OERInterop-BarriersSolutions

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Finding appropriate learning resources (Discovery)

 * Federated searches or metadata harvests
 * Metadata language translation
 * Intelligent recommenders (ordered search results)
 * Identifying what "travels well"
 * Social networks
 * Vetting/lensing

Adaptation and reuse
Language translations, text not available or trapped in PDFs, QuickTime, etc.:
 * Text transcripts
 * Dotsub
 * Time-code formatted caption/subtitle files
 * Transcripts of the videos

Need for training on how to use OER and tools for reuse

 * Show examples of successful reuse of OER
 * Direct people toward available tools

Getting resources (Resolution and obtaining)

 * Community sign-on; authentication
 * Download formats and contents of download packages
 * Licenses/compatibility of licenses/automation of license metadata
 * Hard copy distribution

Getting reworks back into the network

 * Where and how to deposit
 * "User metadata tagging" issues
 * Licenses/compatibility of licenses
 * Submitting for lensing

Sociopolitical Barriers to OER Use (can we do anything about these?)

 * Lack of time
 * Mandated curricula and standards: In the short run, do we focus on use of OER as curriculum or curriculum supplement, given educational bureaucracy