[Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Gautam John
Hello! I'm trying to write a piece on Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India and am asking for your help. Open Content is defined as: Reuse - the right to reuse the content in its unaltered / verbatim form (e.g., make a backup copy of the content) Revise - the right to adapt,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Prashanth NS
Things that came to my mind (you might have already considered these) 1) Digital library of India - http://www.dli.ernet.in/ 2) What about resources on the IGNOU website? I remember reading some effort on their part to make available their courseware freely (not sure what this free meant

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Gautam John
On 18 June 2012 11:56, Prashanth NS prashanth...@gmail.com wrote: Things that came to my mind (you might have already considered these) Nope. They hadn't. Thanks much! Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Shiju Alex
Assuming a lower threshold as well, that it's just available for free and no necessarily the other elements, are there resources that come to mind? Texts books (of few subjects) are available for download from the education department website of the following states (There might be some

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Gautam John
On 18 June 2012 15:19, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.com wrote: Texts books (of few subjects) are available for download from the education department website of the following states (There might be some more state government sites). Thank you, Shiju. How should I look at the Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Anivar Aravind
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: On 18 June 2012 15:19, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.com wrote: Texts books (of few subjects) are available for download from the education department website of the following states (There might be some more

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: Assuming a lower threshold as well, that it's just available for free and no necessarily the other elements, are there resources that come to mind? University of Chicago's digital dictionaries of South Asia[1] has

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Hi Gautam, Not sure what you have, these links may be of use if they have skipped your notice - * Keisham Sophirani (2008). Url - http://ir.inflibnet.ac.in/dxml/bitstream/handle/1944/1134/19.pdf?sequence=1 * TOI (Jan 2012) Now, classroom content of IITs can be accessed by MIT students Url -

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Gautam John
Hey All: Thanks much for these - they are great! Please keep 'em coming - new articles, like Ashwin sent, are great as well! Thank you. Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Subhashish Panigrahi
Here is a list of many old books published from Odisha and majority of them are in PD. (http://oaob.nitrkl.ac.in/view/title/) On 18 June 2012 16:48, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: Hey All: Thanks much for these - they are great! Please keep 'em coming - new articles, like Ashwin

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Ashwin Baindur
http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/110/171 Open access - a related field. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: Hey All: Thanks much for these - they are great! Please keep 'em coming - new articles, like Ashwin sent, are great as

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Nikhil Sheth
*1. Arvind Gupta Toys* http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/ This is a collection of fascinating videos, pictures and instructions to make scientific toys from trash. Also has books on a plethora of subjects. I believe this collection has been given out with no strings attached - I have an offline copy

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India

2012-06-18 Thread Gautam John
Wow, Nikhil! Thank you, very much! Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit