Wednesday 27 March 2013

Flipping OERs

I know they are supposed to save academics time, but the cataloging and technology involved in their creation renders them almost useless. I have been trying to encourage staff to use them for several years, but unless those staff are very capable with IT, they have endless problems.

They are
Difficult to view unless you install them
Some of the more complex ones are not compatible with the latest browsers
The data bases could also be improved, they are growing unwieldy and difficult to identify anything useful

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