> > Assuming a lower threshold as well, that it's just available for free > and no necessarily the other elements, are there resources that come > to mind? >
Texts books (of few subjects) are available for download from the education department website of the following states (There might be some more state government sites). - Tamil Nadu - http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/ - Gujarat - http://gujarat-education.gov.in/textbook/ - Karnataka: http://dsert.kar.nic.in/textbooksonline/first.asp - Kerala - https://www.itschool.gov.in/initiatives.php - Madhya Pradesh - http://www.educationportal.mp.gov.in/Public/TextBooks/View_TextBooks.aspx But as you already mentioned, like the NCERT text books, these PDFs (in some cases it is scanned PDF) are available just for download. None of these are in Public Domain or under free license. Shiju On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Gautam John <gau...@prathambooks.org>wrote: > Hello! > > I'm trying to write a piece on Open Content and Open Educational > Resources in India and am asking for your help. > > Open Content is defined as: > > Reuse - the right to reuse the content in its unaltered / verbatim > form (e.g., make a backup copy of the content) > Revise - the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content > itself (e.g., translate the content into another language) > Remix - the right to combine the original or revised content with > other content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content > into a mashup) > Redistribute - the right to share copies of the original content, your > revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the > content to a friend)[3] > > [from: http://opencontent.org/definition/] > > Wikipedia and sister projects apart, do you know of content, both > educational and otherwise, in India that would fit this definition? > Assuming a lower threshold as well, that it's just available for free > and no necessarily the other elements, are there resources that come > to mind? > > I can think of the NCERT textbooks > [http://www.ncert.nic.in/ncerts/textbook/textbook.htm], NPTEL > [http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/], VASAT [http://vasat.icrisat.org/], > FlexiLearn [http://www.ignouflexilearn.ac.in/flexilearn/] and Pratham > Books, if I say so myself, > [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies/Pratham_Books]. > > What else comes to mind? Examples and links would be very helpful. > > Thank you. > > Best, > > Gautam > ________ > http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >
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