{"id":4528,"date":"2015-11-07T15:51:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T15:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2015-11-07T15:56:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T15:56:51","slug":"open-is-ok-if-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/07\/open-is-ok-if-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Open is OK if available"},"content":{"rendered":"

My reaction to #GoOpen was one of my more popular posts<\/a> of the modern era (I have been a blogger for many years). I am not backing away from the sentiments I expressed, but I think I should clarify. My position is that depending on free is a bad long-term strategy. I ask only that readers examine their own behavior and evaluate their personal willingness to generate resources requiring considerable effort at no cost to the consumer. I am not claiming individuals with such altruistic tendencies do not exist (I offer my own effort as an example<\/a>), I am claiming the assumption that this component of formal instruction should not be assumed to be free. Note that open resources could be paid for by a third party (states could sponsor textbooks). Much like endowed chairs as a way to bolster the human resources of state universities, I question whether such resources will be common.<\/p>\n

I am not questioning whether quality open resources exist. For this interested in this topic, I refer readers to this research study<\/a> ironically made available at no cost to the consumer by the American Educational Research Association (AERA).<\/p>\n

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My reaction to #GoOpen was one of my more popular posts of the modern era (I have been a blogger for many years). I am not backing away from the sentiments I expressed, but I think I should clarify. My position is that depending on free is a bad long-term strategy. I ask only that … Continue reading Open is OK if available<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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