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In the early to mid 90's, online learning held similar promise. Early adopters of online learning also focused on access and quality. The web enabled exciting new ways to design and deliver student-centered learning; it enabled the convenience of anytime-anywhere education.
Yet, when you look at online learning's impact, at least in the U.S., it has not delivered on the promise of increased access 1 (for quality it has faired better). Nor is online learning the disruptive innovation it was hyped to be in the 1990's. OER shares some of the characteristics of online learning. We can look to online learning as a guidepost to OER.
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