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Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

This report (178 page PDF) is a comprehensive overview of the global impact of open educational resources, with a focus on the global south. The report suggests there is still a way to go: "The data suggests little evidence of wide acceptance of OER within the surveyed countries and, in many instances, OER initiatives feature largely as 'projects', without systematic integration." Similarly mixed rsults are reported in the areas of funding support, and diversity and inclusion. Against that, what little research there is provides "a clear, evidence-based rationale for how the implementation of existing OER policies could greatly reduce costs of educational material."

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