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

Mon Mar 17 17:30:48 UTC 2014

I think the spirit of the email merited a reply

The gadget question is apt, but it could be phrased as a physical copy can
beat an electronic copy if there is no internet. I think choosing a set of
devices is problematic as it makes assumptions. A solution which is a
plural as possible makes sense (to me at least).

I think a printed book and a CD would be more usable than an ePub and an
MP3, but that the ePub and the MP3 are also useful - a matter of context
and so on.

Part of the thinking behind solvonauts (plug solvonauts.org) was to allow
people to create decentralised collections of OER. Maybe I need to add a
data export librarians can use, or something similar.

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Andre Jaenisch <ryunoki at openmailbox.org>wrote:

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> Hello,
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> thanks for replying!
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> As I stated on the last Working Group Call I'm interested in distributed
> networks. This could be especially interesting in ... handhelds like
> smartphones, which could communicate in a mesh.
> So something capable to run a mobile would be handy.
>
> The point is, I'm not deep enough in the politics to take things like
> trade embargos into consideration; it's a lack of experience.
>
> So I was "loud thinking", what could be done.
> Do we have someone on list who can tell about the needs in Syria and
> sorroundings?
>
> Say, you would make CDs/ePubs. How can you tell for sure, that the
> people there have the gadgets to consume this material?
> Do you understand, what I'm trying to say? What are the boundaries, we
> have to respect? As far as I can tell, a laptop/desktop is rather
> unlikely ... so it does make no sense to write something which needs such
> a computer.
>
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> André Jaenisch
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> Am 17.03.2014 15:30, schrieb Pat Lockley:
> > 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?
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