Filter for open resources

[nileshtrivedi]

Some people/institutions have a strong preferences for open educational resources that are not hidden behind paywalls or login walls or require ads. See poki.com as an example for games.

This also came up in a WhatsApp conversation:

We should enrich items/links with attributes like is_oer or perhaps (requires_login, is_paid, has_ads) and then apply support this as a search filter. Perhaps even have a dedicated page for it at https://oer.learnawesome.org/ ?

[nileshtrivedi]

We already have a cost field in the Item model: https://github.com/learn-awesome/learn/blob/master/app/models/item.rb#L31

Couldn't an item be free at one link and paid on another? Should we consider an is_oer field on the Link model instead?

[nileshtrivedi]

Misc things that people mean by "open resource":

• No payment
• No login
• No ads
• No donations
• Govt-produced
• Accepts change requests
• Allows re-selling
• Allows remixing

[nileshtrivedi]

This filter is available in https://github.com/learn-awesome/learndb/ but data remains to be populated.

[Kamveno]

hi @nileshtrivedi i would like to contribute to the issue
i am a newbie in open source code. would require your guidance as well

[nileshtrivedi]

Hi @Kamveno We are not developing this project any more. I'd encourage you to explore the new pure-Javascript version here: https://github.com/learn-awesome/learndb