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Dark Matter, Dark Reuse, and the Irrational Zeal of a Believer

June 10, 2009 by opencontent

I recently reported the results of Sean Duncan’s dissertation, which calls into question the actual rates of reuse of open educational resources. A number of people have expressed concern or disbelief with his results. As a highlight, if you missed the earlier post, the study looked at rates of use, reuse, and adaptation within the … Read more

Categories open content Tags research, reuse 7 Comments

On the Lack of Reuse of OER

June 5, 2009 by opencontent

A student of mine, now DOCTOR Sean Duncan (congrats again!) has posted his excellent dissertation studying reuse of OERs online under a CC-BY license. This was one of the most enjoyable dissertations I have ever chaired. I’ll cover highlights below, but I encourage you to check out the full text of Patterns of Learning Object … Read more

Categories open content Tags cnx, connexions, data, research, reuse 7 Comments

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