OER is principally about licensing. OER's aren't necessarily Learning Objects.
True enough. But, OERs in terms of how they are presented are very
often aggregations of resources; whether or not those resources are
Learning Objects is a separate topic.
>>> We would also be talking, I suppose, of prescribing that most other resources are stored in Git, those that it can handle, whilst those it can't are elsewhere? Which is not really part of the whole 'publish anywhere' tip, unless what we end up putting into Git is a collection of description files.
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>>> I think I am not diverted from the OAI-ORE trail :)
>> Maybe if we step back we can visualise this in a different way.
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>> OAI-ORE is good for describing a finished project, and git is handy for working projects.
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>> So lets say you want to start making an OER tomorrow.
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> I use Github a lot - I'm quite a fan. But then again I'm a software engineer. I think one of the big problems with ed tech has been trying to make teachers think and work like developers.
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> Wikis are a more natural fit for writing - especially collaborating on open textbooks. Which is a another kind of OER again. Then again I've co-written papers using Word docs in Dropbox, Google Docs, and Mediawiki. Lots of options.
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> Ultimately whenever I've made materials for teaching with I've ended up using Powerpoint..!
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> Can OER tech move towards teachers and learners existing practice, rather than require changing practice using the tech?
I wonder if a way of looking at this might be rather to marry the two,
as opposed to leaning against one or the other. For example, your user
interface might have a Google Docs-esque collaborative feel, but it
might be sitting on Git. Everyone's a winner :) Not exactly a
mini-project proposal, of course.
On an almost separate note: From a systems perspective, mixing and
matching various services, including those proprietary and perhaps the
flavour of the year, to use as resources stores and from which to curate
OERs always feels a little risky to me. In particular as there seems to
be concerns about potential change within those aggregations - people
worried that teachers might come to rely on a particular resource and be
disadvantaged should it change, and certainly should it disappear.
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Alex Lydiate
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