Topic 4: Sharing Resources and Practicing ‘Open’

The more we advance with technology, many resources continue to appear and it has become very important to reference everything that is taken from others, or else it is copyright. With open resources, it is difficult to understand how the copyright works in a specific situation like this. The 5R’s help a lot with easing the process. Online learning is also a great resource for the less fortunate people that may not be able to afford expensive books and expensive resources. There are also many free open resources to use. There are many examples of students creating websites and sharing their textbooks. OER is great for people with different learning styles, it allows them to understand the best way possible. Students creating these is great because nobody understands students better than themselves. There are many websites that are permissible to be edited by students such as Encyclopedia and infoplease.com. Open pedagogies are improving education overall for all ages. Although it is a difficult process, I believe that if it keeps going in this direction, education will keep improving alongside technology.

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