{"id":1168,"count":3,"description":"The proponents of Open Educational Resources are right to point out the need for digital content. There are few if any locally relevant resources for educators in the developing world - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ictworks.org\/news\/2011\/08\/19\/what-if-i-gave-you-fully-loaded-macbook-air-filled-content-klingon\">local language being a major issue<\/a>.  So is access - to the hardware required to view content and often the Internet access to reach it.  In addition to content, and the access to reach it, teachers need the skills and training to convert good content into great lessons. But let us say that all these prerequisites exist - content, access, training:\r\n \r\nDoes that mean teachers will actually use it?And who will they use it with? Students already advantaged with socio-economic resources or the underprivileged learners that are the ostensible focus of many educational technology interventions?Most importantly, regardless of the benefits for the privileged, how can we create better OER benefits for the poor?.","link":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/archive\/oer-and-digital-divide\/","name":"OER and Digital Divide","slug":"oer-and-digital-divide","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/1168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}