There is growing demand for digital learning materials that can be shared freely, now that netbook computers cost less than textbooks. The idea was in the air for years, and recently California took the lead. They are up to 16 math and science titles. See
http://www.clrn.org/fdti/ This is clearly an idea whose time has come. I'm in contract discussions now. Ultimately, we need multiple versions of a complete K-12 curriculum in at least a hundred languages. Bryan Berry of OLE Nepal estimates that this amounts to 10,000 topic modules and lesson plans. I have started collecting links to curriculum materials at http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Education/Curriculum_Standards. Please add any you know about. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:46, David Wiley <[email protected]> wrote: > Discussions of "demand-side" issues in OER have been around for > several years and continue to fascinate me. I hope no one takes my > remarks as a personal criticism, because they are not directed toward > any particular person. > > To my mind, OER is primarily about sharing. We all hope that the OER > we share will actually be useful to others. However, there's something > that strikes me as odd in thinking about one user's "demand" that > another user "share" something. This starts to sound like entitlement > thinking to me. > > Personally, I think the most productive version of the demand-side OER > conversation is the one that makes clear what kinds of resources are > in demand. An empirically validated "wish list" - sort of like a > wedding gift registry. Then people who are in a position to share OER > can look at the list and see if there's something they can contribute > that would be useful. If not, they may still choose to contribute > something "unneeded," and we should still be grateful for their > generosity. > > This is indeed a very interesting conversation that I'm sure we will > continue to have... > > David > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:12 AM, jkelly952 <[email protected]> wrote: >> The following link will help in answering some of your questions: >> >> http://www.oerafrica.org/acemaths/ACEMathsMaterials/ACEMathsUnitSix/tabid/268/Default.aspx >> >> Jim Kelly >> Pittsburg, CA >> >> >> On Mar 29, 9:52 pm, valerie <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Is there a way to work from the demand side? Are there unmet needs >>> that collaborative OERs can address most quickly and effectively? >>> >>> Who will use OERs? What topics are most needed? Can we find some >>> specific end users of the collaboratively built OERs? Are there some >>> important courses topics without course materials? >>> >>> Who wants to collaborate? What is your subject expertise? >>> >>> I wonder if any of the 1000s of instructors teaching the top 50 >>> enrolled courses are the ones who need OERs most? Are they the most >>> likely to use and benefit from these collaborations? >>> >>> Just asking... >> >> -- >> 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] >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> wikieducator+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the >> words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. >> > > -- > 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] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wikieducator+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the > words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ -- 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] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
