Forward will focus on BoLiang Li’ blog 4

“[S]tudents can participate in creating Open Educational Resources”I very much recognize this point of view, and in the case of YouTube, for example, it’s common to gain some additional knowledge, some complementary and some critical, in the comments section of an educational video. Together, these make up OER.However, I don’t think YouTube is a good platform for OER due to the lack of scrutiny and rigor of the video platform can result in videos with wrong ideas or wrong knowledge.

“Nonetheless, students may still face the challenge of lack of support services in utilizing these resources, especially in some developing countries, where although the government supports the development of OER programs”That’s a good concern, and it’s interesting to see whether the advent of OER will in turn increase inequality in learning resources. On the other hand, the reflexivity of OER authors is a possible variable, and the social background of the authors may lead to biased content thus hindering the dissemination of knowledge.