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OER Hub: Summary of Research Dissemination

Reports

de los Arcos, B., Farrow, R., Perryman, L.-A., McAndrew, P. Pitt, R. & Weller, M. (2015). OER Data Report 2013-2015. OER Research Hub. http://oerhub.net/reports/

de los Arcos, B., Farrow, R., Perryman, L.-A., Pitt, R. & Weller, M. (2014). OER Evidence Report 2013-2014.  OER Research Hub. http://oerhub.net/reports/

Farrow, R. (2019). Bringing Learning to Life: Evaluation of Everyday Skills in maths and English. Open Education Research Hub. The Open University (UK). CC-BY 4.0 http://oro.open.ac.uk/67478/

Farrow, R. (2020). Evaluation of Everyday Skills Courses in Wales. Open Education Research Hub. The Open University (UK). CC BY 4.0

Farrow, R. (2019). Massive Open Online Courses for Employability, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: a Rapid Assessment of Evidence. EMC-LM Project. CC-BY 4.0 http://oro.open.ac.uk/67870/ 

Jhangiani, R., Pitt, R., Hendricks, C., Key, J., &  Lalonde, C. (2016). Exploring the Use of Open Educational Resources at British Columbia Post-Secondary Institutions.   BC Open Textbook Fellows / OER Hub. https://open.bccampus.ca/2016/01/18/new-study-exploring-faculty-use-of-oer-at-bc-institutions/

Orr, D., Weller, M., and Farrow, R. (2018). Models for online, open, flexible and technology enhanced higher education across the globe – a comparative analysis. International Council for Distance Education. Oslo, Norway. https://oofat.oerhub.net/OOFAT/

Pitt, R., Farrow, R., Jordan, K., de los Arcos, B., Weller, M., Kernohan, D and Rolfe, V. (2019). The UK Open Textbooks Report. Open Education Research Hub. http://oro.open.ac.uk/61491/

Research Articles

Farrow, R. & Mathers, B. (2020). Conceptualising Research Methodology for Doctoral Researchers in Open Education (with penguins) in Buckley, C. and Nerantzi, C. (eds.) Special Issue on Exploring visual representation of concepts in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, International Journal of Management and Applied Research. https://doi.org/10.18646/20 56.54.cfp008

Farrow, R., Pitt, R., & Weller, M. (2020). Open Textbooks as a Route to Open Science: Results from the UK Open Textbooks Project. Forthcoming in Education for Information Special Issue: Engaging with Open Science in Learning and Teaching.

Pitt, R., Jordan, K., de los Arcos, B., Farrow, R. & Weller, M. (2020) Supporting open educational practices through open textbooks. Distance Education, 41(2), 303-318. https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2020.1757411

Cortinovis, R., Mikroyannidis, A., Domingue, J., Mulholland, P. & Farrow, R. (2019). Supporting the discoverability of open educational resources. Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-019-09921-3

Iniesto, F., Hillaire, G., Mittelmeier, J. (2019). Special Collection on Doctoral Research: Learning in an Open World. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2019(1), article no. 8

Orr, D., Weller, M. and Farrow, R. (2019). How is Digitalisation Affecting the Flexibility and Openness of Higher Education Provision? Results of a Global Survey Using a New Conceptual Model. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2019 (1) http://doi.org/10.5334/jime.523

Farrow, R. (2016). A Framework for the Ethics of Open Education. Open Praxis, 8(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpr axis.8.2.291

Farrow, R. (2019). MOOC as support for lifelong learning in the Europe of tomorrow. International Entrepreneurship/Przedsiębiorczość Międzynarodowa. Special Issue – International Entrepreneurship as the Bridge between International Economics and International Business: Conference Proceedings of the 9th ENTRE Conference and 5th AIB-CEE Conference. Kraków: Cracow University of Economics. https://pm.uek.krakow.pl/article/view/1763

Farrow, R., & Moe, R. (2019). Rethinking the role of the academy: cognitive authority in the age of post-truth. Teaching in Higher Education. Vol 24(3).
https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2018.1558198

Coughlan, T., Pitt, R. & Farrow, R. (2019). Forms of innovation inspired by open educational resources: a post-project analysis. Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680513.2018.1552579

Farrow, R. (2017). Open education and critical pedagogy. Learning, Media and Technology 42 (2): 130-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2016.1113991

Perryman, L.-A. & de los Arcos, B. (2016). Women’s empowerment through openness: OER, OEP and the Sustainable Development Goals. Open Praxis, 8(2).

