Thanks simonfj, I am trying to compile content so that for the potential virtual institute stakeholders have a starting point in such a wide world of jargon paradoxes Ravi Limaye
On Dec 23, 3:25 am, simonfj <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]
