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Call for participation: UK Open Textbooks
The Hewlett Foundation has provided funding for a research project which will be led by OER Hub at The Open University (UK). The focus of the work will be the use of open textbooks in the UK. Open textbooks have seen impressive growth and impact in the North American context, through…
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#liveblog : #openresearch in #openeducationwk
Today we conducted our first workshop around the theme of open research at The Open University during Open Education Week. This workshop draws on our experiences from OER Research Hub and the materials generated for our award-winning course on P2Pu and our textbook on Open Research. The session was attended…
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OER Hub activity in #openeducationwk 2017
As ever, there is a lot happening here at the Hub and Open Education Week 2017 provides a great opportunity to update everyone on what we’ve been up to. With our GO-GN hat on we recently returned from South Africa where we ran our annual workshop for PhD students. You…
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Call for Papers – OUSL Journal
Articles are invited for the OUSL Journal, a peer-reviewed, open access journal published bi-annually by the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL). The OUSL Journal provides a forum for previously unpublished research articles on theory and practice relating to teaching and learning at the University level, in particular but not exclusively, in the field…
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14th Annual Open Education Conference: CFP Open
The call for papers for the next annual Open Education conference has been announced. The conference will take place in Anaheim, CA. (USA) between 11th and 13th October 2017. Interestingly, there is a 2000 character limit on proposals… We’ve kept our proposal submission process streamlined again this year so you can stay…
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Survey launched for #OOFAT Models
We are pleased to announce the publication of the survey for the OOFAT Models project, which can be accessed via https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/OOFATOERHUB. Through this research we hope to produce an improved understanding of the sustainable business models that will support open and flexible forms of education in the future. According to the acronym…
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OER Hub: An Introduction
Here are the slides from today’s presentation at OpenTEL at The Open University (UK). This presentation is a quick introduction to the work of our group and our current projects. OER Hub: An Overview from OER Hub
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The Hub in Review 2016
With the end of 2016 fast approaching, the OER Hub team would like to both thank you for your support over the past year and wish you all a peaceful and enjoyable holiday season. Here’s to a great year ahead! As we look forward we’re also taking a moment to…
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OER Hub Researcher Toolkit Out Now!
Way back during the first phase of the Hub we released all our tools and methodologies in the open for reuse and review by other researchers. We are delighted to hear that they have been of use to others when planning their own research on the impact of open education. However,…
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Twitter 101 Workshop
On 26 October 2016, as part of Open Access week, we held the first of our face-to-face workshops at The Open University (UK) … Twitter 101! As the name implies, the workshop was aimed at people who are new to microblogging with Twitter. We kicked off by looking at some Twitter basics and explored…