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Whadya mean "openness has won"?
(Reblogged from http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/no_good_reason/2014/04/whadya-mean-openness-has-won.html ) <Image E Livermore https://flic.kr/p/na6yDz > In my Battle for Open book (and article) I make the claim that openness has been victorious in many respects, and reinforce this by examining the success of open access publishing, OERs, MOOCs and open scholarship. However, to many working in higher education,…
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OER Research Hub Celebrates Open Research Award
Celebrating ‘excellence’ was the highlight for the OER Research Hub project when they attended the OCWC conference in Slovenia – April 23-25. The project was selected as the recipient of the 2014 Open Research Award of Excellence (ACE) in recognition of “continued efforts to promote the importance of online and open education…
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New technologies and open educational resources
A recent consultation report by the European Parliament falls short of any declaration of support for OER but can definitely be seen as an acknowledgement of the growing OER movement and its building influence.
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OER Fellowship: Lenses on the Landscape of Open Education
Image by Billy Meinke Attribution 4.0 International / CC BY 4.0 During the final two weeks of February, I spent time with the research team at the OER Research Hub at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. Supported by the Hewlett Foundation, the fellowship program brought in researchers working…
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In the OERRH Spotlight- OER Impact Map
Today’s Open Education Week focus at the OER Research Hub (OERRH) is on our OER Impact Map. This Map helps our project aggregate and filter data that relates to our research hypotheses.The concept of the Impact Map (formerly called the OERRH Evidence Hub) has been popular with members of the OER…
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Open Education Week Spotlight – Librarians!
Today’s Open Education Week focus at the OER Research Hub is on Librarians. The OER Research Hub has been working over the last few months with members of the Co-PILOT project (which promotes “digital and information literacy” open resources for use in Higher Education) to help understand more about librarians’ use and promotion of…
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Celebrating Open Education Week
Today marks the start of Open Education Week. The week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning. Throughout this week our OER Research Hub project will provide you with an overview of the field and…
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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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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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OERRH Fellow Jane Park shares notes from her recent fellowship experience
I took up residence in Milton Keynes, England, for one week as the Linked OER Research Hub Fellow for the School of Open. The School of Open is a community of volunteers from all around the world who are developing free education opportunities on the meaning, application, and impact of…