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This UKOER phase 2 project was working closely with the NHS eLearning Repository to explore sharing open educational resources across clinical (i.e. NHS) and academic (i.e. HEI) settings in the UK. We worked with Jorum to look at potential ways to represent OERs in both repositories to increase access to both datasets via access from NHSNet and JANET.

The work of the project built on the excellent partnership established in our previous UKOER phase 1 pilot project, OOER, and extended and embed the good practice development begun in phase 1, together with equivalents such as the eLearning readiness toolkit developed by the NHS.

Alongside this important work, we further developed the concept of a Consent Commons to make sure that the interests of patients and non-patients appearing in clinical recordings used in OERs are fairly represented (in accordance with UK Data Protection and Privacy and Electronic Communications legislation, following the guidelines from the Information Commissioners Office), alongside the copyright and ownership interests - typically represented in, for example, a Creative Commons license. 

different forms of representation have what philosophers call different fields of reference.

even when different symbolic forms of representation address the same field of reference, conveying (what appears to be) the same information

strongly colored by the knowledge structures ("schemata") we already possess

mportant questions about the ways in which learning complex systems can be assisted by making use of the same technological environments that give rise to the learning need

lack of a reliable electricity supplylack of reliable internet connectionslack of equipmentlack of resourceslack of necessary skills.

The gap between those with and without this access is the digital divide.

The most succinct summation of this question was provided by an accountant who was in my group a couple of years ago. She phrased it as: (£ consuming vs £ benefit)

Very few Moocs lead to any sort of officially recognised qualification, so the recent success of the University of the People in being permitted to award degrees to students studying for its tuition-free, online-only courses marks a departure for the sector.

The University of the People, for example, states that undergraduates will study in groups of 30 to 40

he big question is whether you can [offer degrees] without tutorial support, and so at lower cost.