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work_5x5vsegsp5abjeayedvibcw45i	Liam Phelan	Politics, practices, and possibilities of open educational resources	2012	5	.pdf	application/pdf	2334	299	56	To cite this article: Liam Phelan (2012): Politics, practices, and possibilities of open educational Politics, practices, and possibilities of open educational resources Politics, practices, and possibilities of open educational resources In this article, I reflect on the politics, practices and possibilities of the open educational resources (OER). The key questions raised by OER centre on the role of teaching in learning, the potential for a shift in societal conceptualizations of learners from didactic to autodidactic beings, and what roles teachers may play in a potentially radical broadening of access to postsecondary education. � 2012 Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, Inc. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2012.692070 In contrast to the MIT approach, the OER University project (Taylor & MacKintosh, 2011) is a partnership of five accredited tertiary institutions, which seeks to • If OER do offer a radical broadening of access to postsecondary education, Remarks presented at the 24th ICDE Biennial World Conference on Open and Distance Learning, Bali.	./cache/work_5x5vsegsp5abjeayedvibcw45i.pdf	./txt/work_5x5vsegsp5abjeayedvibcw45i.txt