[Open-education] How can Open Education help children in Syria?

Mon Mar 17 14:30:25 UTC 2014

The "Open" infrastructure has often relied on network / devices to make
something possible.
Physical forms of OER are often limited, as sometimes it doesn't tend to
the creation of a concrete item.
You'd assume MIT courses could help - but not sure on trade embargoes?

Maybe a case for some OER Amazon - making CDs of audio or printed epubs at
cost value?

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Andre Jaenisch <ryunoki at openmailbox.org>wrote:

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> Hello,
>
> a few days ago I've read this blog article:
> http://www.24-7prayer.com/blog/2219
> (yeah, I'm a Christian ...)
>
> Especially these lines could be interesting for us:
>
> "I had top grades - I wanted to study communications at university. I
> was in my last two years of school [when the conflict broke out], but
> now I have no chance to finish my education," he told us. "To get
> registered  in school here, they told me I must bring my school papers
> from Syria.  How  is  this  possible  when  my  school and house were
> completely destroyed? I told them I could sit an exam to show them,
> but they said they have  too many students already. I've tried to
> study by myself at home, but I  have  no access to books; I can't
> learn anything. I had such hopes for a good future, but now they've
> been destroyed."
>
> So the problem is the lack of books. As far as I understand OER
> they're mostly virtual commodities. So I wonder, what is needed to
> enable kids in Syria to use it?
>
> - From reading/developing around the Firefox OS ecosystem I know, that
> people in Africa usually use mobile web and less laptops/desktop as we
> in Western Europe/U.S. are used to. I think, we should take this into
> consideration.
>
> I could try about the tragedy happening there and don't be able to do
> anything ;_;
> But I'm getting off-topic.
>
> So what do you think? Is there are chance for OE/OKF to help out?
>
>
> André Jaenisch
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