the list of
> focused metadata standards, please?****
>
> Thanks!****
>
> ** **
>
> Best****
>
> Christian****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> With best regards****
>
> ****
>
> Christian Stracke****
>
> ****
>
> ---****
>
> ****
>
> Christian M. Stracke****
>
> Convener ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36/WG5
> Chair CEN TC 353
> HR, E-Learning, Quality and Competence Development
> University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen
> Universitaetsstr. 9 (ICB)
> D-45141 Essen (Germany)
>
> Tel.: +49-(0)201-183-4410
> Fax: +49-(0)201-183-4067
> E-mail: Christian.Stracke at icb.uni-due.de
> *
> LINQ The Leading Conference for Learning Innovations and Quality
> *http://www.learning-innovations.eu
> *
> QLET for Quality in Learning, Education and Training
> *http://www.qualitydevelopment.eu
> *
> AGRICOM for Agriculture Competences in Europe
> *http://www.agriculture-competences.eu
> *
> Q.E.D. supports Quality and Standards in e-Learning
> *http://www.qed-info.de
> *
> CEN/TC 353 "ICT for Learning, Education and Training"
> *http://www.cen.eu/isss/TC_353
> *
> ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36 "IT for Learning, Education and Training"
> *http://www.sc36.org****
>
> ** **
>
> *Von:* oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca [mailto:
> oer-community-bounces at athabascau.ca] *Im Auftrag von *Susan D'Antoni
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 26. November 2012 14:49
> *An:* oer-community
> *Betreff:* [Oer-community] Week 2 OER mapping summary****
>
> ** **
>
> Dear Colleagues,****
>
> ** **
>
> The summary of Week 2 is attached in two file formats and in the text
> below. Last week the conversation went in a number of directions and
> Sara's summary captures the highlights.****
>
> ** **
>
> Best,****
>
> ** **
>
> Susan****
>
> ** **
>
> ********
>
> ** **
>
> Mapping the Landscape of OER Institutional Initiatives
> Summary of Week Two (19-24 November 2012): Could a world map be built
> collaboratively?
> Organisational approach for collaboration; Ensuring the quality of the
> information
> Prepared by Sara Frank Bristow, Salient Research****
>
> ** **
>
> This document provides an overview of key points addressed during week two
> of the Athabasca University-supported OER-mapping discussion (
> https://unescochair.athabascau.ca/oer-mapping-exercise), building on the
> interaction of the previous week (
> https://unescochair.athabascau.ca/oer-mapping-exercise/summaries/week1). *
> ***
>
> ** **
>
> Please feel free to share these summaries among colleagues and networks.**
> **
>
> ** **
>
> == 1. Why Map the OER Landscape? ==****
>
> ** **
>
> Various reasons to map the OER landscape, both geographically and
> conceptually, were identified in the first week?s discussion (see summary).
> Discussion during the second week further considered the purpose of a
> geographic map, and for whose benefit this might be undertaken. The
> following points were raised:****
>
> ** **
>
> * Different stakeholders would benefit from different approaches to OER
> mapping (e.g. geographical, conceptual and curricular)
> * A distinction must be made between ?mapping OER initiatives? and
> ?mapping OER materials? ? see below
> * Starting with a geographic map could enable information sharing for
> funders/advocates, as well as educators/content developers seeking to
> develop local networks; but might not enable resource discovery for
> teachers/learners, who are more likely to search by subject or language
> * A geographic map could serve the needs of a social network, connecting
> people to each other
> * A map could provide an introduction to and an overview of OER, and thus
> serve as a tool for advocacy
> * A number of existing digital OER content repositories exist already; a
> map could complement these and potentially interface with them, if built to
> open standards****
>
> ** **
>
> == 2. Essential Information: The Basics ==****
>
> ** **
>
> As noted above, members of the group have begun to discuss mapping both
> OER initiatives and OER materials. In revisiting this topic from week one,
> additional comments begin to sketch a classification into ?essential? and
> ?desirable? data.****
>
> ** **
>
> === 2a. Describing OER Initiatives ===****
>
> ** **
>
> This discussion has been convened around the mapping of OER initiatives.**
> **
>