Iniesto, F., McAndrew, P., Minocha, S. and Coughlan, T. (2016). Accessibility of MOOCs: Understanding the Provider Perspective. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2016(1), article no. 20.

Iniesto, F. and Rodrigo, C. (2016). A preliminary study for developing accessible MOOC Services. Journal of Accessibility and Design for All, 6(2) pp. 126–150.

de los Arcos, B., Farrow, R., Pitt, R., Weller, M. & McAndrew, P. (2016). Personalising learning through adaptation: Evidence from a global survey of K-12 teachers’ perceptions of their use of open educational resources. Journal of Online Learning Research, 2(1), 23-40. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). http://www.editlib.org/p/151664

Farrow, R., de los Arcos, B., Pitt, R., & Weller, M. (2015). Who are the Open Learners? A Comparative Study Profiling non-Formal Users of Open Educational Resources. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-learning, 18(2). http://oro.open.ac.uk/4496

Farrow, R. (2015). Open education and critical pedagogy. Learning, Media and Technology. DOI:10.1080/17439884.2016.1113991

Weller, M., de los Arcos, B., Farrow, R., Pitt, B., & McAndrew, P. (2015). The Impact of OER on Teaching and Learning Practice. Open Praxis, 7(4), 351-361. doi:10.5944/openpraxis.7.4.227

Pitt, R. Mainstreaming Open Textbooks: Educator Perspectives on the Impact of OpenStax College open textbooks (2015) The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL) 16 (4): 133-155 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2381

Farrow, R., Pitt, R., de los Arcos, B., Perryman, L.-A., Weller, M. and McAndrew, P. (2015). Impact of OER use on teaching and learning: Data from OER Research Hub (2013–2014). British Journal of Educational Technology, 46 (5): 972–976. doi: 10.1111/bjet.12310

Buckler, A., Perryman, L.-A.,  Seal, T. and Musafir, S. (2014). The role of OER localisation in building a knowledge partnership for development: insights from the TESSA and TESS-India teacher education projects. Open Praxis, 6(3) pp. 221–233. http://oro.open.ac.uk/40814/

Perryman, L.-A., Buckler, A. and Seal, T. (2014). Learning from TESS-India’s approach to OER localisation across multiple Indian states. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2(7). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjet.12310/abstract

Pitt, Rebecca; Ebrahimi, Nassim; McAndrew, Patrick and Coughlan, Tim (2013). Assessing OER impact across organisations and learners: experiences from the Bridge to Success project. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, OER 2013 Special Issue. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjet.12310/abstract

Weller, M. (2013). Editorial: The Battle for Open. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, OER 2013 Special Issue. http://jime.open.ac.uk/jime/article/view/2013-15

Deimann, M. & Farrow, R. (2013).  Rethinking OER and their use: Open Education as Bildung. International Review of Online and Distance Learning 14(3). http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1370/2542

Weller, Martin (2012). The openness-creativity cycle in education: a perspective. Journal of Interactive Media in Education. http://jime.open.ac.uk/articles/10.5334/2012-02/

McAndrew, P., Farrow, R., Law, P., & Elliot-Cirigottis, G. (2012). “Learning the Lessons of Openness” in Comas-Quinn, A., Fitzgerald, A., & Fairweather, I. (eds.) Journal of Interactive Media in Education. Special Issue Cambridge OER 2012. http://jime.open.ac.uk/article/download/2012-10/450

Scanlon, Eileen; McAndrew, Patrick and O’Shea, Tim (2015). Designing for Educational Technology to Enhance the Experience of Learners in Distance Education: How Open Educational Resources, Learning Design and Moocs Are Influencing Learning. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2015(1), article no. 6. http://oro.open.ac.uk/44374/

