[Oer-community] Closing

[Susan D'Antoni]

Dear colleagues,



We have come to the end of Week 3 and the conclusion of this discussion in
the OER community.  We had a task when we set out on this discussion – to
consider the advantages of a global mapping to list and visualize OER
initiatives, what we need to know about them, and how collaboration could
be organized.



Thank you



Thanks to all of you – you are almost 900 in number who have contributed
and followed this conversation.  You have exchanged more than 400 messages
– discussion has certainly been lively and informative, and occasionally
contentious, as a fine debate should be.



Thanks to Mary Lou Forward and the Open CourseWare Foundation for making
the data available for our sample maps and to Teresa Connolly for creating
them.



I would also like to thank the Hewlett Foundation for the years of support
of OER community interaction, first at the International Institute for
Educational Planning (IIEP), then in the Education Sector of UNESCO and now
through the network of the UNESCO Chairs in OER.  The initial vision and
leadership of Mike Smith and Cathy Casserly, and now that of Barbara Chow,
Vic Vuchic and Kathy Nicholson, have helped many of us with our OER
initiatives, building a global “OER family” over the past decade.  Much has
been accomplished in ten years.



Next steps …



1   We will be sending you all a brief summary of the discussion of the
past week as we have done for Weeks 1 and 2.



2   Then we will draw these summaries together into a draft report and
forward that to you in mid December for your review and feedback by mid
January.



3   We will be making the documentation available on the UNESCO/COL Chair
web site (https://unescochair.athabascau.ca/oer-mapping-exercise) and on
the OER Knowledge Cloud (https://oerknowledgecloud.org/).  We will also
make the archives of the discussion available.



(Please note that all problems associated with the configuration of the
Mailman list are mine, because of my worries about administrative messages
annoying the group.  As a result I moderated the discussion to avoid this.  But
within a few days the moderation finction was removed.   My worries were
unnecessary.  Everyone was very respectful in sending admin messages
directly to me.  The list itself was always open to anyone to subscribe to
without approval.)



4   Several colleagues in different regions have considered holding follow
up discussions ot the topic in their own languages and networks.  This will
be very important follow up to our international discussion.  We hope to
hear from them about their deliberations and their needs.  This feedback
will be incorporated into the final report.



5   From the ardent discussion of metadata and licenses, it is clear that
these exchanges that took place in our forum will be continued in others.  This
list will remain open for a little longer to allow you to make any
connections you wish to follow up on.



Let me close with my own personal thanks again and commitment to move
forward with the deliberations of the group about building an OER World Map.




We need only connect ...



My best wishes as always,



Susan

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Susan D'Antoni

Advisor to the President
International OER Initiatives
Athabasca University
Canada
tel 613 232 6496
skype iiepsusan
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