Reuse has often been portrayed as a Holy Grail in terms of sustainable elearning. It is also something that academics already do, when we quote and attribute we are reusing and acknolwdeging reuse. So when we are talking about
reuse and open resources we may include this regular reuse but we are also talking about reusing
digital resources, reused as a result of
online delivery to educator(s) and/or learner(s). What the
open license aspect adds is still emerging and all this activity is part of what is still a new approach to teaching.
It is great news that there are reports emerging from the Impact of OER study funded by JISC and led by teams at University of Oxford. There is lots of food for thought and discussion in these so check out
White and Manson, The value of Reuse in Higher Education
