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

2012-06-20 Thread Gautam John
Thank you, Sudhanwa. Do you have any links that are India specific, please? Best, Gautam http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html On 20 June 2012 16:42, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > Hi, > > I am sure you must have seen the resources from UNESCO. > If not, here are some links th

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

2012-06-20 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
Hi, I am sure you must have seen the resources from UNESCO. If not, here are some links that can help. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/launch_of_the_unesco_open_educational_resources_platform/ That could be a more of p

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 https://li

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 a

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 wrote: > Hey All: > > Thanks much for these - they are great! Please keep 'em coming - new > articles, like Ashwin sent, are great as well! > > Thank you

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 wrote: > Hey All: > > Thanks much for these - they are great! Please keep 'em coming - new > articles, like Ashwin sent, are great as w

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 Wikimedia

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 Srikanth Lakshmanan
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Gautam John wrote: > 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 many dictionaries whic

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 wrote: > On 18 June 2012 15:19, Shiju Alex 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,

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 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 universe specific to Indi

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

2012-06-17 Thread Gautam John
On 18 June 2012 11:56, Prashanth NS 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 ___ Wikimediaindia-

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

2012-06-17 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 thoug

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

2012-06-17 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, adjus