Overall, these issues have been mentioned so far:
- Awareness, Policy, attitude, cultural:
- Access in terms of awareness. (Lack of awareness is a barrier to OER.)
- Access in terms of local policy / attitude. (Do attitudes or policies pose barriers to using OER?)
- Access in terms of languages. (How well does the user speak the language of the OER?)
- Legal
- Access in terms of licensing. (Is the licensing suitable / CC?)
- Technical: Provision of OER
- Access in terms of file formats. (Are the file formats accessible?)
- Access in terms of disability. (Does the OER meet WAI accessibility criteria?)
- Technical: Receiving OER
- Access in terms of infrastructure (Lack of power/computers makes access hard.)
- Access in terms of internet connectivity / bandwidth (Slow connections pose a barrier to access.)
- Access in terms of discovery. (If the OER is hidden, not searchable, not indexed, it's hard to find.)
- Access in terms of ability and skills. (Does the end user have the right skills to access?)
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