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OER / ZTC Advocates Have an AI Problem

March 21, 2023 by opencontent

At some point over the last decade, open educational resources (OER) advocacy in US higher education became zero textbook costs (ZTC) advocacy. The two are intertwined now in a manner that would be difficult to disentangle even if you wanted to try. There are plenty of practical reasons why this might have happened. For example, … Read more

The Difference Between an Informational Resource and an Educational Resource

January 21, 2022December 10, 2021 by opencontent

close-up photography of Information signage

Recently I’ve been thinking about the difference between an informational resource and an educational resource. I’ve had the sense that an educational resource is an informational resource with a little something extra and have enjoyed coming back to this thought again and again over the last several weeks, trying to reduce this “something extra” to … Read more