Category: data
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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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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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School of Open: Research Findings (Part II)
Earlier in the week I reported on the preliminary Autumn 2013 pre-course questionnaire results of the work we’ve been doing with School of Open (SOO) over the past year. In this blog post, I’m focusing on the preliminary results of the post-course questionnaire. We received a total of 22 responses from participants in two out of the four…
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In the OERRH Spotlight- OER Impact Map
Today’s Open Education Week focus at the OER Research Hub (OERRH) is on our OER Impact Map. This Map helps our project aggregate and filter data that relates to our research hypotheses.The concept of the Impact Map (formerly called the OERRH Evidence Hub) has been popular with members of the OER…
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In the OERRH spotlight- Flipped Learning
Today’s Open Education Week focus at the OER Research Hub (OERRH) is on Flipped Learning. One of the OERRH’s research collaborations is the Flipped Learning Network (FLN), a community of teachers whose mission is ‘to provide educators with the knowledge, skills and resources to successfully implement Flipped Learning’. Together, we have been working…
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Open Education Week Spotlight – Librarians!
Today’s Open Education Week focus at the OER Research Hub is on Librarians. The OER Research Hub has been working over the last few months with members of the Co-PILOT project (which promotes “digital and information literacy” open resources for use in Higher Education) to help understand more about librarians’ use and promotion of…
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School of Open: Research Findings (Part I)
Ever wondered what it means to “be” open? Or what kind of practices could be considered open? School of Open (SOO) courses focus on a variety of aspects of openness (from understanding copyright in different contexts, to open licensing and what open science is) and offer the opportunity to share, participate and create in…
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Celebrating Open Education Week
Today marks the start of Open Education Week. The week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning. Throughout this week our OER Research Hub project will provide you with an overview of the field and…
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OER Impact Map Creates Buzz at OU's Learn About Fair
What is it about the OER Impact Map that creates so much interest among OER colleagues? I have been pondering this very question ever since it generated quite a buzz at its mini launch at Open Ed 13. One thing that’s for sure is that there seems to be an…