Towards the creation of a world map of Open Educational Resources initiatives

The global Open Educational Resources movement reaches its ten years with more and more OER initiatives, in more and more countries. The vision of increasing access to the world’s knowledge through making resources open and accessible is beginning to be realized.

But there is still a problem: there is a lack of a comprehensive overview of OER projects in the world – how do I know what is going on in my own country? And how do I find contacts in other countries, or contacts working in my own language?

A map would give us the big picture of the global OER movement. It would help us communicate the story of OER. Furthermore, it could be enhanced with information such as OER initiatives by language, and with links to other maps. And it would help us connect.

An international conversation will take place from 12 – 30 November 2012, send an email to oer-community-request@athabascau.ca and type subscribe in the subject line.

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