[Oer-community] Revisiting the issue of collaboration

[Edward Cherlin]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Susan D'Antoni <susandantoni at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?

Ideally, this would be done by every Ministry or Department of
Education in every country, and in the states or provinces of large
countries such as the US, China, and India. Every international
organization should ask itself whether it would fit within its mission
to create or catalog OERs about its own subject matter or within its
member nations. Subject matter organizations for teaching, and
curriculum development organizations, likewise. Certainly the IMF and
World Bank, and the UN, combining work that I know about specifically
by UNESCO, UNICEF, UNRWA, UNDP, and so on. UNRWA in Palestinian
refugee camp schools, for example, or UNDP funding digitizing of
textbooks in Bangladesh. I suppose that Commonwealth of Learning is
the furthest advanced in this.

I recognize that there are political issues in getting countries and
other entities to do this. Providing this kind of data at every level
possible should assist in the political discussions.

> 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
>>
>> 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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