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1. In no particular order, [http://www.lambeth-orchestra.org.uk/ the Lambeth Orchestra]; the [http://www.libdems.org.uk Liberal Democrats]; [http://www.streathamlife.co.uk/ Streatham],where I live; [http://cabal@cabal the Cabal]; and others. | |||
2. Shortest answer: Seddon told me I ought to be interested at [[GLAM-WIKI 2010]]. Short answer: when I attended the 2011 Board Interest Day I saw how my skills might be useful, and I can rarely resist trying to be useful. Longer answer: cf nomination statement. | |||
3. The future of OER over the next few years is going to be very interesting, and we will probably have a number of dimensions: joining up our community and content with other OER producers in the academic sector; persuading them to release the fruits of their work under really open licenses with no -NC restriction; and developing our own OERs, probably in partnerships. | |||
What platform we use for that last category I'm not sure. Wikiversity has its strengths, but a structured educational course needs more demanding technical infrastructure than MediaWiki provides. If you want to integrate tests that must be completed before the resource will advance to the next page, or so on, then you need a tool like [http://moodle.org/ Moodle], not MediaWiki. | |||
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1. In no particular order, the Lambeth Orchestra; the Liberal Democrats; Streatham,where I live; the Cabal; and others.
2. Shortest answer: Seddon told me I ought to be interested at GLAM-WIKI 2010. Short answer: when I attended the 2011 Board Interest Day I saw how my skills might be useful, and I can rarely resist trying to be useful. Longer answer: cf nomination statement.
3. The future of OER over the next few years is going to be very interesting, and we will probably have a number of dimensions: joining up our community and content with other OER producers in the academic sector; persuading them to release the fruits of their work under really open licenses with no -NC restriction; and developing our own OERs, probably in partnerships. What platform we use for that last category I'm not sure. Wikiversity has its strengths, but a structured educational course needs more demanding technical infrastructure than MediaWiki provides. If you want to integrate tests that must be completed before the resource will advance to the next page, or so on, then you need a tool like Moodle, not MediaWiki.