[Oer-community] Revisiting the issue of collaboration

Wed Nov 28 06:14:49 MST 2012

Dear Kim,

You are right, in this community our individual location is no limitation
to our interaction.

The interest in a geographic representation of OER initiatives has been
raised because often we do not know all initiatives in our own area - or of
all initiatives in our own language but outside our ownarea.

The idea of a local hub relates to the suggestions of several members of
this group that collecting information on OER initiatives could be of
interest and possibly more efficiently collected at the local level.

Best,
Susan

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Kimberly Wescott <kjw0622 at aol.com> wrote:

> Susan,
> I'm not sure I understand the benefit.  We are a community linked by ideas
> and initiatives, and not restricted by geographical boundaries.  I think
> that's actually our best feature.  Is this request made because some are
> considering a face-to-face initiative, or because there are specific
> regional needs that may only be met by those within the region?  If it is
> the latter, I think the best solution would a data search function that
> allows users to access by the required criterea.
> kim
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan D'Antoni <susandantoni at gmail.com>
> To: oer-community <oer-community at athabascau.ca>
> Sent: Tue, Nov 27, 2012 1:34 pm
> Subject: [Oer-community] Revisiting the issue of collaboration
>
>  Dear colleagues,
>
>  To follow up on the several messages related to organizing collaboration
> for data collection, would it be feasible to consider regional or national
> hubs?
>
>  Best,
>
>  Susan
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:51 AM, 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****
>>  ** **
>>
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Susan D'Antoni

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International OER Initiatives
Athabasca University
Canada
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