A defence of the OER movement: Any which way you can
Published | 12 March 2011 |
Type of work | Blog |
Publisher | Online Learning and Distance Education Resources |
Country | Canada, North America |
ABSTRACT
Rory McGreal, VP Research at Athabasca University, has written a substantial response to my critique of aspects of the OER movement: OERs: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Since my post is now over a month old, and Rory’s response is both passionate and detailed, I’m making his comment into a new post so that it will get wider circulation. I will respond to this in a few days time, but first I wanted to get reactions from other readers. Here is Rory’s comment:...Keywords | McGreal · OER · teaching and learning |
Refereed | Does not apply |
Rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
URL | https://www.tonybates.ca/2011/03/12/a-defence-of-the-oer-movement-any-which-way-you-can/ |
Access date | 2018 |
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