For OER to be successful, lots of people need to participate. Not just in creating OER, but also in using it, modifying it, and generally making it useful. In order for this movement to take off and reach its potential, many people need to get involved.
It sounds daunting, but there are a million little things all of us can do to make this happen, and many of them don’t take much time at all.
Today I’m starting a new series of blog posts called “What you can do.” This will be a collection of things you can do to help make a difference in OER specifically and education more generally.
Idea #1 – If you see a mistake in Wikipedia, fix it.
This also applies to spam, vandalism, or opportunities for clarification or amplification. It’s easy to do this — just click the button that says “edit this page.” Don’t worry too much about messing up the page. Chances are you won’t, and just in case you do, you (or someone else) can always revert and/or fix it.
Wikipedia is a truly amazing free and open resource, because people like you make it better every day.