Found this great OER metaphor and image today via Dana West.
| Milk | Role | **OERs ** |
|---|---|---|
| Cow | Primary producer/Creator | Teacher/Author |
| Calf | Primary consumer | Enrolled student |
| Farmer | Secondary producer/repurposer | Learning technologist/Course leader |
| Milk bottlers | Primary supplier | Learning technologist |
| Shop | Secondary supplier | deposit in institutional repository or open deposit |
| Human family | Secondary consumer | Teacher within or outside institution |
| Human family and pets | Sharers and re-users | Enroled students of that teacher |
| Person with milk, Person with cocoa powder, Person with sugar - can make chocolate | Exchange and repurposers | other teachers within or outside institution |
| Chocolate in shop fridge | repository | deposit in different open repositories |
| Chocolate eaten | re-users/maybe sharing; ) | potentially global learners |
| Chocolate added to cake mixture | further re-purposing | potentially global teachers |
Image CC BY-NC-SA Steve took it