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CCCOER: OER Impact Research Webinar
This week myself and Quill West presented to the Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) webinar on the impact of OER on educators and students in the community college system. My part of the presentation was largely based on the surveys carried out as part of last years OERRH research.…
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Is There a Gender Divide Around OER and Educational Technology?
The month of March has been a memorable one for our project – it was all about celebration! Like the rest of the OER community we joined in the fun of Open Education Week to help raise awareness of the global Open Education movement and its impact on teaching and learning.…
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Researching open collaboration in the world's smallest states
Did you know that 2014 is the United Nations International Year of Small Island Developing States? The United Nations is celebrating small island developing states (SIDS), of which there are 32 globally, for their ‘vibrant and distinct cultures, diversity and heritage’ and for their people being ‘at the forefront of efforts to…
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Removing 'unfreedoms' through OER: TESS-India research update
Alan Tait’s Asa Briggs lecture at the 7th Pan-Commonwealth Forum for Open Learning (PCF7) in Abuja, Nigeria last December presented a compelling summary of the role of open education and open educational resources (OER) in international development contexts, referencing development economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s ‘capability’ approach, which sees the aims of development as…
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Reblog: 11th Annual Open Education Conference CFP
A date for your diary – the call for proposals at Open Education 2014 is now open, closing at midnight on Friday, April 25, 2014.
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OpenStax College Survey Results (Part I)
Exciting times! I’m currently in Houston and about to head on over to Rice University for CNX2014 tomorrow. I was lucky enough to attend last year’s conference and am returning this year to present some of our research findings on OpenStax College (OSC) textbooks as part of 1 April’s Rapid Fire panel…
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Apr 9: OER Impact Research at Community Colleges
If you’re a community college person and interested in OER you’ll probably be aware of Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) who are one of our collaboration partners. I’ll be presenting some of our research findings at a forthcoming webinar on April 9th 2014. Link to recording: http://oerresearchhub.org/2014/04/12/cccoer-oer-impact-research-webinar/ Link to…
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Ethics in the Open
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time recently thinking about the role of ethics in both the work that we do in OER Research Hub, educational research more generally, and how we might deal with the specific challenges raised by a commitment to working ‘in the open’. So this…