Stop Saying “High Qualityâ€
David Wiley,
iterating toward openness,
Mar 27, 2015
I've been at the Hewlett OER grantees conference in Sausalito the last few days and I find myself agreeing with David Wiley in this post: "The biggest surprises to me were the number of times the phrase "high quality" came up, and what a strong, negative reaction I had each time I heard the word." Same here! "'High quality' sounds like it's dealing with a core issue, while actually dodging the core issue. The phrase is sneaky and deceptive.... when people say "high quality" they actually mean all these things (author credentials, review by faculty, copyediting, etc.) except effectiveness." Wiley won't say this, but in my view it's a way for publishers to weasel into a position of being the sole provider of open educational resources, because of course nobody else could produce "high quality" materials.
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