Thinking about the UNESCO OER Recommendations I was struck by the thought that the 5Rs are about rights of creators and providers . OER needs rights for students, perhaps a couple of A's
Availability
Accessibility
which are what I believe UNESCO is focused on
@LibreTexts@opencontent A frustration of Wikipedia is unending editing wars where people keep writing over each others words. In LibreTexts authors control permissions to edit their books although others may create copies and edit the copies assuming no ND license.
@EdnaK_@cmclymer This gives Bezos an excuse to step back if he wants it. Trump when president blocked a large Amazon Web Services contract which is probably why Bezos acted as he did but this shows that it would not help him
The Independent Report of the G20 TF-CLIMA group of experts - the 1.5C Agenda - is out today!
we unpack common myths, including the relentless promotion of derisking, and propose alternatives that emphasize state capacity to discipline capital
https://t.co/NgiA4R5cK3
@ShriramKMurthi The MOOC revolution failed because of isolation. Studying alone does not work. If the MOOCs and SLACs and CCs had built recitation/discussion classes all would have benefitted
IMHO of course
@Rich_Hershman A major issue here is that OER advocates push on large introductory courses while not paying attention to smaller more advanced ones (for which resources exist, just harder to find)
@wareslab One of the secrets is that your time dealing with their foolishness is counted in the overhead calculation. Fortunately it's capped at 26% MDC.