I just read the OER article which had a lot of new information for me. I am aware of open educational resources or open source software but haven't thought about legal implications. I can see advantages for different users like cutting down on costs (Open Office), using open source as a learning tool for IT students, integrate this in web 2.0 applications and so on. However, I always ask myself the question if the quality is just as good as commercial software. I do have a lot of commercial resources in my class and have to admit that all of it is pretty expensive. I often experience that I would like to change certain parts in the applications but I'm not able to because of restrictions. Maybe someone else has other experiences?
Am looking forward though to the next activity in where we have to explore OER. See if it can take away my doubts.
Week 10, activity 6: OER
Hi All,
I just read the OER article which had a lot of new information for me. I am aware of open educational resources or open source software but haven't thought about legal implications.
I can see advantages for different users like cutting down on costs (Open Office), using open source as a learning tool for IT students, integrate this in web 2.0 applications and so on. However, I always ask myself the question if the quality is just as good as commercial software. I do have a lot of commercial resources in my class and have to admit that all of it is pretty expensive. I often experience that I would like to change certain parts in the applications but I'm not able to because of restrictions. Maybe someone else has other experiences?
Am looking forward though to the next activity in where we have to explore OER. See if it can take away my doubts.