This is a much longer reply to David Wiley's recent take on open education stewardship than my recent posts here, though as the author suggests, it says much the same thing. Jim Like writes, "What might discourage faculty from attributing or contributing? Faculty will not share, will not contribute, and will not attribute when they see that their efforts and time get abused by others who don't adhere to the social norms. It's not just over-use that can doom a commons. Enclosure and extraction can destroy a commons just as well." I think this is a pretty definitive response to Wiley, and addresses the real issues of value and community at stake in the discussion.
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