Derek Keats, who I greatly respect and admire, responded to my earlier post with this reply:
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Misquoting Adams on the UNESCO IIEP List
You may be somewhat surprised to hear that talk on the UNESCO IIEP list, set up for the discussion of open educational resources, has temporarily turned to the topic of open versus free versus libre again. đŸ™‚ Here is my contribution to the conversation, in which I quote and than “adapt” John Adams…
OERs, Producers, Consumers, and Reuse
No, this isn’t another tired post complaining that we should think of all “consumers” as also being “producers.” Of course we should.
This is a post about a much more subtle problem with the way we’re thinking, that I am increasingly convinced is putting the field of open educational resources (OER) at risk.