PS Long term project: work with the prominent OER initiatives in China - see for example: http://olnet.org/node/190 - augmenting their resources with free/libre and open source community building tools and other social software installed on institutional sites. In addition to tertiary educational institutions, look for any initiatives working towards community ICT enablement and add appropriate free/libre and open source social software and learning resources which may be localised.
The positive benefits will become apparent and serve as motivation for sharing knowledge beyond the schools, institutions, communities (from OER networks to public to global knowledge sharing). On Jan 12, 5:25 am, Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Leo, > > People in high places need to be convinced of the value of sharing and > of citizen freedom to cooperate. Some of the points made in this > document (under development) might help with the convincing: > > http://wikieducator.org/BC4i8n-a2kLibre > > This document is based on work by a collection of activists working > towards a free culture: > > http://fcforum.net/ > > In my opinion, their approach is too confrontational and they would do > better to work _with_ the authorities towards common goals (e.g. > sustainability and improving quality of life ...). There are signs > they are moving in this direction. > > In China, this might be a real challenge! But my understanding is that > the country is big enough to permit multiple models of governance in > different areas - experiments which may be replicated if they prove > positive. > > Would it make sense to set up equivalent sites within China with terms > of use that are compatible with national values? e.g. in universities > or on public sites with specific foci (e.g. job creation, environment, > water, ...). > > e.g. an equivalent of Twitter may be set up which uses the free/libre > software (free as in freedom) withhttp://status.net/(e.g.http://identi.ca/ > ). > > If anyone knows of other types of free/libre social software, I'll be > grateful for additions to this list: > > http://www.wikieducator.org/FLOSS4Edu_Tools_etc./LMSs_etc#Social_Soft... > > Thanks > > Kim > > ---- > > On Jan 11, 2:34 pm, Wong Leo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In China , Blogbus , One of most popular blog host places has just been > > blocked in China , We have abt 200 blog post there , I am so speechless > > twitter is being blocked , facebook too , wikipedia too , youtube too, > > google group too > > > How would you respond to this ?? > > > -- > > Leo Wong > > --------------------------------------http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com/HELP > > There is something very special and powerful about engaging directly with > > the real teacher and real Kids
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