[Open-education] [OER] THREE IN FOUR U.S. TEACHERS SAY OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ARE USED MORE OFTEN THAN TEXTBOOKS | TES Global

Wed Mar 9 16:03:54 UTC 2016

Hi Priscila. To me this doesn’t look like a very rigorous survey with respect to OER. It’s done by a UK-based education technology company, and there isn't any information on the methodology or wording of the questions, which is suspect. They also make several factual errors in the press release, including how they describe US Department of Education policy and neglecting that textbooks can be open resources too. So, I suspect this probably doesn't distinguish between “open” and “free online”, and while the results may be meaningful in showing that teachers are moving *toward* more open resources (using free online resources is a first step), we should also beware of anything that promotes misunderstanding of what open means. 

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> On Mar 9, 2016, at 5:56 AM, Priscila Gonsales <prigon at educadigital.org.br> wrote:
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> Hi everyone!
> 
> Tks Cable for sharing this survey! It's amazing results! 
> But I'm in doubt if this "open" the survey discuss about is related to "our open understanding" or is also related to "free understanding" (I mean not paid).
> 
> Anyone knows? 
> 
> Priscila
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> 2016-03-08 20:15 GMT-03:00 Cable Green <cable at creativecommons.org <mailto:cable at creativecommons.org>>:
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> http://www.tesglobal.com/teachertech2 <http://www.tesglobal.com/teachertech2>
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> Cable
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