Hi,
I am sure you must have seen the resources from UNESCO. If not, here are some links that can help.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-an...
That could be a more of policy/informative content. You can also check other links on education etc. on that page.
Also, this portal is about Free/Open source resources. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12034&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&U...
(Useful for library management, content management etc etc.)
And you must be knowing fsf, gnu and other FOSS related portals already.
HTH -Sudhanwa
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Gautam John gautam@prathambooks.orgwrote:
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
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