Category: Dissemination
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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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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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Storify: OER Research Hub at OCWC Global 2014
The 2014 OCWC Global conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, was an eventful one for the OER Research Hub. This Storify presents a selection of tweets tracking the high points of the conference for the OER Research Hub team. The storify also has links to the presentations made by OER Research Hub researchers.…
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A Grand Tour of OER Policy #OER14
Hot off the press ahead of our presentation today here are the slides that myself and OER Research Hub fellow Sara Frank Bristow have put together on global OER policy and the ways that the OER Policy Map might help us to work out what’s going on… feedback welcome!
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Research on TESS-India localisation reported at OCWC Global 2014
OER ResearchHub Fellow Leigh-Anne Perryman, TESS-India Technical Director Tim Seal and TESS-India Researcher Alison Hemmings-Buckler presented a paper on OER localisation at the OCWC Global conference in LjubLjana, Slovenia this week. Here are our slides. The presentation notes are here.
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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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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…