It’s nearly always a pleasure to see others use and adapt our work – there is that basic motive! But there’s a lot more you can get out of contributing to Simshare. You will be helping students, self-learners, other educators and many others to improve their understanding of your subject. And of course you get the pleasure and fascination of working with others’ resources, and re-purposing them for your own local situation, culture and purpose.
But there is more you can get out of it. Most OER projects are based upon a consumerist provider/user model, where resources are made available by a provider and used by an end-user. However Simshare envisages a community of practice approach, where you can be involved in the re-purposing of your own and others’ simulations. In other words there is a move from ‘knowledge for all’ to ‘construction of knowledge by all’ (UNESCO 2005).