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Open Educational Resources OER – A Video Primer
Dr. Rory McGreal, Contact Nord Research Associate and the UNESCO/Commonwealth of Learning Chair in Open Educational Resources shares his expertise in a series of 10 short, informative videos that address the what, why, where, and how of OER. Through the videos, Rory guides you to effectively find and make use of…
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OER Impact Map(s): Studio tour
My dad turns 65 this weekend and whilst he should be retiring he’s not and will be still pottering about in the village shop he runs. My dad hasn’t always been a shopkeeper, instead spending most of his life working as a land surveyor. Land surveyors were traditionally key members…
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A is for April: An update on our comings and goings
Dear friends, I should be embarrassed to report that our carbon footprint went through the roof in April, and I am, in part, but truth is all those air miles have been consumed in the name of open education! (I promise I’ll plant a few trees, honestly). First, Beck headed…
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OER Impact Map
As OER Research Hub we aggregated and filtered data that relates to our research hypotheses. To see some of the evidence we gathered visit our OER Impact Map. There you will find up to date reporting on each of our hypotheses as well as summaries for different countries and help on using the…
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The value of an #OERmap
It’s all been pretty busy here at the OERRH HQ. Conference season has now ended and with a bit of time to draw breath I’m writing about the recent OER Map prototypes funded by Hewlett Foundation. Mapping has a bit of a history in the OER movement and these map…
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Impressions from OCWC and OER14 conferences: speaking policy to practicioners
Alek Tarkowski of Creative Commons Poland shares his thoughts on the status of OER policy following a busy conference season. Impressions from OCWC and OER14 conferences: speaking policy to practicioners. | Open Educational Policy for Europe.
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Interview with Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams of ROER4D
During the recent OCWC conference in Slovenia we spent some time catching-up with Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, PI of ROER4D (Research on Open Educational Resources for Development). It was great to meet face-to-face following discussions over Skype earlier in the year. ROER4D aims “…to improve educational policy, practice, and research in developing…
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Reviewing OCWC from the ROER4D perspective – ROER4D
Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, Principal Investigator of the ROE4D Project reports from the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCWC) Conference held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on the 23-25 April 2014. via Reviewing OCWC from the ROER4D perspective – ROER4D.
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Whadya mean "openness has won"?
(Reblogged from http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/no_good_reason/2014/04/whadya-mean-openness-has-won.html ) <Image E Livermore https://flic.kr/p/na6yDz > In my Battle for Open book (and article) I make the claim that openness has been victorious in many respects, and reinforce this by examining the success of open access publishing, OERs, MOOCs and open scholarship. However, to many working in higher education,…