Thanks - & yes, I think people (in the UK at least) do get the idea of “the Commons” as a concept. (mind you, there’s always one medieval historian that takes umbrage…)

David

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David,

I like to use the term ‘Creative Commons’, it links to the idea that teaching is a creative act.

‘Share your teaching materials as creative commons’ is much nicer to say than ‘publish your materials as OER’.

-Melissa

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Saw an interesting question from Sarah Bridgeman (https://twitter.com/SarahMay81 on twitter) :

What’s a better term for “OER”, to use with non-specialists?

I know there has been plenty of discussion here on this over the years, but do we have any alternate terms that people are actively and successfully using?

David

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