A reflection on the OER debate: Every which way but loose
| Published | 18 March 2011 |
| Type of work | Blog |
| Publisher | Online Learning and Distance Education Resources |
| Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
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. ...
| Keywords | developing countries · OER advantages and disadvantages · OER debate · OER movement · OER quality |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
| URL | https://www.tonybates.ca/2011/03/18/a-reflection-on-the-oer-debate-every-which-way-but-loose/ |
| Access date | 2018 |
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