OER (Open Educational Resources )

Benefits & Challenges

FARSHID MIRZAEINOV 2016

Benefits• Access from anywhere you get a signal!• Free! just need a connection• Learning from multi sources• Variety of subjects• Time management

Access from anywhere you get a signal!

All you need is just a Cellphone, laptop, computer with connection to the web

Free! just need a connection

Even in remote villages with satellite internet you can get connected to the resources

Learning from multi sources

If you don't like a certain way of learning you have many other choices to learn from.

Variety of subjects

You don't get stuck with one subject, what do you like to learn in the world of knowledge? it's available! more than ever

Time management

you can learn while you are in your pajama or brushing your teeth, you have break anytime you need without asking for permission!

Challenges• Risks and Security• How to learn unknowns• limits the face to face interaction• Finding a needle in a haystack• Ocean of knowledge is available but there

are millions thirsty for clean water

Risks and Security• With more complicated ways to hack

computer systems the risk of getting infected by virus increases.

• Downloading files from reliable resources doesn't guarantee that your personal data are secure.

How to learn unknowns ? We realize we don't know something or

interested in learning a subject. We look for the resources, however the challenge is in the areas of unknowns. How do I become aware of my blind spots?

OER is limited to the realm of known

OERlimits the face to face interaction

OER soon takes over the schools, university and educational institutions. So we have less and less face to face interaction in the process of learning which impacts the quality of it

Finding a needle in a haystack

As the resources get easier to construct, with educational labeled files thrown to the web, how do we discover which is the one we are looking for? Unless spend a lot of time and energy or just trust the public's choices

Ocean of knowledge is available but there are millions thirsty for clean water

The quality of materials on the web is increasing as is the huge amount of educational documents that are poorly made. Many of these files mislead people with their wrong reference that may be taken as true resource...

What OER can address is limited to knowledge not wisdom, which is needed the most in our day to day challenges. How can we discover the hidden talent of a person?

Via human to human connection? Can intelligence within be discovered in an

online course? With the vast layers of data somethings may get lost...which is....

What is true education?