{"id":2718,"date":"2023-01-15T20:25:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T01:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2026-11-11T22:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T03:03:45","slug":"online-infrastructures-for-open-educationalresources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designedtoinspire.com\/blog\/online-infrastructures-for-open-educationalresources\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Infrastructures for Open Educational Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve started a deeper dive into Chapter 18 titled <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/978-981-19-2080-6.pdf?pdf=button\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/978-981-19-2080-6.pdf?pdf=button\">Online Infrastructures for Open Educational Resources (OER) in the massive Handbook of Open, Distance<br \/>and Digital Education<\/a>. It aligns closely with a current project, as well as a long interest I&#8217;ve had in creating and distributing OER for the benefit of adult foundational skills education. This chapter focuses on, &#8220;digital knowledge infrastructures devoted to the creation, storage, management, and sharing of OER across diverse educational levels and geographies.&#8221; (p. 284). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this first pass of this very dense chapter, I was interested in their take on <strong>barriers\/obstacles<\/strong>, which is addressed in the Challenges and Future Research section starting on page 297. The authors cover familiar ground, including challenges associated with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Awareness (e.g., users not knowing the OER exists or its purpose)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lack of use incentives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Searchability\/Findability\/Interoperability; Absence or non-systematic labeling &#8211; including (significantly!) pedagogical\/educational, which impedes discovery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contextual\/Cultural\/Sociotechnical Issues, which I tend to lump under &#8220;localization&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global North\/English\/Higher Ed domination in production AND research (linked to above) can result in &#8220;cultural biases and imbalances&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implications of (and debates about) licensing choices (e.g, extent to which there must compliance with all 5Rs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sustainability of OER &amp; infrastructure of repositories (e.g., shift from national to individual institutions)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, this updates my reference list but reinforced (vs challenged) my existing roster of barriers\/obstacles. Helpful first pass!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Featured Image Photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@unkn0wncat?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Kevin Kandlbinder<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/YXBF9W7DqQQ?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve started a deeper dive into Chapter 18 titled Online Infrastructures for Open Educational Resources (OER) in the massive Handbook of Open, Distanceand Digital Education. It aligns closely with a current project, as well as a long interest I&#8217;ve had in creating and distributing OER for the benefit of adult foundational skills education. 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