Talk:Open Education Practices: A User Guide for Organisations/Resources and Practices

Hi Leigh

I hope you find my changes acceptable. From my perspective, the OP case needs to be presented first followed by the history and principles of OER which you have outlined - course ware, copyright etc. The material is great and has lots of detail, but I am being ruthless to make it more readable for people who I know will want the quick and dirty info and shorter descriptions. The arguments you provide are great, and could be presented as more of a positive debate of both view points to convince them rather than an impassioned and sometimes negative lecture. I have suggested some of the detail is linked to another page to make it easier to read - you will see where. Perhaps Social networking and participatory culture needs to be shortened with links to the detail - can you pull out the absolute important bits you want to include. I have had a go but feel these sections are still too long. I have done my bit on this page. --Bronwynh (talk) 05:47, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't think you need the following about learning objects - it is too negative.

From 2001 - 2004 there probably wasn't an eLearning Unit on the planet that had not discussed re-usable learning object (LO) theory. This statement needs to be backed up with a reference. The development of learning objects was entirely tied to interoperability within Learning Management Systems, and attracted very large investments in the period. This statement needs to be backed up with a reference. I would dispute this statement as they were also developed as stand alone resources, well before LMS arrived - e.g. Merlot from 1997. Also AUS Toolboxes can operate separate to a LMS. So I think this needs to be reworded. The energy and commitment behind learning object development has waned considerably in recent years, to a point to which it is a rarely talked about and generally a rarely considered area in today's eLearning Units. This statement needs to be backed up with a reference.

Is this a 2007 or 2010 statement? - "Today it has 251 language editions with the English version alone containing 1,778,031 articles!"--Bronwynh (talk) 03:04, 4 August 2010 (UTC)