Category: research
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Open Research Open Textbook Out Now!
We are super excited to announce that a new open textbook version of our award winning course Open Research is out now! Hosted on the awesome Pressbooks this new textbook edition builds on our earlier facilitated versions of the course by including group activities and incorporating participant contributions into new activity commentary sections. You can now…
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What’s new at the Hub this Fall?
With the academic year beginning and the nights drawing in (well, here in the UK at least) it’s a good time to share with you what we’ve been up to and where we’ll be over the coming few months. First up, keep your eyes peeled for the promised Fall launch…
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COL 2016 Survey of #OER
The Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) is conducting a global survey of OER ahead of the 2nd World OER Congress. The survey will form part of a study that will be used to inform future strategies, so it’s a good idea to take part. The expected outcomes of this study are…
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Literature Review: COUP Framework
Christina Hendricks has shared a helpful summary showing which aspects of the COUP framework are addressed in different parts of the literature in this area. I believe this would be of interest to many of our readers, so I’m sharing it through the blog. I think it’s fair to call…
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JIME: OER15 Special Collection
The latest issue of the Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JiME) is now out! Guest-edited by myself and the lovely Bea de los Arcos, the issue brings together outstanding papers from last year’s OER15 conference in Cardiff, Wales. The OER15 conference marked the first one under the remit of the…
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The Open Research Agenda (2)
[fusion_text]Back in March we shared the preliminary results of our consultation exercise we are calling The Open Research Agenda. Since then we have presented these findings and run seminars at two major open education conferences – OER16 and Open Education Global. Future presentations will take place at the CALRG Annual…
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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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The State of Open Research, and of Research on Open
Martin Weller, Rob Farrow and Beck Pitt are guests of Thompson Rivers University this week, where they are taking part in the Opening Up TRU event. As part of this, Rob and Beck took part in a panel discussion on Open Research with David Kernohan, Vivian Rolfe and Tannis Morgan.…
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Slides: Who are the Open Learners? #opened15
Here are my slides from today’s presentation at Open Education 2015. As ever, all feedback welcome! Who are the open learners? A comparative study profiling non-formal users of open educational resources from Robert Farrow