I wholeheartedly echo your sentiments about format Shivanand! Clint (your facilitator for Week 4) wrote a blog post awhile back about pdf and how hard it makes remixing of OER and what we're trying to do about it on our project - you can check that out here: http://clintlalonde.net/2013/06/25/pdf-is-where-oers-go-to-die/
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Thanks for sharing those Annie!
You all may also be interested in the Washington Open Course Library: http://opencourselibrary.org
This group has created 81 courses which are free to use and are licensed CC-BY (you'll learn more about licenses next week, but suffice it to say this is the most open license and allows for adoption and adaptation).
In addition, Lumen Learning is creating open course frameworks which can be used as is, or adapted to better suit your needs. You can find those and learn more about Lumen here: http://www.lumenlearning.com
Hi Tak! Great to see you here!
We'll be talking in week 3 about the changes that might need to be made to both individual and institutional ways of thinking about curriculum design and resourcing, but I'm wondering what you think about how the average instructor (if there is such a thing) feels about making the kind of investment in adapting resources versus taking one off the shelf that is traditionally published? My own experience of working with faculty is that they are often extremely overworked and in cases where there isn't a lot of institutional support around spending time updating resources, it's hard to make the case that they should do so.
Shivanand, thanks for raising the issue of quality. What do you (and everyone else!) think are some ways we could ensure quality control? I'm currently working on a sustainability plan for our project (we're producing 40 open texts aligned with high enrolment subjects in the province of BC), and that's my primary concern - how do we ensure continued quality and relevancy of materials once the initial investment of time, resources and funding have been made?
And a second question, who should be responsible for maintaining quality and relevancy of the materials?
Sounds like a great trip William! I've spent quite a bit of time in Strathcona Park, which is between Campbell River and Nootka sound - there is incredible rock climbing and hiking in that area. Bring your raincoat for sure! It can get very wet! Hope you have a wonderful time.