Brief overview of the challenges regarding standardization of definitions for OER and resulting expectations for standard licensing, technical formats, and other issues.

1. Access, Standards, and Interoperability Digital Repositories for Learning 2009 Vancouver BC Ahrash N Bissell

2. Legal and technical interoperability… What do we know ? What do we want ? What do we need ? Why ?

3. Some useful distinctions… Objective attributes vs subjective (even if validated) qualities. Enabling what we want vs disabling what we dislike . OER are composites – what is fundamental to their function and what is essentially habit?

4. Text What are Open Edu c ational Resour c es? Michael Reschke cba Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials, tools, and media used for teaching and learning that are free from copyright restrictions or publicly licensed for anyone to use, adapt, and redistribute.

5. Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials, tools, and media used for teaching and learning that are free from copyright restrictions or publicly licensed for anyone to use, adapt, and redistribute.

6. Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials, tools, and media used for teaching and learning that are free from copyright restrictions or publicly licensed for anyone to use, adapt, and redistribute.

7. Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials, tools, and media used for teaching and learning that are free from copyright restrictions or publicly licensed for anyone to use, adapt, and redistribute.

8. Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials, tools, and media used for teaching and learning that are free from copyright restrictions or publicly licensed for anyone to use, adapt, and redistribute.

9. Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials, tools, and media used for teaching and learning that are free from copyright restrictions or publicly licensed for anyone to use , adapt, and redistribute.

10. Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials, tools, and media used for teaching and learning that are free from copyright restrictions or publicly licensed for anyone to use, adapt , and redistribute.

11. Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials, tools, and media used for teaching and learning that are free from copyright restrictions or publicly licensed for anyone to use, adapt, and redistribute .

13. Digital vs analog objects. Lingo challenges – free, online, digital, e-learning, distance learning, etc. How tightly tied are OER to new technologies? How tightly tied should they be? What are our expectations, especially re: re-use and adaptation? Others? Some things to think about…

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