Found this great OER metaphor and image today via Dana West.
MilkRoleOERs
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
