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Open Educational ResourcesWhat They Are, and What They Are Not
Nicholas C Burbules
Three features of the Internet
- Information wants to be free
- Culture of remixing
- The emergence of self-educating communities
Educational resources
- Readings, textbooks- Syllabi, lesson plans, study guides- Lectures- Simulations, games- Instructional modules/learning objects- Quizzes, assessment tools
What does “open” mean?
- Open licensing
- Creative Commons
- Public domain
- The paradox of volume
How are open resources used?
- Modularity, remixing
- Used by teachers
- Used by learners- Individually
- Collectively
What they are, what they aren’t
- Avenues of universal access
- How they’re used, who they’re used by
- Open doesn’t mean free
- Resource as a potentiality
- What is needed to activate potential
MOOC mania
- What they are, what they aren’t
- The problem of overpromising
- Their potential