[Oer-community] Revisiting the issue of collaboration
Susan D'Antoni
susandantoni at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 06:36:19 MST 2012
Dear Gema,
Thanks for your comments about organizing at the local level for creating
an OER map, and what would make sense in your context.
Best,
Susan
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Gema Santos <gemasantosh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
>
>
> Although I haven't contributed to the discussion, I’ve been following it
> and I’ve found some interesting ideas and working approaches.
>
>
> To follow up on the several messages related to how to create an OER Map,
> I agree with the concept “Crowdsourcing” as for “working communities”
> sharing information to create a list of OER initiatives. We can organize
> collaboration in a regional or national level (depending on the political
> issues as it has been mention before). I think this can be easier and more
> successful for all of us.
>
>
> In my case, for example, I could provide data from OER initiatives and OER
> materials in Catalonia and to mix this information with other colleagues
> from other *regions* of Spain (we have already networks to communicate
> each other). In Catalonia we have two levels: by one hand, the Consortium
> of Academic Libraries of Catalonia (CBUC <http://www.cbuc.cat/cbuc_en>),
> an institution itself composed from different institutions, has some
> cooperative educational repositories: as TDX <http://www.tdx.cat/> (Theses
> and Dissertations Online) or MDX <https://legacy.open.ac.uk/owa/> (Learning
> Materials Online). On the other hand, the universities members of this
> consortium and other educational institutions have their own OER
> initiatives and repositories.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
> Gema Santos-Hermosa
>
> *Phd researcher *
>
> OER and Educational repositories**
>
> *Digital librarian*
>
> Teaching&Learning Support - Information Resources Management
>
> OA&OCW
> UOC Virtual Library
> *Open University of Catalonia*
> http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/
>
>
>
> 2012/11/29 Kimberly Wescott <kjw0622 at aol.com>
>
>> Thank you, Susan. This makes a bit more sense to me now.
>>
>> Kim
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Susan D'Antoni <susandantoni at gmail.com>
>> To: oer-community <oer-community at athabascau.ca>
>> Sent: Wed, Nov 28, 2012 7:18 am
>> Subject: Re: [Oer-community] Revisiting the issue of collaboration
>>
>> 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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>> Canada
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