Hi Sarah,
> Friday is looming: the deadline for sharing our proposals for the 3 JISC OER technical mini-projects. I've been wondering how others are approaching this. I'm facing this innovative open approach to bidding with some trepidation- for me, it's my livelihood, so it seems counter-intuitive to put ideas out there where the people I might be be competing with for funding can see them. A tension that echoes right across the open education domain I guess.
If it's any consolation we're also looking forward to the deadline with some trepidation! As you know, we have never attempted to fund or manage projects like this before so we have no idea what kind of proposals we'll get. Interesting ones hopefully! I think it's hard to get past that ingrained experience we all have of developing closed bids and I appreciate that it may seem odd to submit bids to a public list while there is still a strong element of competition involved. However we hope this process will encourage some innovative bids and lively discussion.
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> Anyway, I just thought it would be an idea to put this out there and see what comes back. Is everyone else preparing perfectly formed bids that they are going to post on this list on Friday? Is anyone looking for a collaborator or two? Or is everyone thinking "I hope someone else will bid for this because this work needs doing?".
I have been asking myself those very same questions! I guess we'll find out on Friday :)
All the best
Lorna
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Lorna M. Campbell
JISC CETIS Assistant Director
University of Strathclyde
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