Hi Gautam,
Not sure what you have, these links may be of use if they have skipped your notice -
* Keisham & Sophirani (2008). Url - http://ir.inflibnet.ac.in/dxml/bitstream/handle/1944/1134/19.pdf?sequence=1
* TOI (Jan 2012) "Now, classroom content of IITs can be accessed by MIT students" Url - http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-02/news/30580988_1_nptel...
Warm regards,
Ashwin
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Shiju Alex shijualexonline@gmail.com wrote:
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 gautam@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
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