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  1. Aug 2018
    1. Access to Editing Tools: Is the open content published in a format that can only be revised or remixed using tools that are extremely expensive (e.g., 3DS MAX)? Is the open content published in an exotic format that can only be revised or remixed using tools that run on an obscure or discontinued platform (e.g., OS/2)? Is the open content published in a format that can be revised or remixed using tools that are freely available and run on all major platforms (e.g., OpenOffice)? Level of Expertise Required: Is the open content published in a format that requires a significant amount technical expertise to revise or remix (e.g., Blender)? Is the open content published in a format that requires a minimum level of technical expertise to revise or remix (e.g., Word)? Meaningfully Editable: Is the open content published in a manner that makes its content essentially impossible to revise or remix (e.g., a scanned image of a handwritten document)? Is the open content published in a manner making its content easy to revise or remix (e.g., a text file)? Self-Sourced: It the format preferred for consuming the open content the same format preferred for revising or remixing the open content (e.g., HTML)? Is the format preferred for consuming the open content different from the format preferred for revising or remixing the open content (e.g. Flash FLA vs SWF)?

      Interesantes estos 5 elementos de la definición, que son contextuales. Por ejemplo, los lenguajes de etiquetas ligeros son más fáciles de manejar para muchas personas, incluso por personas que no lo han visto antes, pero muy desconocidos.

      Sobre el punto 1 también colocaría si es necesario estar permanentemente en línea para editar este contenido (ejemplo GoogleDocs).

      Sobre el punto 4, es desafortunado lo popular del formato HTML comparado con lo difícil de editar manualmente y la verborrea de su etiquetas. Hay formatos ligeros que facilitan la edición y revisión de contenido, así no sean los mismos empleados para la publicación (por el monopolio de subformatos como HTML). El énfasis debería ser más sobre la trazabilidad del formato fuente y el formato de consumo. (ejemplo, la Wikipedia).

  2. May 2018
    1. Neither study, however, focuses on how faculty are revising OER, and overall there is little research in the extant literature on the degree to which faculty or students are revising OER, how they are doing so, and what impact this may have on student learning outcomes.