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'''Pathways to Open Content''' <br>
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=== Pathways to Open Content ===


*Main contact: Pierre Far (pierre at ocwsearch dot com)  
*Main contact: Pierre Far (pierre at ocwsearch dot com)  
*Team: Meena Hwang, OCW Consortium; Joel Thierstein, Connexions; Larry Cooperman, University of California - Irvine
*Team: Meena Hwang, OCW Consortium; Joel Thierstein, Connexions; Larry Cooperman, University of California - Irvine
*Hosts: OCW Consortium, OCW Search, Connexions
*Status: confirmed
===Summary===


<br> '''Summary'''<br>Open Educational Resources are only useful if people can find them. Share ideas about the kinds of searching and browsing abilities that would make OER more useful to learners and educators.  
Open Educational Resources are only useful if people can find them. Share ideas about the kinds of searching and browsing abilities that would make OER more useful to learners and educators.  


<br>'''What do you want to achieve?'''<br>
===What do you want to achieve? ===


*Generate ideas for building improved search engines, recommenders and other means of organizing and locating OER  
*Generate ideas for building improved search engines, recommenders and other means of organizing and locating OER  
*Gather ideas of how to involve greater audiences in promoting OER use, such as libraries, faculty, professional organizations, community education groups, governments...
*Gather ideas of how to involve greater audiences in promoting OER use, such as libraries, faculty, professional organizations, community education groups, governments...


<br> '''Who should come? How many? For how long?''' <br>Anyone with ideas or needs in finding open content'''<br>'''
===Who should come? How many? For how long? ===
 
* Anyone with ideas or needs for finding OER 


<br> '''What will they do when they get there?'''
===What will they do when they get there? ===


#Brainstorming activities  
#Brainstorming activities  
#Share ideas in discussion groups  
#Share ideas in discussion groups  
#Build on other people's ideas to create maps for discoverability<br>
#Build on other people's ideas to create maps for discoverability


<br> '''What will you / they have at the end?'''<br>
===What will you / they have at the end? ===


*Input into real improvements for search and discovery of OER  
*Input into real improvements for search and discovery of OER  
*Other great possible outcomes, like automatic recommenders or something useful that hasn't been tried yet <br>
*Other great possible outcomes, like automatic recommenders or something useful that hasn't been tried yet
 
===Additional background and context===


<br> '''Additional background and context''' <br>This isn't a new topic for OER, and there are several search engines already available that specifically search for OER and OCW. Despite the great work done by many people so far, discoverability remains one of the biggest obstacles to OER use. We need more ideas to help us get this right.  
This isn't a new topic for OER, and there are several search engines already available that specifically search for OER and OCW. Despite the great work done by many people so far, discoverability remains one of the biggest obstacles to OER use. We need more ideas to help us get this right.  


<br>
===Related links===


'''Related links'''<br>http://www.slideshare.net/nyergler/jisc-ukoer10-oer-search-panel<br>http://blog.curriki.org/2010/07/02/look-no-further-for-oer-search-engines<br>http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/07/oer-search-discovery-not-just-another-tla<br><br>
http://www.slideshare.net/nyergler/jisc-ukoer10-oer-search-panel<br>http://blog.curriki.org/2010/07/02/look-no-further-for-oer-search-engines<br>http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/07/oer-search-discovery-not-just-another-tla

Revision as of 18:50, 6 October 2010


Pathways to Open Content

  • Main contact: Pierre Far (pierre at ocwsearch dot com)
  • Team: Meena Hwang, OCW Consortium; Joel Thierstein, Connexions; Larry Cooperman, University of California - Irvine
  • Hosts: OCW Consortium, OCW Search, Connexions
  • Status: confirmed

Summary

Open Educational Resources are only useful if people can find them. Share ideas about the kinds of searching and browsing abilities that would make OER more useful to learners and educators.

What do you want to achieve?

  • Generate ideas for building improved search engines, recommenders and other means of organizing and locating OER
  • Gather ideas of how to involve greater audiences in promoting OER use, such as libraries, faculty, professional organizations, community education groups, governments...

Who should come? How many? For how long?

  • Anyone with ideas or needs for finding OER

What will they do when they get there?

  1. Brainstorming activities
  2. Share ideas in discussion groups
  3. Build on other people's ideas to create maps for discoverability

What will you / they have at the end?

  • Input into real improvements for search and discovery of OER
  • Other great possible outcomes, like automatic recommenders or something useful that hasn't been tried yet

Additional background and context

This isn't a new topic for OER, and there are several search engines already available that specifically search for OER and OCW. Despite the great work done by many people so far, discoverability remains one of the biggest obstacles to OER use. We need more ideas to help us get this right.

Related links

http://www.slideshare.net/nyergler/jisc-ukoer10-oer-search-panel
http://blog.curriki.org/2010/07/02/look-no-further-for-oer-search-engines
http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/07/oer-search-discovery-not-just-another-tla

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