Clint Lalonde
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10 years ago @ ClintLalonde.net - The architecture of ou... · 0 replies · +1 points
Welcome to the world of OER. Pros and cons of OER depend a bit on who is asking as there are both for different constituent groups; educators, institutional administration and educational policy makers. From an educators perspective, a good place to start your research on OER would be the OER Handbook for for Educators http://wikieducator.org/OER_Handbook/educator. A nice bullet point summary of some of the advantages of OER can be found at http://www.open.ac.uk/score/faq-categories/what-a... For me the 2 biggest are that they lower the cost to student and the flexibility to faculty in that they can customize the learning resources because they are openly licensed.
As for challenges, for educators there are a few. Findability is one. Where & how to find good resources is always a challenge. And there are barriers with modifying the content once you find it. These are often technical, but with a little support from a knowledgeable technical people, not insurmountable. Sustainability is also a worry that we hear - how will these resources be maintained (open licenses are key here, I think).
That is not, by all means exhaustive. The Commonwealth of Learning has a report on the benefits & challenges that you might find useful for more research (pdf link) http://www.col.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/OER_Be...
10 years ago @ ClintLalonde.net - Why I disabled Ad-Block · 0 replies · +1 points
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10 years ago @ ClintLalonde.net - Why I disabled Ad-Block · 0 replies · +1 points
10 years ago @ ClintLalonde.net - Why I disabled Ad-Block · 0 replies · +1 points
There are known unknowns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiPe1OiKQuk
10 years ago @ ClintLalonde.net - Why I disabled Ad-Block · 0 replies · +1 points
Morality, schmorality. Really just trying to future proof against the griefers :)
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