Stephen Downes

The argument here is that "There is more to democratizing knowledge, however, than just access. OER is an opportunity to redress marginalization and erasure, and open pedagogy has a responsibility to confront social justice issues." I don't agree. The form is basically, "you've done a good thing but you haven't done enough." The problem is, it's never enough, and it means that no good deed ever goes uncriticized. I'll take the open access, thank you; you can keep on with your math or physics or whatever. Sharing your biochemical research does not create an obligation to address social justice issues.