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halfanhour-blogspot-com-9176		If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER			.html	text/html	2529	331	79	David Wiley offers a provocative perspective titled If We Talked About the Internet Like We Talk About OER: The Cost Trap and Inclusive Access. I remember when online access was granted through services like Compuserv, which would cost me (had I been able to afford it) $6 per hour. And because of this, he argues, we lose the advantages of OER (just like, he says, we lose the advantages of the internet if we're only focused on internet access costs). Every time we focus a conversation about OER on cost, we simultaneously strengthen the arguments in favor of inclusive access. I've spent years working toward a pedagogy of sharing and networks and communities enabled (partially) by open educational resources; Wiley has appeared disinterested. It's this: the reason people talk about the cost of open educational resources is because some people David Wiley included think it's an essential part of 'open' that the resources be commercialized and that vendors charge money from them.	./cache/halfanhour-blogspot-com-9176.html	./txt/halfanhour-blogspot-com-9176.txt