Category: research
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Upcoming Conferences Related to Open Education
This may be of interest to OER people both within the team and outside… also giving the ‘Reblog’ function a first try!
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Beatus ille…
A quick Google-search on the benefits of OER for students will easily deliver a number of hits calling upon, for instance, their power to encourage more independent and flexible learning opportunities, and to facilitate exploration of materials ahead of enrolment, allowing learners to choose more wisely and also be better…
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Collaboration: OER & Community Colleges
Here’s a copy of the slides from Una Daly’s research presentation last week which was delivered as part of her fellowship visit. It contains great background information on community colleges, the history of OCWC and CCCOER, as well as a sketch for our future collaboration. CCCOER OER Research Hub Fellowship…
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Open educational resources: A bridge to formal education?
The relationship between open educational resources and formal education is complex and multifaceted. In the early days of OER, detractors of the OER movement cautioned that universities could suffer financially from releasing free content – a vision of OER as in competition with formal education. To date, OER Research Hub (OERRH) research…
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Can OER break down barriers to participation in education?
Are open education models leading to more equitable access to education? The OER Research Hub (OERRH) has spent the past few months gathering evidence around this question in connection with OERRH hypothesis C – ‘Open education models lead to more equitable access to education, serving a broader base of learners than traditional…
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The financial benefits of OER
Many people around the world continue to think of the primary benefits of OER being in cost savings for both providers and consumers of formal education. These claims have perhaps been best substantiated with respect to the savings made by students making use of open textbooks in the USA. A…
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'Through a glass darkly' Part 3: OER, critical reflection and educators' improved practice – some early evidence
Do OER prompt critical reflection by educators who use them, resulting in improved practice? Part 3 of my blog series on reflection moves from abstract theorisation to concrete evidence around OER Research Hub (OERRH) hypothesis E, which raises this very question. JISC (2013) suggest that the use of OER ‘encourages open educational…
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First OERRH Fellow Arrives
I have the pleasure of being the first OER Research Hub (OERRH) fellow – in other words the guinea pig — as someone kindly pointed out. In spite of being first, the team couldn’t be more welcoming or organized. Simone and Claire have taken care of every imaginable need from…