Barriers To Open Educational Resources?

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What Strategies can business managers use to reduce employee turnover and increase organizational profitability?

Currently pursuing a DBA and I need to develop my conceptual framework for my research topic. I need to get information or articles to do a literature review.

16 September 2023 4,254 5 View

Can anyone recommend a private lab in the UK to analyse CSF/serum samples for synaptic biomarkers?

Hi all, We have some CSF & blood samples that we would like to perform biomarker analysis on. We are particularly interested in biomarkers of synaptic function. We are unable to use the two...

26 July 2023 3,916 1 View

Has anyone encountered and resolved issues with the DIG-705 MED-PC USB interface cabinet?

When the USB is plugged in and the system is on, there is an incessant noise as if the USB is connecting and then disconnecting repeatedly. I also keep getting an error message saying the DIG-704...

14 April 2023 2,059 4 View

What is the value of pluri-annual reviews of academic performance for tenured professors?

In many universities, notably in North America but most likely around the world, there are five-year reviews of professors throughout the careers. The reviews can take the form of assembling...

19 May 2022 4,161 1 View

Has anybody used the ICOM IC-R30 radio receiver for wildlife telemetry?

Hello I have searched this question and although there is one in 2019 that asked for advice about lower cost telemetry receivers with one reply mentioning the IC-R30 the answer did not get...

25 April 2021 6,937 3 View

What enterprise ontology is appropriate are to creating a reference enterprise model?

A reference enterprise model ontology is an explicit specification of conceptualization relevant to a reference enterprise model.

31 December 2019 4,625 3 View

Does anyone have a simplified methodology for breaking out the components of the attentional set shifting task?

I currently use the attentional set shifting task however, it is too time consuming. Can the task be broken up into the reversal learning and set shifting task? I am mainly interested in...

23 May 2019 875 0 View

Are there methods for reusability of the same qPCR standard curve plasmid?

I run a lot of qPCR plates on a regular basis. I end up spending quite a bit of that time preparing multiple serial dilutions of plasmids for each individual plate. If I try to reuse the same...

21 August 2018 1,552 1 View

How do you deal with kids at different levels in one class?

Typically a class might have students at different levels and they also learn differently. What is the best way to deal with this situation so every child feels included?

03 May 2017 3,222 18 View

What does, and what should, global citizenship look like in and through education as well as outside of education?

This admittedly vast question is an important question for our UNESCO Chair in Democracy, Global Citizenship and Transformative Education (DCMÉT), and one that we believe is under-emphasized and...

08 April 2017 3,949 8 View

Are air moisture harvesting technologies effective in combating desertification?

Air moisture harvesting Air water collection devices

06 August 2024 5,473 2 View

Why do open and free science in a world where science is not open and free?

Because I have realized that the world tends more and more to do open and free science and there is a trend more and more to choose free databases, free tools and open access platforms.

01 August 2024 10,046 1 View

What are the roles of innovation in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)?

31 July 2024 3,533 2 View

Why does the community engagement strategy not get priority in NCD prevention and control in developing countries?

NCDs are increasing alarmingly even in developing countries. Need to take participatory policies for prevent and control of NCDs.

30 July 2024 7,942 3 View

Focus on water use optimization or water resource optimization which one is effective way toward sustainability?

Water resources are limited and have been significantly reduced by pollution due to urbanization in recent decades. Therefore, water resource optimization only highlights the ways these resources...

27 July 2024 9,303 1 View

What's technologies for enhancing crop productivity in dry-land areas & agro technologies for sustainable development of rain fed & water scarce area?

What are the technologies for enhancing the crop productivity in dry-land areas and agro technologies for sustainable development of rain fed and water scarce area?

21 July 2024 2,964 4 View

Can water conserved in micro watershed is used only for life saving irrigation but not for post monsoon cropping?

21 July 2024 4,797 0 View

Can harvested rainwater be stored & used for year & why rainwater harvesting is most effective means to conserve water n rain-fed agriculture areas?

Can harvested rainwater be stored and used for year and why rainwater harvesting is the most effective means to conserve water n rain-fed agriculture areas?

19 July 2024 6,612 3 View

How to have sustainable development for the artic region?

How can we have both environmental and indigenous people protection together with shipping all year-round, as well as natural resources exploitation?

18 July 2024 1,077 3 View

Can a paper that is posted as a preprint in a database with DOI, can be reviewed in another journal and accepted for publication??

It happened that I am asked to review a paper for a journal. Incidentally, the paper is posted as a preprint in another database as open access with DOI. It is completely citable. Now, should I...

17 July 2024 1,831 4 View

Ranjit Voola

Possibly the speed of the internet!

Mardene Rosalee Carr

Ranjiit I agree with you. Its hard to do much when the internet is slow or non existent. Thanks for your input

Patrick D. Ormerod

Access to reliable, modern devices from which to access content.

Thank you Patrick!

Eberhard Weber

speed of internet, knowledge of good (quality) sources, training of students to identify OER as such