McAndrew, Patrick and Scanlon, Eileen (2013). Open learning at a distance:lessons for struggling MOOCs. Science, 342 pp. 1450–1451. http://oro.open.ac.uk/39736/

Books and Book Contributions

Iniesto, F. Rodrigo, C. and Hillaire, G. (2019). Applying UDL Principles in an Inclusive Design Project Based on MOOCs Reviews. In: Gronseth, Susie and Dalton, Elizabeth Dalton (eds.) Universal access through inclusive instructional design: International perspectives on UDL. New York: Routledge, pp. 197–207

Weller, M., Pitt, R., de los Arcos, B., Farrow, R. (2017). Impact of OER on teaching and learning practices. In Jhangiani, R., & Biswas-Deiner, R. (eds.) Open: The philosophy and practices that are revolutionizing psychological science and education. Ubiquity Press

Farrow, R. (2016). Constellations of Open.  In Deimann, M. & Peters, M. (eds.) The Philosophy and Theory of Open Education. New York: Peter Lang Publishing

Weller, M., Farrow, R., Pitt, R., de los Arcos, B. & McAndrew, P. (2016). ‘Identifying Categories of OER Users’.  In Bliss, T. J. & Blessinger, P. (eds.) Open Education:  International Perspectives in Higher Education. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers.

Weller, M., Pitt, R., de los Arcos, B., Farrow, R. (2016). Impact of OER on teaching and learning practices. In Jhangiani, R., & Biswas-Deiner, R. (eds.) Open: The philosophy and practices that are revolutionizing psychological science and education. Ubiquity Press

Weller, M. 2014. Battle for Open: How openness won and why it doesn’t feel like victory. London: Ubiquity Press. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/bam

McAndrew, P. & Farrow, R. (2013). “Open Education Research: From the Practical to the Theoretical” in McGreal, R., Kinuthia, W. and Marshall, S. (eds) Open Educational Resources: Innovation, Research and Practice. Commonwealth of Learning and Athabasca University, Vancouver. pp.65-78.  https://oerknowledgecloud.org/content/open-education-research-practical-theoretical

De Liddo, A., Buckingham Shum, S., McAndrew, P. & Farrow, R. (2012). ‘The Open Education Evidence Hub: A Collective Intelligence Tool for Evidence Based Policy’. In Okada, A. (ed.) Open Educational Resources and Social Networks: Co-Learning and Professional Development. London: Scholio Educational Research & Publishing.  http://oer.kmi.open.ac.uk/?page_id=1201

Conference Proceedings

Weller, M., Farrow, R. & Pitt, R. (2019). GO-GN: Lessons in Building an Open Research Community. In: Pan Commonwealth Forum 9 (PCF9), 9-12 Sep 2019, Edinburgh, Scotland.  http://oasis.col.org/handle/11599/3336

Iniesto, F., McAndrew, P., Minocha, S. and Coughlan, T. (2019). Auditing the accessibility of MOOCs: a four-component approach. In: EC-TEL 2019 Fourteenth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 16-19 Sep 2019, Delft (Netherlands).

Farrow, R., Orr, D. & Weller, M. (2017). Open, online, flexible, technology-enhanced… and sustainable? Understanding new business models for distance and blended learning. The Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference 2017 – Higher Education for the Future; “Accelerating and Strengthening Innovation”. pp.278-291

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Iniesto, F. and Rodrigo, C. (2018). YourMOOC4all: a MOOCs inclusive design and useful feedback research project. In: Learning with MOOCS 2018: MOOCs for All – A Social and International Approach, 26-28 Sep 2018, Madrid, Spain.

Iniesto, F., McAndrew, P., Minocha, S. and Coughlan, T. (2017). An investigation into the perspectives of providers and learners on MOOC accessibility. In: TEEM’17: international conference technological ecosystems for enhancing multiculturalism, 18-20 October 2017, Cadiz, Spain.

