Category: open education
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Report: Massive Open Online Courses for Employability, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new report produced for the ECM-LM project. The European MOOC Consortium brings together higher education, MOOC platforms and representatives of public and private sectors in a Knowledge Alliance. This report was written to provide a shared understanding of the evidence base…
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#YearOfOpen at The Open University (20 June). Final line-up!
Further to our earlier announcement, we’re excited to present the full line-up for tomorrow’s (20 June) #YearOfOpen event here at The Open University (OU). Join us in Jennie Lee Building (Ambient Lab) here on campus or online (via Periscope @OER_Hub or via YouTube) at 14.00-16.00BST. We’ll be celebrating openness here at…
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Developing models of open, online education
The “OOFAT” project is currently looking at different models of open, online, flexible and technology-enhanced learning (OOFAT) in higher education. It’s conducted on behalf of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), and a key element is the desire to cover and model a wide range of activity.…
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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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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 World Map – latest developments and call to action
The OER World Map project aims at collecting and visualizing data about actors, services, projects and events related to OER in order to support the efforts of the OER community to organize and understand itself. OER World Map functionality continues to develop in exciting ways. The user interface has been…
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Digital Badging in Higher Education
Those interested in badging learning and alternative forms of assessment might like to check out the following lecture from The Open University’s Patrina Law. The presentation includes an overview of OpenLearn and OpenLearnWorks as well as information about Badged Open Courses (BOC).
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Constellations of Open (Utah Valley)
Here are my slides from my presentation at the Open Education Symposium at Utah Valley University. If you’re interested in contributing to the forthcoming research consultation we are terming ‘Open Research Agenda’ you can find the short survey form at http://tinyurl.com/2016ora.
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New Report Out Now! Exploring the Use and Impact of OER in British Columbia
Earlier this week I was excited and proud to see the publication of our collaborative research with BCcampus. The report Exploring Faculty Use of Open Educational Resources at British Columbia post-secondary institutions explores educator use, perceptions and impacts of OER, open licensing and also examines awareness and use of open textbooks produced by the…
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Open education and critical pedagogy
I have a new publication entitled ‘Open Education and Critical Pedagogy’ upcoming with Learning, Media and Technology. Here’s the abstract. This paper argues for a revaluation of the potential of open education to support more critical forms of pedagogy. Section 1 examines contemporary discourses around open education, offering a commentary…