Iterating Toward Openness
AUGUST 27, 2019
As the movement grew and more people began advocating for the adoption of OER in place of traditionally copyrighted materials in classes, some advocates chose to make cost the primary focus of their advocacy. This choice rotated licensing into a secondary priority. Other schools have OER policies and OER degree programs.
Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
In this relationship, improving education is secondary to the goal of being more open. While that might seem like a win for increasing openness (“all courses now use OER exclusively!”), When we consider open to be its own end, education becomes subservient to open. ”), it would be a loss for education more broadly.
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Iterating Toward Openness
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Yesterday IHE published an article about the “ inclusive access ” programs offered by most major textbook publishers. The inclusive access model’s goal of reducing the cost of textbooks apparently reminded the article’s author of OER, because she includes some discussion of OER toward the end of the article.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 19, 2016
But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services. “If And to provide more digital content beyond OERs, the government launched the Open eBooks app back in February 2016.
Iterating Toward Openness
APRIL 25, 2019
I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses.
Iterating Toward Openness
APRIL 29, 2016
Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” ” The article poses three questions and answers them. Below I share some thoughts prompted by the article. How do we deliver better learning experiences to more students?
edWeb.net
FEBRUARY 17, 2018
This article was modified and published by EdScoop. Alison is an experienced secondary school English teacher, a Florida native and a graduate of the Florida State University. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and SETDA and sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenters.
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