OSI-EDU-WG-notes-31jan2014
Last modified by Joseph Potvin on 2023/02/17 01:53
Participating
Joseph Potvin
Patrick Masson
Ken Udas
Discussion Notes
Getting on Track with Next-Generation Learning Methods and Systems
- Current version 1.x syllabus assumes place-based learning;
- Version 2.x will suit any learning scenario
- Review OERu and consider collaboration opportunities (EOR is a consortium and has a foundation)
- Should contact Wayne Macintosh in New Zealand, founder of OER Foundation
- Could expand the foundations module to address open methods of governance and of finance
- Openness Constituent Group at EduCause
- It's useful that all this is in a free modular and extensible course rather than book
- Good that the syllabus functions as a combined pointer and repository of content, from which anyone can pull info for a course
- Nice fit with UNESCO Open and Distance Learning
Communications
- The syllabus will be moved onto osi.xwiki.com within days
- Then shared widely to invite others to participate in the WG and in advancing and using the syllabus
- Need to let people know we are looking for WG participants
- Need to make it straightforward to contribute to the , and to learn how to contribute
- Will continue to explore the option of a periodic table interface for the module
EDU-WG Goverance
- Need to define and governance of the syllabus: the current approach is that there will be both:
- An open-edited wiki version of the syllabus which is dynamic, on osi.xwiki.com
- A WG-approved snapshot wiki version of the syllabus on opensource.org that has benefitted from peer-review of modules ... rather like the software repository vs the compiled build
- Role of the WG Chair should be explained in relation to the syllabus: basically a "Managing Editor" role that is contingent ultimately upon OSI Board satisfaction with performance. This is not a benevolent dictator role.
- WG Weekly Conference cCs
- Audio & text via SIP (Jitsi and Linphone are advanced free/libre/open solutions). The POTS conferencing line is not a free call from many areas, so ad hoc changes would be needed too often. Skype is widely used but the firm is free/libre/open.
- A weekly meeting page will be created on xwiki (like this one) and will be used for live scribing of discussion (alternative for anyone not authenticating can be OpenEtherpad)
- Weekly Conference Call" For day/time, need to pick a time that fits most potential participant. Using Meeting Planner it seems the following combination might be viable on a chosen day (and conveniently to avoid "which day" confusion, these time are ALL on the SAME day of the week). So far, preference has been Fridays:
- London 13:00
- New York 08:00
- Vancouver 05:00
- Brisbane 23:00
- New Delhi 18:30
- Ad Hoc Conference Calls: Schedule with www.doodle.com (Yes it is free/libre/open.)
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Notes prepared by:
Joseph Potvin
Chair, OSI Working Group on Management Education About Free/Libre/Open Methods, Processes and Governance
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