@shannonmattern we've spent the last couple years working with #SIDS (small island developing states) in the South Pacific to help them become self-sufficient in using #FOSS to power their education system, esp with the Covid-motivated shift to remote teaching/learning. That's what motivated the #FOSSDLE initiative (see https://fossdle.org - note, it's still a work in progress, but, like all FOSS, we 'release early and often'. 😉 ).

And I think where I'm going with this is the utility of seeing the #FOSSDLE #foss + #dle + #OER as a connected ecosystem: books, information, research and data are not separate but integrated into the network.

I do know this is well-surveyed territory - but I'm just getting my bearings; it's always worthwhile making your own mudmap. Figure out your own thoughts first. We're so in the habit of looking to the literature for everything, we forget to forge our own ideas.

Because OER is "books" it's seen as the business of "librarians" and I'm wondering if this is keeping it corralled in that space, a university subunit and someone else's business. I'll revise this thought when I start seeing papers on OER that aren't published by library and information science scholars, and it's only a small part of the puzzle, feel it's maybe a Thing.

#oer #vle #fossdle #dle

why yes, I am up at five am thinking about free and open source digital learning environments. How about you?

#oer #vle #fossdle #dle

@bonstewart @clintlalonde We use Mastodon in our open courses. Posts incorporating the course hashtag are 'harvested' for Twitter-like course feed. We host our own instance providing a safe place for learners to gain confidence in using the technology without sacrificing data. Soon we will be launching the #FOSSDLE Commons, a cooperative for shared infrastructure so HE institutions can have access to instances they control.

@lightweight Thanks Dave - just had a play on the Matrix server using Element. I'm already addicted - Federation is the future of #OER and education. The more federated apps we use in our stack, the better imo. Nice one and BIG thanks for setting this up for #FOSSDLE