- There is a crowd of students who ultimately pay for everything such as housing, food, and education. Asking those students, who are probably willing take out loans, to pay for books on top of tuition seems unsystematic to be in a game for their education when they can’t afford.
2. OER address one challenge by giving the student the availability to review a textbook online for free or at a small price. That is a blessing. However, where it fails is that the open domain will have textbooks that contain heavy flaws. Personally, OpenStack textbooks are unappealing and very difficult to read but they are the more popular textbook in OER.
3. I don’t think so, with the load of multiple classes and personal commitments, prioritization comes to play and OER would most definitely fall under both examples. It would be a lost cause but, alternatively, offering a survey in the end of the course about the textbook would be a viable and fair thing to do for students.
4.The three most important ideas are Accuracy, Well-structured writing to explain concepts, and design ability.
5. The most important thing I’ve learned in this seminar is most definitely the copyright lecture. I was baffled with preconceived notions about if I’ve infringed or somebody violated my copyrights. It compelled me to learn and further educate myself on what can I do to protect my rights and others.
