%0	Web Page
%A	Bates, Tony
%C	United States, North America
%D	2011
%I	Online Learning and Distance Education Resources
%K	developing countries
%K	OER advantages and disadvantages
%K	OER debate
%K	OER movement
%K	OER quality
%T	A reflection on the OER debate: Every which way but loose
%U	https://www.tonybates.ca/2011/03/18/a-reflection-on-the-oer-debate-every-which-way-but-loose/
%X	The OER debate is likely to continue for a long time, mainly outside this forum, but I want here to provide if not a wrap-up at least some personal conclusions from the debate so far.

My original post, OER’s: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and Rory McGreal’s lengthy critique of my post, A defence of the OER movement: Any Which Way You Can, has interestingly generated more discussion on this web site than any other topic. If OER’s are not the main trend in e-learning, they certainly seem to generate the most emotion (or maybe my original post was just more provocative than usual). I’ll come back to this point later. ...
%8	03/2011
%9	Blog
%*	does not apply
%[	2018