Hi Valerie Responses in text below.
2009/11/19 valerie <[email protected]> > > Thanks for pointing out the limitations with MERLOT copyright > notices. > > MERLOT has achieved considerable recognition for its OER index and > reviews. While MERLOT has shortcomings, they are also the primary go- > to site for locating learning objects. The peer reviews lend great > credibility to any resources listed in MERLOT. > Absolutely -- there is a lot WE and the OER movement at large can learn from the MERLOT experience, and you're right WE are lacking in easier way's to locate OER as well as a visible rating system. Duly noted. Implementation of these features, tweaked for the wiki model are on our development roadmap :-) Sadly, there is no functional equivalent for WE content or > WikiEducator-reviewed OERs. As a result, WE OERs are missing out on > the notice they deserve. > Well not at the moment, but we are working on features to improve metadata and search & find capability across OER repositories. the first step is to implement WYSIWYG editing. Then we will be doing some code development for a metadata template. I visualise a pop-up window of sorts with the relevant text fields and radio buttons for describing the WE OER. We build features that will enable different repositories to harvest our metadata and find WE OERs. > > I suggested that we add links and reviews for OERs located in > WikiEducator to the MERLOT listings. This will immediately raise > visibility and brand recognition for WikiEducator. As I understand it, > the MERLOT copyright information would not limit WikiEducators in > promoting their OER through MERLOT. In all my years of accessing > MERLOT listings, I have never encountered issues with access to any of > the resources. On the contrary, it has been a great pleasure to > discover so many wonderful resources on a wide range of topics and > grade levels. The category and search mechanism is robust, user- > friendly and works extremely well. > Yes it would be possible for the community to list and reference OERs hosted on WE through MERLOT. However, it not possible to host WE OER on the MERLOT site because of the license used by MERLOT. > > The WikiEducator OERs really need the visibility that can be bestowed > by MERLOT listing and reviews. > > AGREE, AGREE AGREE -- we're getting there one step at a time. Our strength and advantage is that our work is value based. WE continue to respect, implement and maintain the essential freedoms in what we do. It is the lens that informs our decisions and priorities. In the long run our commitment to free/libre knowledge is more sustainable, IMHO. In this way we will prove that OER is a sustainable and renewable resource! > ..Valerie > > > On Nov 17, 12:55 pm, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
