Tag: oer research
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Research on TESS-India localisation reported at OCWC Global 2014
OER ResearchHub Fellow Leigh-Anne Perryman, TESS-India Technical Director Tim Seal and TESS-India Researcher Alison Hemmings-Buckler presented a paper on OER localisation at the OCWC Global conference in LjubLjana, Slovenia this week. Here are our slides. The presentation notes are here.
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CCCOER: OER Impact Research Webinar
This week myself and Quill West presented to the Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) webinar on the impact of OER on educators and students in the community college system. My part of the presentation was largely based on the surveys carried out as part of last years OERRH research.…
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Researching open collaboration in the world's smallest states
Did you know that 2014 is the United Nations International Year of Small Island Developing States? The United Nations is celebrating small island developing states (SIDS), of which there are 32 globally, for their ‘vibrant and distinct cultures, diversity and heritage’ and for their people being ‘at the forefront of efforts to…
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Removing 'unfreedoms' through OER: TESS-India research update
Alan Tait’s Asa Briggs lecture at the 7th Pan-Commonwealth Forum for Open Learning (PCF7) in Abuja, Nigeria last December presented a compelling summary of the role of open education and open educational resources (OER) in international development contexts, referencing development economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s ‘capability’ approach, which sees the aims of development as…
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Reblog: 11th Annual Open Education Conference CFP
A date for your diary – the call for proposals at Open Education 2014 is now open, closing at midnight on Friday, April 25, 2014.
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Apr 9: OER Impact Research at Community Colleges
If you’re a community college person and interested in OER you’ll probably be aware of Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) who are one of our collaboration partners. I’ll be presenting some of our research findings at a forthcoming webinar on April 9th 2014. Link to recording: http://oerresearchhub.org/2014/04/12/cccoer-oer-impact-research-webinar/ Link to…
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ROER4D: OER Impact in the Global South
This afternoon the OER Research Hub team had an interesting conference call with ROER4D, an OER research project with some similarities to our own which is based in Cape Town, South Africa. They are working across South America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Cental and South East Asia to meet the following…
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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…