Iniesto, F., McAndrew, P., Minocha, S. and Coughlan, T. (2017). What are the expectations of disabled learners when participating in a MOOC? In: L@S 2017: Fourth (2017) ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale Proceedings, 20-21 Apr 2017, Cambridge, MA, USA

Sanzgiri, J., Weller, M., Perryman L.-A. & Farrow, R. (2016). MOOCs for Development? Initial Trends from a Study of Indian Learners in Massive Open Online Courses. Proceedings of Learning with MOOCs III: Being and Learning in a Digital Age. University of Pennsylvania (Oct 2017) http://tinyurl.com/zsowr3j

de los Arcos, B. (2014). Flipping with OER: K12 teachers’ views of the impact of open practices on students. In Proceedings of OpenCourseWare Consortium Global 2014: Open Education for a Multicultural World.  Ljubljana, Slovenia. http://oro.open.ac.uk/40093/

Farrow, R. (2014). OER Impact: Collaboration, Evidence, Synthesis. In Proceedings of OpenCourseWare Consortium Global 2014: Open Education for a Multicultural World.  Ljubljana, Slovenia. https://oerknowledgecloud.org/sites/oerknowledgecloud.org/files/Paper_51-OER-Impact.pdf

Perryman, L.-A., Buckler, A. and Seal, T. (2014). The role of OER localisation in building a knowledge partnership fro development: Comparing the TESSA and TESS-India teacher education projects. In Proceedings of OpenCourseWare Consortium Global 2014: Open Education for a Multicultural World.  Ljubljana, Slovenia. http://conference.ocwconsortium.org/2014/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/OCWC2014-TESS-India-Abstract.pdf

Farrow, R. and Daly, U. (2014). OER Impact in Community Colleges. In Proceedings of OpenCourseWare Consortium Global 2014: Open Education for a Multicultural World.  http://conference.oeconsortium.org/2014/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Paper_85.pdf

Coughlan, Tim; Ebrahimi, Nassim; McAndrew, Patrick and Pitt, Rebecca (2013). Assessing OER impact across varied organisations and learners: experiences from the “Bridge to Success” initiative. In Proceedings of OER13: Creating a Virtuous Circle. Nottingham, UK.  http://oro.open.ac.uk/37754/

McAndrew, P. and Farrow, R. (2013). The Ecology of Sharing: Synthesizing OER Research. In Proceedings of OER13: Creating a Virtuous Circle. Nottingham, UK.  http://oro.open.ac.uk/37755/

Coughlan, T., Pitt, R., and McAndrew, P. (2013). Building open bridges: collaborative remixing and reuse of open educational resources across organisations. In: 2013 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ‘changing perspectives’ (CHI 2013), 29 April – 02 May 2013, Paris, France, pp. 991–1000. http://oro.open.ac.uk/36473/

Law, P., Perryman, L.-A., and Law, A. (2013). Open educational resources for all? Comparing user motivations and characteristics across The Open University’s iTunes U channel and OpenLearn platform. In: Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference 2013, 23-25 October 2013, Paris, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), pp. 204–219. http://oro.open.ac.uk/39102/

Perryman, L.-A., Law, P. and Law, A. (2013). Developing sustainable business models for institutions’ provision of open educational resources: Learning from OpenLearn users’ motivations and experiences. In: Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference 2013, 23-25 October 2013, Paris, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), pp. 270–286. http://oro.open.ac.uk/39101/

Perryman, L.-A. (2013). Addressing a national crisis in learning: open educational resources, teacher-education in India and the role of online communities of practice. In: Seventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF7), 2-6 Dec 2013, Abuja, Nigeria. http://oro.open.ac.uk/39658/

McAndrew, P., Farrow, R., Law, P., & Elliot-Cirigottis, G. (2012).  Learning the Lessons of Openness. In:  Proceedings of Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact – Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education. OCW Consortium and SCORE, Cambridge, UK, April 16–18 2012, Milton Keynes, The Open University, pp. 193-202. http://oro.open.ac.uk/33640/

De Liddo, A., Buckingham-Shum, S., McAndrew, P., & Farrow, R. (2012). The Open Education Evidence Hub: A Collective Intelligence Tool for Evidence Based Policy. Proceedings of Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact – Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education. OCW Consortium and SCORE, Cambridge, UK, April 16–18 2012, Milton Keynes, The Open University, pp. 396-404.  http://oro.open.ac.uk/33640/