Talk:Open Learning for Development

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I suggest changing the article in the following ways: Adding some images and media rich content as the article is otherwise a little bland, it could do with a some company logo's especially as there is reference to Open Training and Unesco. I notice that there are limited references and external links, Id like to try and add to this and expand on the information be completing some research and determine whether I can add to the existing information.

Thank you for your attention. LukeLynch (talk) 13:28, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Luke - that's great! I'd say go for it. Be Bold. :) - Sara FB (talk) 22:28, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, Litjade makes it clear this needs further evaluation. Totally agree! - Sara FB (talk) 15:48, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Picking up where LukeLynch left off, I've two initial concerns. First, the text doesn't clarify whether "Open Learning for Development" is a concept, program, special term, or something else. Second, the lack of third-party citations raises a question about the article's notability. Given the fact that UNESCO figures into the history of open educational resources, the effort to improve this article seems worthwhile. Once the article better reflects what "Open Learning for Development" is, a discussion can begin about whether the content can stand alone as an article or be subsumed under a broader topic like Open learning or Open Educational Practices. I'd be happy for collaboration, pointers and comments on this one! --Litjade (talk) 22:17, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Findings about "open learning for development"

The term "open learning for development" seems to apply more broadly than solely to describe UNESCO's Open Training Platform initiative. For example, the thematic title of the Commonwealth of Learning's 7th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF7), in December 2013, is "Open Learning for Development: Towards Empowerment and Transformation," and its forums since the first in 1999 have always been titled Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. For another example, the World Bank's Open Knowledge Repository initiative can also be described as promoting "open learning for development." It therefore seems reasonable to update this article's title, from "Open Learning for Development" to the lowercase convention of "Open learning for development". --Litjade (talk) 18:12, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you have found some good info on this topic. Well done! I see you added one of these as an external link. Any way to include it as a specific footnote in the article? It's good if you can "weave it" into the article like this, so it's clear what points the source supports.

Also, I wanted to ask: have you looked at the "history" tab of the article? Anything worth noting there, about the history of the development of this article? -Pete (talk) 23:53, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Pete, for the pointers and hints! In the first version of the article, the first sentence defining the term appeared as its own paragraph, info about UNESCO's OTP started from the second paragraph, and the editor's summary says the page was created "from a seed". It could be that the editor intended to flesh out the term but only had info on the OTP. As is sometimes said, "Hard sayin', not knowin'". Am I missing important clues? --Litjade (talk) 00:54, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There's no "right answer" I'm looking for, but it can be useful to look through an article's history if you have general questions about the topic and how it's covered. In this case, after looking at the history and clicking through some of the diffs, it appears to me that the article was built almost entirely by one person, with other people making small formatting changes, adding banners, etc. That one person hasn't edited in several years, but it might be a good idea to reach out directly to him or her, to get a better sense for their original vision for the article (you might want to try the "email this user" feature). Just a thought. -Pete (talk) 20:08, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good goin', and thanks for the suggestion. The user doesn't have an email address linked to her/his account, so I opted to leave a humble call for help on the user's talk page. Fingers crossed? Mine are! --Litjade (talk) 11:07, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great -- fingers crossed, yes! -Pete (talk) 18:12, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]