On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Edward Cherlin <echer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 1:02 AM, simonfj <simo...@cols.com.au> wrote: > > In a word, No. > > This turns out not to be the case. In a word, Yes. A key, not "the" key, but one of the next ones the world will see. > OERs are as big an advance as printed textbooks were Yes. If you think of OER as "transparent, static, non-reusable publications related to education" then I can see why you would not be excited about their generative potential. But if you think of the movement as "global communities collaborating to unify, organize, interconnect, enrich, and freely share knowledge" in the context of education, then you have one of the cornerstones of societal development in our generation. Sam. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
