Discussions > How does broadband affect OERs?
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Abel Caine
434 days ago |
Broadband access to the internet especially in developing countries is creating a new ICT revolution. There are great financial and technical challenges to ensuring everyone has equitable access and the ICT skills to take advantage of broadband but the pace of deployment is accelerating.
How does broadband affect OERs?
- Users will be able to review and create and share OERs that include large audio or video components.
- Teachers and students will be able to create complex learning objects tailored directly to the student's learning needs and abilities;
- Teachers will be able to teach "live" using "live OERs" to much greater numbers of students.
Are there any other benefits broadband internet acces brings to OERs?
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Pheo Martin PhD
434 days ago |
Abel, I am glad to see the word 'broadband' because this is a faster speed of transmission. So, technically, this is a good benefit. (Having come through the initial dial up systems, I have an appreciation of this *~*) Two other significant teaching benefits are that OERs allow for asynchronous and self-paced learning. Both of these are significant to providing the best possible learning environments. Pheo :)
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FATHI ESSALMI
434 days ago |
Hi Dr. Caine and Dr. Martin.
Thank you for the discussion.
In addition, Open Educational Resources could be used for personalizing the learning. In this case, learners find rapidly the educational resources representing the needed knowledge in the form they can comprehend easily.
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Wayne Mackintosh
433 days ago |
Hi Abel,
From a pedagogical perspective, as educators, we should should try to design for rich multi-modal learning experiences irrespective of the carrier technology. Assuming "broadband" lets us think differnetly and more creatively about learning design.
We should not confuse rich media with the carrier technology. A CDROM is broadband connectivity -- it may not be on-demand, but does facilitate access to media rich learning materials.
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