[WSIS Edu] RE: www.ciuen.org

[albert-claude.benhamou]

Cher ami, Venez au CIUEN!
Amitiés
acbenhamou
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From: edu-bounces at wsis-cs.org [mailto:edu-bounces at wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of
Dr. Francis MUGUET
Sent: jeudi 23 mars 2006 21:36
To: Edu Mailinglist
Cc: Majid DACI
Subject: [WSIS Edu] OER 

Hello

Sorry I did not have time to post anything on this list lately, since I was
focused on the current law in France concerning copyright where no exception
for education and research has been accepted.
France would stand alone in the hall of shame, since it is the only EU
country that would have implemented such a exception:
see : http://www.wsis-si.org/si-dadvsi.html for more information ( mostly in
French ).
But we are going to fight in the senate...
Divina, me and all those who are willing to help us...
please contact us.

After discussions with Divina, I built very quiclky a site
http://oer.wsis-edu.org so that some ( not all... ;- ) ) of the OER
activities could be more easily followed.

During the last OECD expert meeting in Malmoe :
(
http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,2340,en_2649_33723_35735605_1_1_1_1,00.htm
l 

see also
http://oer.wsis-edu.org --> OECD )

"It was also proposed during the discussion that it could be a need for
three different kinds of portails or directories:
The first being a directory of “raw” OERs, akin to the directory of Open
Access Journals, a first try could be found at
http://oer.wsis-edu.org/doer.html;
* The second one a Directory of tutoring offers (whether online or
not) that works with OERs; offers for free, non-profit offers but not free,
and maybe commercial offers;
* The third could be a directory of evaluation services, diploma granting
institutions that accept to organize exams and deliver diploma for student
that did not follow courses at the institution.
If these three offers are combined (OERs + tutoring + exam) that could be
seen as e-learning offers. "

There are some good attempts to building the first kind of directories ( as
listed in http://oer.wsis-edu.org/doer.html as an OER directory should
include a listing of the other existing directories ) with various
perspectives, but none ( to my knowledge ) concerning the second and third
kind.

Adding to this thread of a DIY OER site, there is a need yet another
directory : a directory of OER free software that could help to build and
manage OER repositories In fact such a directory exists already at UNESCO :
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoft/Software/Courseware_Tools/
with the
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoft/Software/
UNESCO Free Software Portal.

It is almost a Wiki since one may add
a link online :
http://www.unesco.org/cgi-bin/webworld/portal_freesoft/add.cgi
It is not exhaustive, but we could help to complete it.

This directory could be completed by OER building guides such as
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/HowTo/index.htm

What UNESCO has done for Free Software,
could it be done for OERs ?

Within the framework of the WSIS implementation and follow-up, it is
suggested that the WSIS-EDU group should request UNESCO to host, or at the
very least endorse those three kind of portals, supporting those who are
willing to be involved in building those directories.
I suggest that one part of those directories could be a validated "fixed"
part, and the other part being a wiki à la wikipedia, where anybody could
add new OER that is being created.
Special attention must be taken care
concerning multilinguism, and a cooperation with the newly formed REDILI
network at UNESCO could be also helpful.

Best regards

Francis

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Francis F. MUGUET KNIS/ENSTA

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Connaissance et Société de l'Information"
Scientific Information Development Laboratory "Knowledge Networks &
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