Comments on: Making an honest OER out of YouTube http://www.unisa.ac.za/blogs/index.php/2012/08/honest-oer-out-of-youtube/ Unisa blogs Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Elizabeth Archer http://www.unisa.ac.za/blogs/index.php/2012/08/honest-oer-out-of-youtube/#comment-13 Elizabeth Archer Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:29:16 +0000 http://www.unisa.ac.za/blogs/?p=282#comment-13 Dear Bernard It is a very valid point you raise. No matter how progressive we may be in our thinking about OER, the practicalities often act as a barrier. Something as simple as dated and slow LAN cabling in the Theo van Wijk building can create very real frustrations and complexities in something as simple as uploading a video clip. This forces us to use our valuable time to find alternate solutions for things which should be straight forward and quick. I believe one of the real challenges for Unisa is finding a way that the institution can remain dynamic and keep up to date with changing technology, particularly as it is such a huge bureaucracy which tends to move and change very slowly. Dear Bernard

It is a very valid point you raise. No matter how progressive we may be in our thinking about OER, the practicalities often act as a barrier. Something as simple as dated and slow LAN cabling in the Theo van Wijk building can create very real frustrations and complexities in something as simple as uploading a video clip. This forces us to use our valuable time to find alternate solutions for things which should be straight forward and quick. I believe one of the real challenges for Unisa is finding a way that the institution can remain dynamic and keep up to date with changing technology, particularly as it is such a huge bureaucracy which tends to move and change very slowly.

]]> By: Bernard Serfontein http://www.unisa.ac.za/blogs/index.php/2012/08/honest-oer-out-of-youtube/#comment-12 Bernard Serfontein Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:16:30 +0000 http://www.unisa.ac.za/blogs/?p=282#comment-12 On Monday afternoon I decided to create a playlist on You Tube for my student to help them with their assignment. However, the connection provided by Unisa is to slow to be able to do it. So I need to do it tonight from my home in my own time and at my own expensive and given the other obligations I have it will probably not happen today. I think OERs are wonderful things but to use it you really need proper access. A fist barrier is therefore limited accessibility. On Monday afternoon I decided to create a playlist on You Tube for my student to help them with their assignment. However, the connection provided by Unisa is to slow to be able to do it.

So I need to do it tonight from my home in my own time and at my own expensive and given the other obligations I have it will probably not happen today.

I think OERs are wonderful things but to use it you really need proper access.

A fist barrier is therefore limited accessibility.

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