eLearning at Science & Engineering: Is OER mainstreamed and sustainable? I should state before I even get started on this post, that I am a big advocate of openness; I have managed a JISC-funded project on OER and am currently researching aspects of the 'movement'.
However, this is the first post in a series that I'm calling 'Sceptic Week' (a few posts that will critically reflect upon and question movements that I fully support). So, without further ado, this post will question two common tenets: mainstreaming and sustaining... Last week I flicked through the (most recent) 2012 Horizon Report (a report which 'predicts' the latest technologies and their 'time to mainstream adoption'), and recall Open Content featuring in the 2010 report (that's 2 years ago) as a movement to reach mainstream adoption within a year or less i.e. last year.
Heresy: who cares about OERs? Trendy edudogma states that open educational resources (OERs) will be the salvation of higher education.
Not so fast... Over the past few weeks I've become fascinated by MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses), registering and experimenting with several courses offered by Udacity and Coursera. Except that these are not classic MOOCs as originally envisioned by the connectivist pioneers. FreeLearning.pdf (application/pdf Object)
OER case studies. OER and assessment. OER development. OER benefits. OER use. Introduction to OERs. Finding oers. Key oer blog posts. Oer books, reports and articles. .bodycard 0776.