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Recent readings in the Open Ed course all discussed metadata and its importance to the usability of OER. The OECD report pointed about some of the challenges: “Adding metadata to a resource is time-consuming and faces the same problem software

In the Week 4 readings for the Open Ed course, there was much discussion of sustainability and business models. Each report discussed these issues and concluded that they are “tricky.” :) These are critical points though, particularly as many of

And the final question: “Based on where the field is now, and these initial ideas about where it might go, what part of the open education movement is most interesting to you? Why? ” In Week 1, we debated the

Here are the questions for Week 4 of the Open Ed course: QUESTIONS: What do these overviews of the field have in common? What do they emphasize differently? What are the aims of the authors of each report? Do you

I read an interested article about a program in New York that offers financial incentives to selected families for participating in education, including payment for attending parent conferences, improving student performance, and even graduating. Opportunity NYC is modeled after a