Open Courseware, Open Content, Open Practices, Open Learning: Where are the Limits?
The first part of the paper reports on the outcomes of a joint UNESCO-COL project Taking OERs beyond the OER Community: Policy and Capacity. Its purpose was to expand understanding of the potential of OERs among university leaders and quality assurance officials in Africa and Asia, who have low awareness of this phenomenon. The project concluded with an intergovernmental policy forum where... more
Open Educational Practices and Resources: OLCOS Roadmap 2012
As a Transversal Action under the European eLearning Programme, the Open e-Learning Content Observatory Services (OLCOS) project carries out a set of activities that aim at fostering the creation, sharing and re-use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Europe and beyond. OER are understood to comprise content for teaching and learning, software-based tools and services, and licenses that... more
The Promise of Open Education: A Report on the Research and Findings of the Lane Community College Open Educational Resources Team
The Lane OER Team (www.bit.ly/laneoer [1]) was charged with researching and assessing the current state of OERs and providing their findings in a report to the faculty and student body of Lane. This report includes the analysis of over 50 open educational resource providers, organizations, repositories, searches, and producers. The team was also responsible for identifying and recommending... 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
Fostering Open Educational Practices
OER are becoming accepted as part of the range of materials that learners and educators can use. However, the methods and practices that enable learners, teachers and institutions to best engage with OER are not yet established and may well be more important in enabling change in education systems than the availability of the resources themselves. By looking at the experiences that The Open... 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
Beyond OER: Shifting Focus to Open Educational Practices. OPAL Report 2011
This study presents the findings of a quantitative study on the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) in Higher Education and Adult Learning Institutions. more
Pedagogical Enhancement of Open Education: An Examination of Problem-Based Learning
This paper defines problem-based learning in the context of open education. Unique challenges are presented and discussed alongside possible solutions, realistic limitations, and calls for implementation in the future to test validity. more
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