Examining the reuse of open textbooks

An important element of open educational resources (OER) is the permission to use the materials in new ways, including revising and remixing them. Prior research has shown that the revision and remix rates for OER are relatively low. In this study we examined the extent to which the openly licensed...

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Autores principales:	John Levi Hilton III, Neil Lutz, David Wiley
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2012
Materias:	Open educational resources remix reuse open textbooks electronic textbooks Flat World Knowledge Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ab8c26a9d03b4cd5ab8247f302447dc52021-12-02T19:20:54ZExamining the reuse of open textbooks10.19173/irrodl.v13i2.11371492-3831https://doaj.org/article/ab8c26a9d03b4cd5ab8247f302447dc52012-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1137https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 An important element of open educational resources (OER) is the permission to use the materials in new ways, including revising and remixing them. Prior research has shown that the revision and remix rates for OER are relatively low. In this study we examined the extent to which the openly licensed Flat World Knowledge textbooks were being revised and remixed. We found that the levels of revision and remix were similar to those of other OER collections. We discuss the possible significance and implication of these findings. John Levi Hilton IIINeil LutzDavid WileyAthabasca University PressarticleOpen educational resourcesremixreuseopen textbookselectronic textbooksFlat World KnowledgeSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 13, Iss 2 (2012)
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description	An important element of open educational resources (OER) is the permission to use the materials in new ways, including revising and remixing them. Prior research has shown that the revision and remix rates for OER are relatively low. In this study we examined the extent to which the openly licensed Flat World Knowledge textbooks were being revised and remixed. We found that the levels of revision and remix were similar to those of other OER collections. We discuss the possible significance and implication of these findings.
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Examining the reuse of open textbooks

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