Following your link I came across this statement from Joanne Keselman (shared in the article by Sarah Petz): that in lieu of renewing the agreement, the university will use its funds to “modernize” their resources and services “rather than perpetuating the antiquated relationship with Access Copyright,”

Initially it seemed that this increase would cause issues for students and staff, but after reading your post I was pleased to see this response from the university.

A move towards collaborative learning, as shared in your post, would incorporate the use of online resources (most of which are already available) and this would definitely keep costs down. Resource-based learning, another example provided in your post, would undoubtedly merge well with learning that utilizes online resources and OER.

From the link you shared I found the following on the role of the teacher: “Provide a reason for students to gather information by developing a question or problem, based on a curriculum topic…”

The end goal seems to be developing the networked learner.

Thanks for sharing your ideas.

Jonathan

It seems that this does indeed come down to a “moral” decision as outside of the federal and provincial government and the other organizational types you listed, users do not have to make their content accessible to all.

Perhaps, if viewers put more pressure on the creator, ensuring that he or she made certain of the accessibility for all users, then we would see more progress. This could be done via reviews of the Open Education Resource by the viewers (and online community). For example, the more accessible the resource was the more credibility it would gain.

Another option for change: is if members of the community championed this cause and edited the work of others, to make it more accessible. More training is needed in order to afford all users the technical skills required to do this. I am certain that society would not be able to rely on others but rather should empower each content creator with the skills to make his or her content accessible to all.

In our next discussion, our group might be able to determine useful learning resources for this purpose. Thanks for sharing your findings. I enjoyed reading your post.

Jonathan