Africa Nazarene University: Revisiting the Business Model
This presentation by Tony Mays to the OER Africa 2016 Convening discusses the business model at Africa Nazarene University in the light of the changing context of educational provision. He highlights new modes of provision, and both the systemic and costing implications. more
Developing a Sustainable Financial Model in Higher Education for Open Educational Resources
Financial issues regarding the sustainable production, dissemination, and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education are reviewed and proposed solutions critiqued. Use of OER produce demonstrable cost savings for students. Yet OER development continues to rely almost completely on government and philanthropic funding. This indicates that a mismatch exists between the... more
Positioning the OER Business Model for Open Education
Since more than a decade the Open Educational Resources (abbreviated as OER) movement provides new ideas on how to generate and share educational resources for educational use (within and outside formal institutional, open education) by large audiences for a variety of learning purposes. The vision of developing and sharing OER resources for Open Education (OpenED/OE) is interesting in this... more
Open Access Business Models for Research Funders and Universities
This study covers the types of business model used for open access to publicly-funded research content. Various organizational structures developed to offer open access to publicly-funded research content are examined from the perspective of publicly-funded institutions and organizations. Business models for publicly-funded institutions can be built from elements which a commercial business... more
The Why and How of Open Education: With Lessons from the openSE and openED Projects
This book is an introduction to Open Education (OE), giving practical guidance on the design and delivery of OE courses while wrestling with theoretical considerations of this new and emerging domain. Educators are the main targets, but it will also be relevant to policy makers, senior education managers and the learning industry as a whole. more
Barriers and Motivators for Using OER in Schools
For this study we investigated German teachers to see how they use, reuse, produceand manage OER. The research explored what motivators and barriers effect their use of OER, what others can learn from their Open Educational Practices, and what we can do to raise the dissemination level of OER in schools. The survey revealed some unexpected results, notably the fact that participating German... more
An Expert Survey on the Barriers and Enablers of Open Educational Practices
This paper is a report on the findings of a literature review and an expert survey conducted in December 2010 with a self-selected panel. The findings depict current issues for debate, pinpoint potential obstacles and benefits of OER. more
From Open Educational Resources to Open Educational Practices
This article provides an analysis of the size, shape and model of various OER initiatives. more
A Cover to Cover Solution: How Open Textbooks are the Path to Textbook Affordability
The Student PIRGs conducted this study to evaluate the long-term potential of new lower-cost options for college textbooks which include cost-reducing options for traditional text books, such as e-Books, e-Readers, rentals and alternative publishing models. In 2010 a survey was conducted with students from 10 campuses and an analysis of text book prices for 10 common college subjects. This... more
Immediate Practical Implication of the Houghton Report: Provide Green Open Access Now
Among the many important implications of Houghton et al.?s (2009) timely and illuminating JISC analysis of the costs and benefits of providing free online access to peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific journal articles, one stands out as particularly compelling: It would yield a 40-fold benefit/cost ratio if the world?s peer-reviewed research were all self-archived by its authors so as to... more
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