Libraries Meeting OER 
Iterating Toward Openness
MARCH 9, 2020
In this first bite-sized installment I’m going to address the major flaw in the OER definition provided as part of the recent UNESCO OER Recommendation. If traditional copyright protection prohibited no-cost access, libraries could not exist. The definition in the recommendation as set forth in Section I.
Edsurge
MARCH 1, 2018
Will we wander through VR stacks in the library of the future? Will the library’s computer lab become a makerspace? Those were just a couple of the questions raised on Tuesday, February 27 when the #DLNchat community got together to discuss: What Is the Role of Libraries in Digital Learning Innovation?
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Edsurge
JANUARY 15, 2019
But fans of OER are increasingly facing a problem. While OER started off as free online textbooks, it still costs money to produce these materials, and professors often need guidance finding which ones are high quality. So OER advocates are realizing they need to change their pitch.
NeverEndingSearch
MAY 6, 2019
And what does it look like when the librarian, armed with a rich OER toolkit, regularly curates urgently needed, high-quality, flexible, no- or low-cost digital tools and content across the curriculum, expertly modeling that practice for the entire learning community?
Iterating Toward Openness
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
I recently attended one of the community meetings discussing whether or not a national open education policy is needed in the US. There were two other meetings I did not attend, so I can’t speak to them. There were several times during the meeting when attendees were asked to contribute their thoughts on a range of topics.
Hapara
MARCH 17, 2022
and Mrs. Perkins, a fifth-grade teacher, browses the district’s library of content in H?para Mr. Stone locates openly licensed content found on OER Commons and uploads it within the Student Dashboard Digital Backpack. Meeting a learner’s reading needs. Looking to get started with a similar OER initiative?
Iterating Toward Openness
APRIL 25, 2019
I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. My end goal isn’t to increase OER adoption.
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