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A New Model for OER Sustainability and Continuous Improvement

Iterating Toward Openness

I’ve been interested in sustainability models for OER for decades. Longtime readers may recall that the research group I founded at Utah State University in 2003, the Open Sustainable Learning Opportunities group, became The Center for Open and Sustainable Learning in 2005, which I directed until I moved to BYU.)

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Reflections on Open Education and the Path Forward

Iterating Toward Openness

The general theme of the conversation has been a concern that a focus on open textbooks confuses the means of open education with the end of open education. The overall criticism about ends / means confusion may or may not be true – it depends entirely on what you think the end or goal of open education should be.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

(National) Education Politics. “15 Ways Taylor Swift ’s Lyrics Solve Education Policy ’s Most Pressing Issues” is, no doubt, the most godawful white lady thing I’ve seen this week in education news. And that is saying a lot. ” This is terrible and will hurt poor people.