> So counting the number of resources is a poor way of measuring its impact.
It's a statistic that many people (and crucially, organisations, institutions and funding bodies) find useful as a starting point for a number of reasons (as Jackie alluded to). It's also one that seems to me to be a totally obvious one to be able to provide- it certainly raised eyebrows when Martin started on his OER Visualisation journey and it *wasn't* easy to provide. And it's not our job to say "Sorry JISC/Dept of ducation/whoever, we can't provide that stat- don't you know it's a poor way to measure impact?"
S.
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