OER for Workforce Development
Meg Lloyd,
Campus Technology,
May 19, 2020
This article links us to SkillsCommons, "an enormous repository of free and open source workforce development training and education materials." I tried a few searches ('philosophy', 'extrusion') and was pleasantly surprised by the results. You can also browse by industry, credentials and material type. Look at "Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing", say. That's where some weaknesses become apparent - the articulation agreement with Mississippi colleges is simply not useful, nor are the blended or hybrid courses (since you have to be there in person). Or, in a single resource, you might find a long list of slide decks. Similarly, a course preview isn't useful as an OER. I know, it's hard to get this right, and there are many competing interests.
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