Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India
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 though)\ 3) THere was this report from the NKC which did some recommending and listing (not Indian) of resources online. Thought it might be helpful Regards, Prashanth On 18-Jun-2012, at 11:47 AM, Gautam John wrote: 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, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language) Remix - the right to combine the original or revised content with other content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup) Redistribute - the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)[3] [from: http://opencontent.org/definition/] Wikipedia and sister projects apart, do you know of content, both educational and otherwise, in India that would fit this definition? 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? I can think of the NCERT textbooks [http://www.ncert.nic.in/ncerts/textbook/textbook.htm], NPTEL [http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/], VASAT [http://vasat.icrisat.org/], FlexiLearn [http://www.ignouflexilearn.ac.in/flexilearn/] and Pratham Books, if I say so myself, [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies/Pratham_Books]. What else comes to mind? Examples and links would be very helpful. Thank you. 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://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India
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 ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India
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 more state government sites). - Tamil Nadu - http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/ - Gujarat - http://gujarat-education.gov.in/textbook/ - Karnataka: http://dsert.kar.nic.in/textbooksonline/first.asp - Kerala - https://www.itschool.gov.in/initiatives.php - Madhya Pradesh - http://www.educationportal.mp.gov.in/Public/TextBooks/View_TextBooks.aspx But as you already mentioned, like the NCERT text books, these PDFs (in some cases it is scanned PDF) are available just for download. None of these are in Public Domain or under free license. Shiju On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.orgwrote: 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, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language) Remix - the right to combine the original or revised content with other content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup) Redistribute - the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)[3] [from: http://opencontent.org/definition/] Wikipedia and sister projects apart, do you know of content, both educational and otherwise, in India that would fit this definition? 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? I can think of the NCERT textbooks [http://www.ncert.nic.in/ncerts/textbook/textbook.htm], NPTEL [http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/], VASAT [http://vasat.icrisat.org/], FlexiLearn [http://www.ignouflexilearn.ac.in/flexilearn/] and Pratham Books, if I say so myself, [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies/Pratham_Books]. What else comes to mind? Examples and links would be very helpful. Thank you. 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://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India
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 universe specific to India, please? 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://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India
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 state government sites). Thank you, Shiju. How should I look at the Wikimedia universe specific to India, please? The role of free content in vernacular languages in bridging digital divide . Wikimedia is the biggest vernakular free content repository in indic Languages 11th 5 year plan suggested the need of increasing computer penetration from 1% to 5% suggested Open source as the way forward. But the role of free content is often neglected in policy space Anivar ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India
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 many dictionaries which are CC licensed (licenses vary per dictionary source). Tamil Wiktionary uses the University of Madras' Tamil lexicon[2] which is under CC as a key reference. We are exploring options to import Tamil lexicon into tawikt, so that they can be worked upon and more importantly end users get these results easily while doing a search from search engine. [1] http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/ [2] http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/ -- Regards Srikanth.L ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India
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 - http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-02/news/30580988_1_nptel-iits-technology-enhanced-learning Warm regards, Ashwin On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Shiju Alex shijualexonl...@gmail.com 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? 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). Tamil Nadu - http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/ Gujarat - http://gujarat-education.gov.in/textbook/ Karnataka: http://dsert.kar.nic.in/textbooksonline/first.asp Kerala - https://www.itschool.gov.in/initiatives.php Madhya Pradesh - http://www.educationportal.mp.gov.in/Public/TextBooks/View_TextBooks.aspx But as you already mentioned, like the NCERT text books, these PDFs (in some cases it is scanned PDF) are available just for download. None of these are in Public Domain or under free license. Shiju On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Gautam John gau...@prathambooks.org wrote: 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, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language) Remix - the right to combine the original or revised content with other content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup) Redistribute - the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)[3] [from: http://opencontent.org/definition/] Wikipedia and sister projects apart, do you know of content, both educational and otherwise, in India that would fit this definition? 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? I can think of the NCERT textbooks [http://www.ncert.nic.in/ncerts/textbook/textbook.htm], NPTEL [http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/], VASAT [http://vasat.icrisat.org/], FlexiLearn [http://www.ignouflexilearn.ac.in/flexilearn/] and Pratham Books, if I say so myself, [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies/Pratham_Books]. What else comes to mind? Examples and links would be very helpful. Thank you. 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://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India
