I'd like to focus on this one by Jim at USQ.
What about the cost of existing institutional licensing agreements with (i)the vendors of LMS software and (ii) publishers who provide access to e-library resources, including full text e-content? These financial agreements are usually a function of the number of "seats" which are provided only for an agreed number of officially registered mainstream students
"The suggested solution to these potentially problematic issues is to offer OERu courses (based solely on OER and embracing the pedagogy of discovery) via Moodle on WikiEducator thereby avoiding financial and administrative system interface complexities".
Statement: One primary role for OERu in all of this is that it becomes a "services provider/broker" to various Access federations.
Hosting a Moodle on the Wikieducator domain is a logical approach, just as it does a wiki at the moment. Other open source applications would naturally follow (depending on the communities' wants).
We can see the usual (institutional- centric) approach as SUNY begins to outsource its Moodle needs to MoodleRooms, as a host, in a cloud. This institutional centric approach is something aggregators like bccampus already aim to overcome by brokering, on behalf of a number of institutions, relationships with commercial service providers like Adobe, Elluminate as well as hosting opensource "apps" like Moodle. http://www.bccampus.ca/partnerships/
I've been suggesting that one of OERu's role is to act as the broker between National "access federations" like the aaf as well as other smaller (state wide) ones like bccampus. USQ, for example, is already a member of the ANZ federation. http://www.aaf.edu.au/subscribe/subscribers/ They share access to a range of catalogued services with other institutional subscribers. I can't see any reason why wikieducator/OERu services wouldn't be hosted in the aaf cloud, and could be spread from there.
National Access Federations all share one primary focus = to enable National institutions to share "services=apps". They all do this on an uncoordinated (between federations) basis already. So each national federation has their separate list of service providers. https://refeds.terena.org/index.php/Federations
At present Access federations are attempting to work though how they share services (i.e. ConFederate) on a global basis. The focus for these activities always comes down to focussing on a "Virtual Organisation", of which OERu is one of the few global ones. OERu is the only I've seen that works in the "common services" space (moodles wikis, etc). Most others are based around large specialised research production networks like the Hadron Collider.
So, as I see it, one of OERu's roles in developing an International network is being the entity which aggregates a range of "services" under the one domain, which will be common to all access federations; An "honest broker" if you will. The main services (in such a platform) will be the kind that will support these governance meetings.
WE have seen during this open meeting that there "is there a model where students get some recognition that is perhaps skills / outcomes based that is not as bound by governance and accreditation" (as mentioned by SNHU, even if their names haven't been mentioned so far:). It's based on, not only capturing/distributing these open governance meetings on a(n increasingly) professional basis, but also working through the development/Confederation of (open access) platforms, which will include other institutions. (if for no other reason than it saves duplication and money)
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I always find that good minds underestimate themselves. I'm not sorry to say that you do too. Mind you, considering your work pace, you've gotta say "enough" sometiimes.
You've got your feet planted firmly on the ground; with the head not (yet) in the "clouds". And thank God for that.
Just give it time. The penny will drop. As you've pointed out, the aim is to "provide easy ways to integrate OERu learning resource (at one domain I would think) which we can deliver to any LMS from WikiEducator" (which is the domain you're going to integrate at, I would think). You can host the domain anywhere. If you do it at an IP address which is accessible via a federation's memberships institutional account, you have your network. Probably saved yourself a lot of hosting and bandwidth charges as well.
We can't stop the slow evolution of the new network model. i.e. sharing apps on an open network; any more than the OERu members want to share their content (at the moment) on separate ones. One is a federation of (access to) shared content, the other a federation of (access to) shared applications=services.
The network federation guys have done their thing, so far as their little (National/ANZ) perspectives are concerned. And they are floundering because most content communities expect them to look outside their National domains and say, "we're a global community." (look at out get togethers!)
From my perspective you are one of the leaders in the art of "open governance", which is quite an imaginative art. If you'd like to see what one of your peers in the .gov.au space is doing, it's here. http://digiculture.wikispaces.com/ You can see the commonality in approaches (on a national basis, not global like your own).
So let's not rush at this. As I track down others peers in different countries, the commonality in the tools they prefer to use becomes more apparent. You know how de Bono's "ah ha" effect works. The logic of a new model is perfectly obvious once all the pieces are understood.
BTW. Most community's same the same thing. "Bring your partners to the table. We don't have the resources". Most of the time that's only because they don't understand how networks work and what is possible. e.g. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1111/S00035/internet2-and-ipv6-provide-new-opportunities-for-music.htm
But hey! We're all learning. (in the art of open governance) me especially.
All the best.
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