[Oer-community] Revisiting the issue of collaboration

Tel Amiel tel.amiel at gmail.com
Tue Nov 27 12:51:17 MST 2012


hi susan,

i agree, and I think it would be useful for us to re-focus (or open up a thread) the discussion on what kinds of data/projects/initiatives/resources we want to map before (or in parallel to) discussions on meta-data and licensing.

tel

On 27/11/2012, at 17:32, Susan D'Antoni wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
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> To follow up on the several messages related to organizing collaboration for data collection, would it be feasible to consider regional or national hubs?
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> Best,
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> Susan
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> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Martins, Cecilia <CMartins at oas.org> wrote:
> Dear colleagues
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> It is really nice an encouraging seeing all the contributions and sharing experiences that have been pulled together these last days.
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> 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
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> 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
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> Cecilia
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> 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 
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> www.educoas.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,
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> Susan
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> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Tamar Lominadze <tlominadze at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> 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,
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> Tamar
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> Prof. Dr. Tamar Lominadze
> A Head of e-Learning Center
> Georgian Technical University
> Tbilisi, Georgia
> Tel. +995 5 99 181769
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> 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,
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> Susan
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