> ** **
>
> Essential information:****
>
> * Initiative name
> * Initiative URL
> * Location of headquarters
> * Contact individual ****
>
> ** **
>
> Desirable information:****
>
> * Language
> * Time markers, e.g. start/end date
> * Academic level
> * Subject area
> * Seeking collaborators
> * Funder(s)****
>
> ** **
>
> === 2b. Describing OER Materials ===****
>
> ** **
>
> Although the mapping of OER materials, e.g. in a content repository, is
> outside the scope of this discussion as envisioned, some useful ideas
> emerged.****
>
> ** **
>
> Essential information:****
>
> * Title
> * URL
> * Language
> * License type
> * Academic level/subject area ****
>
> ** **
>
> Desirable information:****
>
> * Producer/Author
> * Contact individual
> * Date created
> * Format of resource
> * Technical requirements
> * Learner prerequisites
> * Related credentials****
>
> ** **
>
> == 3. Visual Presentation ==****
>
> ** **
>
> There has been limited discussion of visual approaches in addition to
> geographical mapping. The sample maps were reviewed and the following were
> noted as desirable:****
>
> ** **
>
> * Color coding
> * Ability to sort data in different ways, using different languages and
> internationally validated terminologies
> * Text-based search tools
> * Accessibility, e.g. for screen readers
> * Open tools, e.g. FOSS, Open Street Map (OSM) over proprietary ones such
> as Google Maps
> * Scalability, i.e. flexible development which will allow the map to
> expand/evolve over time****
>
> ** **
>
> == 4. Organisational Approach for Collaboration ==****
>
> ** **
>
> It may be early in the discussion to foresee an obvious route for
> organisational collaboration. Participants who address the topic are quite
> confident that a collaborative approach is needed, however. A few models
> have been suggested:****
>
> ** **
>
> * Individuals might serve as representatives for poorly represented and/or
> non-English-speaking regions, to help translate ideas and build local
> mapping networks.
> * Individuals might process data collected by other organisations, to see
> what comes of early ?sandbox? efforts.
> * Organisations already compiling OER databases might integrate
> geographical (e.g. OSM) data which could later be used for a visual mapping
> effort.
> * An organising institution might oversee ?crowdsourcing,? as described by
> representatives of the Global Open Access Map (
> http://www.openaccessmap.org).****
>
> ** **
>
> == 5. Ensuring the Quality of the Information ==****
>
> ** **
>
> The matter of data quality was addressed by only a few contributors,
> expressing concern that:****
>
> ** **
>
> * All information must be kept accurate and up-to-date.
> * New strings of data may be unreliable; it is preferable to use linked
> (existing) data as possible.****
>
> ** **
>
> == 6. Other Topics ==****
>
> ** **
>
> The following topics have received considerable attention in week two:****
>
> ** **
>
> * The benefits of using free and open standards, tools, formats, software
> and APIs, and of committing openly to using these tools.
> * The importance of metadata as it relates to digital content
> repositories, with focus on LRMI, IMS, MLR (ISO/IEC 19788) and IEE LOM.
>
> * The fact that OER might benefit from other mapping approaches, e.g.
> knowledge mapping, concept mapping and curriculum mapping.****
>
> ** **
>
> == 7. Week Two Conclusions ==****
>
> ** **
>
> In week two there has been less brainstorming than before, as the focus
> has shifted to several key concerns. There have been over 250 messages to
> the list, from over 100 contributors worldwide. Discussion largely
> continued the topics of week one. ****
>
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> This summary ? 2012 Sara Frank Bristow, Salient Research. Available under
> a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> ********
>
>
> Sara Frank Bristow****
>
> *Salient Research*****
>
> sara at salientresearch.net****
>
> Twitter:@SalientResearch****
>
> Tel. +1 303.325.6063****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
>
>
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> -- ****
>
> Susan D'Antoni****
>
> ****
>
> Advisor to the President****
>
> International OER Initiatives****
>
> Athabasca University****
>
> Canada****
>
> tel 613 232 6496****
>
> skype iiepsusan****
>
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