There is a lot of talk right now about concerns regarding quality and OER. Quality is obviously of foremost concern with regard to educational materials; however, I think that those who are castigating OER on the basis of quality concerns
Thinking about platforms for open learning
This is a different kind of post for me… I’m really thinking out loud and looking for folks more knowledgeable than me to make suggestions. I’m working on an OER project plan to develop open “textbooks” (collections of resources with
Openness, technology, state politics, and the challenges of poverty
There was a fascinating article in the Texas Tribune this week about the recent legislation in Texas that, among other things, appears to allow textbook money to be directed toward technology, calls for “open source” textbooks to be authored, and
Online and free ≠ open
Newsweek ran an article this week about online courses. This article provided some publicity for the OER movement…except that the article really wasn’t about OER. The article said, in part, “In addition to YouTube EDU, Web sites like iTunes U,
How “conventional” do open textbooks need to be?
I’m working on some product plans and business models for open textbooks in K-12 and have been thinking a lot about how “textbook-like” they need to be to get broad adoption. A lot of the work in OER is reform-driven,