[Ica-osgeo-labs] Sharing is Caring - Share my Lesson - OpenStax

[Cameron Shorter]

Hi Charlie,
Maybe OpenStax is what you are looking for.
https://openstaxcollege.org/

I just listened to the Ted Talk about it yesterday and got quite excited 
by the potential:
https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_baraniuk_on_open_source_learning?language=en

On 19/03/2016 1:53 am, Charlie Schweik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Interesting, Suchith. However, I continue to feel that we want to move 
> toward a system that allows for:
>
> 1) the uploading of modular content -- the unit should be "module" 
> rather than a full course, but with a mechanism to provide a full 
> course of modules. This would allow a "buffet" style of resource 
> consumption.
>
> 2) the ability to upload source code rather than pdfs, to allow for 
> the creation of new derivative works (e.g., translations, releases of 
> new versions, etc.)
>
> Does this one provide those functions?
>
> One simple step forward for us would be for each lab to start putting 
> their educational (source) content up and linked to their lab website, 
> and we use the OSGeo educational search engine [1] to link to these 
> materials?
>
> I continue to try and get a grant that might fund some work on the 
> next version of our educational repository - it could be to use a 
> system like this one, or it could be something else. We really need a 
> GeoForAll "project" effort to figure out the right strategy. Finally, 
> I also think  that some kind of "publication" system might help to 
> incentivize submissions.
>
> My two cents,
>
> Charlie
>
> [1] http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content
>
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Suchith Anand 
> <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Dear All,
>
>     I came across this website called Share my Lesson
>     https://sharemylesson.com  . The site has more than 900,000
>     registered users, and all submissions are either licensed as CC
>     BY-NC-SA or CC BY-NC-ND. Originally launched by American
>     Federation of Teachers  and TES Global back in 2012. Looks like a
>     great way to collaborate for our spatial literacy plans .
>
>     See some examples on GIS at
>     https://sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/using-gis-prepare-tropical-storms-162579
>
>
>     Chris or any US colleagues- do you know any contacts in American
>     Federation of Teachers or Share my Lesson?
>
>     We can then jointly work on MapStory based lesson plans for
>     various levels (primary, secondary etc). All ideas welcome.
>
>     Suchith
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