Category: blogs
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Coming Soon… Open Textbook Research Week
Some of you may have participated in the recent open textbook webinar (The Impact of Open Textbooks in the USA and South Africa: When? Why? How?) where I co-presented some of the findings of our recent educator surveys with open fellow Megan Beckett (Siyavula) and linked fellow Daniel Williamson (OpenStax College, OSC). The webinar was…
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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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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,…
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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…