Agreed. The tools aren’t needed… yet they’re there. I was thinking more about adding features to existing tools than to pile on with tech. That’s directly related to that thread from @BarbaraClass’s question.
Input Sought: Choosing/Using an Institutional OER Repository - OEG Plaza - OE Global Connect
What if our OER repositories enabled meaningful interactions between OER adopters, adapters, and producers? What if the BCcampus Open Collection and OER Commons and MERLOT and others had “social features”?
As much as I dislike Academia.edu (and, to a somewhat lesser extent, ResearchGate), there’s something to be said about those connections we make when we download an article, often casually. Measurement culture and bean counting may make us focus on the money saved by the number of times an OER was used. There’s a lot to be done on the qualitative side of things.
Which affords testing. Personally, I get the impression that there are ways to amplify the human to human contact while maintaining most if not all of the benefits of CC licensing.
It’s a precious anecdote.
And, yes, indie artists can be specialists of gratitude. Speaking of which, @lcbyoung’s lightning talk in Nantes has been on my mind, in recent months. Especially since recognition is becoming an important theme for me and others.
Especially in the context of Keep Badges Weird, with Laura Hilliger and @dajbelshaw.