OpenEd+2007+-+Day+2

David announced OpenOCW.org - an OCW for ANYONE (not institutionally affiliated) David announced the Educommons developer group (Alicante University in Spain dedicating 1 full time developer for a year)

OER Search - right now seems like a cheesy Google Coop project, but the eventual project does seem kind of interesting. Still, I like my google coop/toolbar hack much better ;-)

[|International Perspectives on the Impact of Open Educational Resources and Open Source Software on Education]. Ken Udas
__**Theme - Commons Based Peer Production**__ (based on thesis that information resources are truly public-good resources in that they are non-rival) challengers and enablers - org and personal workflows; tech and social capacity; licensing __**Theme - Organizational Focus**__ code transparency leading to better evaluation (better due dilligence; cf Apollo - DOH!) culture development (culture of empowerment) value associated with localization develop new capacity reduce risk and cost Challenges - pre-existing capacity; cultural fit and myths "learning design" as the source code for teaching, especially when coupled with freely available OER
 * __Theme - relevance to local needs__**
 * localization for business needs
 * localization for software usability
 * localization as a form of empowerment
 * localization for relevance and reuse
 * __Theme - Learning Design s OSS and OER Mashup (cf James Dalziel)__**

[|Out of Print: Building a Digital Environment for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship]. D’Arcy Norman, Jim Groom
- apparently D'Arcy is now an "anarchist" - if I didn't know him better, looking at his shirt I would almost believe it - "open content should not be rocket science" quote of the day yesterday, from the very Reverend Jim Groom - "'you can't live wrongly rightly" I tried not to feel too indicted, I know it was meant in love.

[|Open Educational Resources in Developing Countries: Assessing the Motivation and Ability for Innovation]. Kamal Hassin
3 master students from Carlton U in Tech Innovation Mgmt program (N.B. this is quite a good study, maybe not deep but useful in applying the framework to various groups and thus identifying potential roadblocks to be removed.) a look at the factors enabling innovation in OER use in developing countries Using the 'motivation/ability' framework most OER adopters in develop countries in quadrant 3 what are the signals of change to move peopel to the hotbed of innovation? - enviro conducive to innovation - low costt infrastructure - adoption of OER supporting tech - increasing NGO tech capabilities - emerging localization techniques
 * 1. motiv high/ability low looking for a target || 3. motiv high/ability high - the hotbed ||
 * 2. motiv low/ability low - the dilemma || 4. motiv low/ability/high ||