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 Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India
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 sent, are great as well! Thank you. 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://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- *Subha* ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India
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 well! Thank you. 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://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India
*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 and can share it if you want it. (we can meet up in Pune or Mumbai, or I can just courier a DVD to you) Including the email address listed on the site in CC... Hope they respond with an affirmative! Dear Sir / Madam at arvindguptatoys, can your content be taken and distributed freely as Open Educational Resources? *2. Rajasthan Ki Rajat Boondein -- by Anupam Mishra* http://www.indiawaterportal.org/node/7354 A seminal work on local sustainable rain water harvesting techniques being practised since generations in Rajasthan. Given out free of copyright, and translated to english as well. Check out his TED Talk.http://www.ted.com/talks/anupam_mishra_the_ancient_ingenuity_of_water_harvesting.html *3. Vigyan Ashram* http://vigyanashram.com/ , http://www.techshala.com/index.asp An institute that trains school dropouts in rural technologies and entrepreneurship, following models of Gandhian Naee Taleem and hands-on learning philosophies. They have created a curriculum for schools, to equip high school students in basic technology skills in engineering, agriculture and animal husbandry, energy and environment. Including their listed email address in CC as well. See a documentary on them herehttp://movies.youtube.com/watch?v=fsZsy_72A5I(in Marathi but you'll understand) Dear Sir / Madam at Vigyan Ashram, do you have content that can be taken and distributed freely as Open Educational Resources? *4. Natural Farming Institute* http://multiworldindia.org/natural-farming-institute/ They've prepared a comprehensive curriculum for rural education based on sustainable agriculture and it covers a lot of things that the conventional Indian education boards have missed out on due being urban-biased. The whole thing has been posted on this page for free download. -- *Portals where you might be able to find more open resources and connect with people who make them:* http://multiworldindia.org http://www.swaraj.org/shikshantar/ http://barefootcollege.org - *Projects underway to create OER, inviting collaborators:* *1. Wikipedia for Indian Schools* http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Projects:_Wikipedia_for_Schools/Indian_version A spinoff from the UK-based wikipedia for schools, initiated by Ashwin, this project aims to create a comprehensive offline encyclopaedia having articles on anything and everything in India in addition to the original edition, (there is room for thousands more articles thanks to ZIM compression), to be distributed for free to Indian schools and homes. And by everything, we mean EVERYTHING. Places of interest, local customs and festivals, foods, flora and fauna, history, current happenings, things that we can find in India but nowhere else... we need to catch'em all. *2. Knowledge Base* http://wikieducator.org/India/Knowledge_Base I set this up with a vision of having a one-stop resource base where educators from all over India can share and collaborate to build resources to help teach, like lesson plans, assessments, teaching methodology, classroom management techniques. The idea is to have several heads work together to churn out the best possible methods to teach any and every concept in every subject and every grade level, empowering anyone anywhere to dispense high quality education using local resources at no extra expense. Presently just a one-man pilot project, inviting collaborators! *3. A board for Alternative Education in India* http://wikieducator.org/Talk:India/Alternative_Education_Board What if unschoolers, homeschoolers, unconventional schools and self-guided learners had a common platform that could lend them recognition and credibility in the mainstream? What if we could give millions of children and parents a viable, solid alternative to the rigid soul-destroying factory-based schooling system? Just in its starting phase, inviting collaborators. And of course this would make extreme use of OER. *4. Khan Academy subtitles* http://www.khanacademy.org/contribute , http://tinyurl.com/khanacademysubtitles An awesome collection of 3500+ educational videos released in creative commons. I've figured out ways to download all the videos in bulkhttp://nikhilsheth.tiddlyspace.com/#[[download%20all%20khanacademy.org%20videos]]for offline distribution and even extracted their english subtitles that can help learners with weak English understand the lessons better. Now, need to add subtitles or audio dubbing in Hindi / other languages to overcome the language barrier. They have an open platform for volunteers to contribute audio dubbing or subtitling, need people to pitch in. Currently the Indian participation is very low. Cheers, Nikhil Sheth +91-966-583-1250 Pune,
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] OT: Open Content and Open Educational Resources in India
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://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
