To get a more global perspective on standards you may want to go to The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation wiki group link http://www.hrd.apecwiki.org/index.php/Mathematics_Standards_in_APEC_Economies . Standards for Australia , China , Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and US are given.
Jim Kelly k-12math.info On Mar 30, 10:03 am, Edward Cherlin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > athttp://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/t... > > >> 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]
