That nice guys, thanks, Thanks for the doc Alan, Can I just give you my perspective and ask for some ideas. A few of you know, I talk primarily to the engineers who run your networks (NREN), mainly in Europe (now). The EU sponsors lots of 'pipes', some to (Nth and Sth) Africa. http://www.geant.net/Network/GlobalConnectivity/pages/home.aspx Most of the focus/talk revolves around orgs like geant and internet2. i.e. the fat boys
We do look at practical stuff that will reduce costs, like introducing html5, ASAP. Means nothing to you I'm sure. It will save everyone from having to pay a license fee for 'flash', which owns much of the multimedia market. There are lots of other versions of OER in network land. i.e. code that you never see. The problem we do have is that most NRENs look at things through National or continental perspectives. They have to. That's the way they're funded. On the other hand most of the OER world consists of (smallish) global group, who have to use Google tools, etc, because OERers don't have a common voice, and NREN don't talk to global groups. Lots of things could be done with OER. But to do it, you have to look at the technology available, or not, and figure out what's the best way to combine what's on the local ground with what's on the global networks, or not. Is that a fair synopsis? I ain't no academic. Call it egov, ehealth, elearn, eeducation, whatever. If you think Cavello's paper is useful - "Progress was viral and evolutionary" - then it's always media which starts the doors opening. The main difference now is that everyone's a publisher, if they want. They do, and duplicate forever, at a different time, in a different place, with a different tool. They then usually race around trying to find someone to "deliver it" to. So, if you believe, like Oscar (Wilde), that "nothing worth learning can be taught", please tell me. What does an OER strategy look like, for smallish global groups with no voice in high places - on different continents, with different banners & tools, cultures and languages, who usually have no idea of how 'their' disparate networks (inter)operate, or really want to? Guess who gets the money to try and answer that? http://www.geant.net/Network/RandE/Pages/home.aspx -- 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]
