I have started to write about the economics of OER development in the UNESCO WSIS forum.
http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/groups/14358/open-educational-resources-oer/ "We look forward to our 1,000th member (hopefully late March) and 5,000 members by the end of the year. We’re also setting our sights on a provocative suggestion by Edward Mokurai Cherlin – can we educate a billion children using OERs!!" I explained briefly on the Welcome page. http://www.wsis-community.org/mod/groups/topicposts.php?topic=59114&group_guid=14358 "My interest is in the complete ecology for education for a billion children, as in the One Laptop Per Child program using XO laptops and Sugar software. Now that laptops + OER are less expensive than printed textbooks, this must become SOP in every education system, K-postgraduate..." The discussion is at http://www.wsis-community.org/mod/groups/topicposts.php?topic=118512&group_guid=14358 Community discussion > OER Economics for a billion children Let me know if you would like an invitation from UNESCO to join their OER community, or send your request directly to wsiscommunity-invitat...@unesco.org. -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
