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Barriers To Oer Adoption (And Possible Solutions), Amanda Hovious
Barriers To Oer Adoption (And Possible Solutions), Amanda Hovious
Texas Conference on Institutional Repositories
Type of presentation: Full Session
ABSTRACT
In 2012, at the World Open Educational Resources Congress in Paris, UNESCO declared that governments within their powers should develop strategies and policies that promote open educational resources (OER) as an avenue toward the universal right of equity of access to education. Though OER has increased exponentially in availability since that time, there remain confounding factors that act as barriers to OER adoption, such as ease of discovery, ease of adaptability and re-use, and uncertainty regarding quality and sustainability. Numerous studies have examined these barriers, and these studies should be of concern to librarians …