Category: Latest News
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Open Research: OER Research Hub Course Launches June 2014!
What is open research? In what ways can research be open? What do we mean by open in this context? When is it appropriate for research to be open? What does researching openly involve and what makes open research possible? What are the benefits of open research? What kinds of challenges…
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What we've been up to in February
An update on what the OERRHub team has been up to in February. We kicked off the month with two away days where we discussed the work ahead of us: we are now at a crucial stage of the project so it was important to sit together and set definite…
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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…
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OER Impact Map now open for contributions
I’m pleased to announce the latest addition to the OER Impact Map which now has an outward-facing user interface for entering data. The URL for the entry form is http://chaos.open.ac.uk/submit/. From here you can select which hypothesis your evidence relates to; add a geocode; and tag sectors. Once this information is…
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OER Impact Map: Rankings and recommendations are open
Clements and Pawlowski’s (2012, p. 9) survey-based study of secondary school teachers’ attitudes towards OER quality identifies several selection indicators involved in survey respondents’ choice of OER … They conclude that, in addition to quality instruments such as rankings and recommendations, trust is a common feature amongst these selection indicators…
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OER Research Hub says farewell to project manager Claire Walker, and hello to new PM Natalie Eggleston
The OER Research Hub would like to extend best wishes to our project manager, Claire Walker, as she takes up a new role in The OU’s Centre for Inclusion and Collaborative Partnerships (CICP). Claire will now be managing a project around the Accreditation of Prior Learning across the university. Her…
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OER Research Hub welcomes Open Fellows and visitors from collaborations
The OERRH has started off 2014 with an exciting visitors programme. Open Fellows Giselle Ferreira; Alannah Fitzgerald and Megan Beckett will be with us at various times throughout January. Giselle is an Adjunct Professor at the Post-Graduate Programme in Education of the University Estácio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro, where…
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OER Research Hub: Our first year in review (2012-2013)
Our OER Research Hub project began its first year probably the same way most research projects do –new staff establishing themselves into their new roles; developing key project management documents that would outline the framework of how the project would flow; developing of a research framework that would guide how…
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7th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning opens in Nigeria
Nigeria certainly knows how to hold an opening ceremony. I’ve just walked up a long red carpet into Abuja’s International Conference Centre, the venue for the 7th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF7), to enter a huge auditorium over which presides a long ‘high table’ for the distinguished guests, backed by sparkling…
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Good morning snowy Utah!
October to November 2013 sees the OER Research Hub team, variously, on tour. In my previous blog post I reported on my trip to Paris to present at the EADTU 2013 conference. The temperature was mild during my stay, indeed quite warm at times. Not so in Park City, Utah, where…