Hi Ravi, I should point out one thing. In UK/Nth Europe and cross Atlantic, they talk about Virtual OrganiZations (VO) The Z is important if you're Googling. This is mainly used for Research Orgs. But as we see Research communities reach out to include their communities of interest, there' s a continuous change in the way both share the same networks and applications/services. LIGO's a good example<http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/laac/>of attaching a virtual classroom to the research community's hub.
So far as an Indian-based (real) organisation in the education space, Educomp <http://www.educomp.com/Products/EducompOnline.aspx>, the owners of WiZiQ, are probably the most influential on the subcontinent. I'm pointing you at their new(ish) turnkey solution page. Obviously there are real tensions between publicly funded, and private owned, educational institutions in all countries. In India it seems the private ones are compensating very well for the degeneration of the public institutions. (It's easier to address individual markets than change institutional behaviours.) There is every shade of grey in the approaches between public (OERu) initiatives and the private (turnkey) offerings. I'm not sure how you can include a VO's *philosophy* in "the issues" but it seems to be one issue which is always glossed over in the public arena, and unnecessary in a private one. -- 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]
