Hey Kim, Its always a pleasure to read your postings on libre content! Your coverage of cutting edge projects across the globe is impressive and you always provide a wealth of resources and links to what is going on in the field - particularly from the developing world perspective. South Africa is becoming a global leader in FLOSS and free content adoption, and I can assure you that we are learning much from your experiences. Thanks for an informative and challenging post!
The general public may not be aware of this - but your leadership thinking around the concept of “free knowledge communities” which evolved to libre communities was an instrumental catalyst in the foundation of WIkiEducator. Thanks for the inspiration!
I'm very pleased that you raised the issue of bandwidth in your post. Sadly most of the industrialized world uses bandwidth as an excuse to focus on legacy technologies for development at the expense of the potential of digital technologies for creating development futures.
For example - it's relatively easy to develop wiki ==> pdf technologies that would provide access to learners in Africa who do not have connectivity. At COL we are working on funding solutions (with a very restricted budget ..;-( ) to achieve these objectives.
So I guess my question is how do we lobby the donor community and free content projects to collaborate on the technological solutions that will make a difference in Africa?
In other words - how do we make the future happen for Africa using free content?
I can assure you that we'll be collaborating with you to achieve these ideals
Cheers, Wayne
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