Hmmm, "Valley of death" eh?
OK, WE want to take the OE(R) movement into the mainstream. So can we forget how much content we might produce (for a sec) and think about the infrastructure a global "300" might need to do a charge forward. The 'mainstream' is a series of networks which .edu content sits on. Access to them begins with a sign on to some institutional silo, which wil sit on one of these NREN(etworks). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_research_and_education_network We are seeing these networks beginning to 'federate' their services. (wikieducator, and other OERs are 'service providers') E.g. http://www.aaf.edu.au/index.php/services/service-catalogue/ http://www.cuccio-cdpiuc.ca/en/canadian-access-federation/index.php http://www.aaf.edu.au/index.php/services/international-federations/ Incommons in the US. Registering wikieducator as a 'common' service provider for these networks puts it into the mainstream of National edu networks (which means the WE community can start talking to 'their' NRENs about the other 'common services' they might want). But before WE go off and take the easy yards, can we give some thought to the other global OERers who may not like using a wiki to co-produce content. E.g. I'd prefer something like global plaza. http://www.globalplaza.org/spaces/global So I could link together OERers, and track/record/archive all the conversations which happen when a production is taking place. Could we also give some thought to a directory, not of services, but of content. Ideally we are attempting to aggregate similar content (communities) from around the world. The idea that there are not enough OER seems a bit silly. OERers simply haven't thought through how customers can find similar content (communities), regardless of language. We have this wacking huge library of amazing content called the web, and simply no way of classifying it in such a way that a potential contributor can find the shelf on which they should put (and take) 'their' bits. WE need to bring together, not just some good National(REN) techs, but also some good National librarians in order to provide for global, disciplinary groups and their communities of interest. WE could also use some very demanding WE'ers who can describe the kinds of tools they need. Stephen's done this quite a few times now. But he's never addressed the network people who might actually construct them. regards, simonfj -- 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]
