[Oer-community] Starting to summarize

[Edward Cherlin]

I made the suggestion that we coordinate with Gapminders.

However, of the various suggestions I have made during this
discussion, I have had no comments indicating that my messages have
even been seen, much less noticed.

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Susan D'Antoni <susandantoni at gmail.com> wrote:
> Miguel anticipated this message....
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> Dear colleagues,
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> We are now reaching the end of the period of discussion of a global mapping
> of OER initiatives.  The almost three-week discussion ranged over other
> topics as well – the importance of metadata and licensing issues stimulated
> an active exchange of information and commentary.  The importance of linking
> with the Open Access Community was also raised.
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> Judging from the conversation, there are some members of this group who feel
> there are good reasons to collect information for a database of OER
> initiatives that could then generate various visual representations, such as
> a world map.
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> To summarize some of the points that seemed to have some consensus:
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> 1   Free and Open Source Software, such as Open Street Map, should be used
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> 2   A definition is needed for OER initiatives/projects to be captured
> initially
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> 3   A format for capturing single institutional initiatives, consortia,
> networks, etc.
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> 4   Data could be collected for each OER initiative 1) on a form (such as
> the Open Access form) and 2) drawn from various registries and other
> sources.
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> 5   Limited information should be collected to allow 1) viewing the
> initiative web site for information and 2) connecting with a person for
> further information/collaboration:
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>        OER Initiative name
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>        OER Initiative web site
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>        Contact person name
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>        Contact person email
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>        Latitude and Longitude
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> 6   Organization might follow the model of the Global Open Access Map with a
> point of coordination and crowdsourcing the information through
> interested/willing groups.
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> Best,
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> Susan
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Edward Mokurai (默雷/निशब्दगर्ज/نشبدگرج) Cherlin
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