{"id":1783,"date":"2026-06-01T22:21:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otessa.org\/2026\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2026-06-01T22:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:21:39","slug":"royce-kimmons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otessa.org\/2026\/royce-kimmons\/","title":{"rendered":"Royce Kimmons"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1783\" data-postid=\"1783\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1783 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_anqy494 tb_first tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_ezwj494 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tb_3jkk667\">\n\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_tx3g668 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_sjbr777   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t<h3 class=\"module-title\">AI Killed OER... Long Live OER!<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t<p>As AI continues its disruptive influence on society, many have claimed OER&#8217;s rapid fall into irrelevancy. After all, if AI can generate relevant, localized, high-quality content on-the-fly, then why would we need static content in the form of OER? This view, however, ignores the limits and challenges of AI and the unique potentials OER offer for meaningfully shaping our AI future. Rather than an either-or between AI and OER, a model of AI+OER helps us address some of the core challenges of AI, including inequity,opaqueness, bias, degradation, and unsustainability. Rather than AI killing OER, it may be that OER alone gives AI the ethical and practical structure it needs to truly impact education for good.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_a62x668 last\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_k59c352   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t<h3 class=\"module-title\">Biography<\/h3>    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t<p><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Royce Kimmons<\/span> is Department Chair of Educational Leadership and Foundations and a Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University where he seeks to end the effects of socioeconomic divides on educational opportunities through open education and transformative technology use. He is the founder of <a id=\"OWA6e289ea4-8446-02f6-84bd-bd79b915b04a\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/edtechbooks.org\/\" href=\"https:\/\/edtechbooks.org\/\" data-outlook-id=\"88832bb7-8f79-446a-bded-611f34adb5b8\"><u>EdTechBooks.org<\/u><\/a>, <a id=\"OWAb5e3eb49-8dc1-4c19-633e-0ef38dbcc9f6\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/open.byu.edu\/\" href=\"https:\/\/open.byu.edu\/\" data-outlook-id=\"302a6644-d177-4662-beea-fda5d137ccf8\"><u>open.byu.edu<\/u><\/a>, and many other sites focused on providing free, high-quality learning resources to all.<\/p>\n<p>More information about his work may be found at <a id=\"OWAe42e3342-ae6b-0f01-341b-0a6b0dbaaa3e\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" title=\"http:\/\/roycekimmons.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/roycekimmons.com\/\" data-outlook-id=\"66b1443e-3298-4c2e-8bb3-696270d912cd\"><u>http:\/\/roycekimmons.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI Killed OER&#8230; Long Live OER! As AI continues its disruptive influence on society, many have claimed OER&#8217;s rapid fall into irrelevancy. After all, if AI can generate relevant, localized, high-quality content on-the-fly, then why would we need static content in the form of OER? 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