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The University of Open
Read Over the past two years I’ve been noticing a lot of commentary, articles, and conversation lamenting how out of step traditional institutions are with contemporary students and forecasting the demise of the university. Here are a few examples: End … Continue reading
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Modeling Spaces for Self-directed Learning at University Courses
This paper conceptualizes the theoretical framework of modeling learning spaces for self-directed learning at university courses. It binds together two ideas: a) self-directed learners’ common learning spaces may be characterized as abstract niches, b) niche characteristics are collectively determined through … Continue reading
OpenLearn Research Report 2006-2008
Read This report takes the experience of OpenLearn over its two-years of operation to reflect on what it means to offer free resources and the issues that we have been able to explore and learn from. The structure of the … Continue reading
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Open Educational Practices: Unleashing the power of OER
Read This paper presents the initial findings of the OPAL project. OPAL aims to move beyond a focus on the development of open educational resources (OER) to articulation of the associated open educational practices (OEP) around the creation, use and … Continue reading
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The Open Educational Practice Landscape
Read This document presents and defines the concept of Open Educational Practices (OEP). In short, open educational practices constitute the adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) within open learning ecologies. The creation, use, and re-use of open educational resources, as … Continue reading
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From Open Educational Resources to Open Educational Practices
Read Read also: The Open Educational Practice Landscape Open Educational Practices: Unleashing the power of OER OpenLearn Research Report 2006-2008 Diffusion and adoption of OER An Expert Survey on the Barriers and Enablers of Open Educational Practices Fostering Open … Continue reading
Diffusion and adoption of OER
Read This paper provides insight into how to improve the diffusion of OER through (formal) institutional networks. It does so by examining two cases: (1) MORIL – the Multilingual Open Resources for Independent Learning task force, a Network of Practice … Continue reading
An Expert Survey on the Barriers and Enablers of Open Educational Practices
Read 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. A total of 19 participants were recruited through the UNESCO OER mailing list and the … Continue reading
Fostering Open Educational Practices
Read 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 … Continue reading
Barriers and Motivators for Using OER in Schools
Read For this study we investigated German teachers to see how they use, reuse, produce and manage OER. The research explored what motivators and barriers effect their use of OER, what others can learn from their Open Educational Practices, and … Continue reading
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