In this video, Dr. Jennifer Barker, a Biology instructor at Douglas College, says that a big turning point that sparked her interest in open education was when she had a student submit a written exam, filled with odd, sort of related, but way too specific answers. At first, she suspected that the student might be cheating, but after talking with the student she found out that they did not purchase the required textbook and instead was using Wikipedia to prepare for the course exams. 

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