- Jun 2020
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Free and Open
But it's not free and open (as defined by e.g. open source definition or free software definition). It's restricted.
Quite understand the basic motivation ... and ... misusing terms is misleading.
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- Oct 2019
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opencontent.org opencontent.org
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Our primary priority should neither be minimizing cost nor maximizing pedagogical flexibility. Our primary priority should be increasing student learning, and our efforts to reduce costs and increase pedagogical flexibility must always be subservient to that end. When we fail to put student learning first, we can become zealots who confuse the means with the ends.
This is tortured. The only difference I can see between priority 1 and preferred priority 2 seems to be an opportunity to sneak something in that adds cost (profit) under the claim that it's better for student learning. As if the top priority of OER or ZTC "fanatic" educators isn't student success.
I think it's easier to find common ground than the author suggests. And I suspect much of the ZTC and OER fanaticism may be coming from outside the ranks of educators, via political focus that ignores nuance.
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- Aug 2019
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cen.acs.org cen.acs.org
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Cengage launched its own OER resource, OpenNow, in 2017
Which uses OER inside its paywall.
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- Jun 2019
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developingprofessionalstaff-mpls.blogspot.com developingprofessionalstaff-mpls.blogspot.com
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CC BY NC license
I've become much more of an advocate of the NC addition tot he open license since I've started noticing how OER texts seem to wind up in walled-garden turnkey learning systems that charge for the homework and assessment modules.
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www.insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com
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The involvement of for-profit companies like Lumen in the production and distribution of open educational resources remains controversial, since they oftentimes wind up charging students for content that is supposed to be free. Advocates for OER also sometimes worry about whether companies will capture and control student data.
If more OER content was licensed CC-BY-NC-SA, this might dissuade this type of "capture".
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For OER to truly scale
Is this really scaling, or is it productization?
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- May 2019
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www.educationdive.com www.educationdive.com
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OER company Top Hat
Top Hat is not an OER company
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- Oct 2017
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jennihayman.com jennihayman.com
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OER repackaging that Cengage is engaging
I talk a little about openwrapping here: http://scottrobison.net/openeducation/a-not-so-direct-opened17-reflection-openwrapping/
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openwashing.org openwashing.org
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Openwashing
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