Category Archives: Open learning

Talking About All Things Open

Read This plenary session explores the opportunity associated with the convergence of multiple related “open” initiatives. Imagine an education future that combines open source software, open access research publishing, open government/data, open educational resources, open pedagogies and open networks. What … Continue reading

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The Architecture of Access to Scientific Knowledge

View In Lessig’s presentation to CERN – The Architecture of Access to Scientific Knowledge – he addresses the insanity (immoral) aspects of today’s knowledge-blocked publishing system. I think even the staunchest capitalist to the most devoted socialist can agree that … Continue reading

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From Open Educational Resources to Open Educational Practices

Read Read also:   The Open Educational Practice Landscape Open Educational Practices: Unleashing the power of OER OpenLearn Research Report 2006-2008 Diffusion and adoption of OER An Expert Survey on the Barriers and Enablers of Open Educational Practices Fostering Open … Continue reading

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Diffusion and adoption of OER

Read This paper provides insight into how to improve the diffusion of OER through (formal) institutional networks. It does so by examining two cases: (1) MORIL – the Multilingual Open Resources for Independent Learning task force, a Network of Practice … Continue reading

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The Open Educational Practice Landscape

Read This document presents and defines the concept of Open Educational Practices (OEP). In short, open educational practices constitute the adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) within open learning ecologies. The creation, use, and re-use of open educational resources, as … Continue reading

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Open Educational Practices: Unleashing the power of OER

Read This paper presents the initial findings of the OPAL project. OPAL aims to move beyond a focus on the development of open educational resources (OER) to articulation of the associated open educational practices (OEP) around the creation, use and … Continue reading

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OpenLearn Research Report 2006-2008

Read This report takes the experience of OpenLearn over its two-years of operation to reflect on what it means to offer free resources and the issues that we have been able to explore and learn from. The structure of the … Continue reading

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Degrees for Open Learning?

Read Open Educational Resources (OER) can be analysed in relation to the basic tension apparent in the modern educational system: by contrasting pedagogical function with the process of selection. On the one hand we expect knowledge to be open, and … Continue reading

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A World to Change

Read But more than that: we need, first, to take charge of our own learning, and next, help others take charge of their own learning. We need to move beyond the idea that an education is something that is provided … Continue reading

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Managing and Learning in MOOCs – massive(ly) open online courses

Read A model of: – design – pedagogy – delivery – assessment is emerging

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