Blog Post: The Dark Side Of Power
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Margot you came across, as I did in my readings, the concerns related to the quality of OERs and the funding of their development.
In course development one must take in to account the research and brain based theories, and look to incorporate the best practices in relation to content, communication and assessment. I agree with you in that this takes time and money. See my comments on Sonny’s post in relation to where funding is coming from for development of some OERs.
In relation to free access for all I voiced similar concerns, in my comment on Tracy C’s blog post, to the statement ``Open Education means that no matter where one lives, with a computer and Internet connection they too can have access to these free educational resources.” In particular the resources may be free but access is not and not everyone can afford a computer and Internet connection. Many schools find it hard to keep up to date
with technology. How will this be addressed if one needs a computer and Internet to access the “free educational resources”?
It will be interesting to watch what occurs in the realm of OERs over time.
Thanks for this inspiring post.
Jane J.
Location: http://margotslearningquest.weebly.com
Margot you came across, as I did in my readings, the concerns related to the quality of OERs and the funding of their development.
In course development one must take in to account the research and brain based theories, and look to incorporate the best practices in relation to content, communication and assessment. I agree with you in that this takes time and money. See my comments on Sonny’s post in relation to where funding is coming from for development of some OERs.
In relation to free access for all I voiced similar concerns, in my comment on Tracy C’s blog post, to the statement ``Open Education means that no matter where one lives, with a computer and Internet connection they too can have access to these free educational resources.” In particular the resources may be free but access is not and not everyone can afford a computer and Internet connection. Many schools find it hard to keep up to date
with technology. How will this be addressed if one needs a computer and Internet to access the “free educational resources”?
It will be interesting to watch what occurs in the realm of OERs over time.
Thanks for this inspiring post.
Jane J.