OER @ 16, "Where are You?" | Gordon Freedman | Pulse | LinkedIn

"The purpose of this post is to tease apart the Open Education Resources movement (OER, globally available knowledge in free form) for its own sake from the improved education and personalized learning models movement (structured education and structured personal learning). While the former is assured by now, the latter has not really begun. New and better teaching and learning models are desperately needed in K12 and higher ed, and OER can be and should be playing a major role. But to do so, the field of learning design, content management and personal analytics needs to embrace better processes for OER creation, use, tracking and re-use. This transformation will need to start with the application of data science to learning content, personal use and education outcomes...."