Innovate: Open Source, Openness, and Higher Education. Models for sustainable oer. Common Wisdom:Peer Production ofEducational Materials. OpenLearn Research Report published. Research Report The Open University has published a research report which is now available online (see link below). The report evaluates the impact OpenLearn has had internally and externally and the challenges that lie ahead in open content and establishing open learning networks. The research report brings together several case studies, reports and reflections from the OpenLearn team over the last two years, delivering several perspectives on the provision of Open Educational Resources (OER). Patrick McAndrew, Research and Evaluation Director for OpenLearn said: “OpenLearn has been a really fascinating research opportunity. The report highlights many successes – OpenLearn has made over 10,000 hours of content freely available; had over 5 million unique visitors; enabled new partnerships, as well as enhancing relationships with current strategic partners; and resulted in more than 10,000 Open University course registrations.
Stacey. Caswell. Tom Caswell, Shelley Henson, Marion Jensen, and David Wiley The Center for Open and Sustainable Learning Utah State University Abstract The role of distance education is shifting. Traditionally distance education was limited in the number of people served because of production, reproduction, and distribution costs. Today, while it still costs the university time and money to produce a course, technology has made it such that reproduction costs are almost non-existent. This shift has significant implications, and allows distance educators to play an important role in the fulfillment of the promise of the right to universal education. At little or no cost, universities can make their content available to millions. This content has the potential to substantially improve the quality of life of learners around the world. Keywords: OpenCourseWare; distance education; access; new technologies Introduction The role of distance education is changing. OpenCourseWare Overview Figure 1.
Figure 2. A Review of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement_BlogLink.pdf (application/pdf Object) Advancing sustainability of open resources. 2010 Horizon Report » One Year or Less: Open Content. Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or LessThe movement toward open content reflects a growing shift in the way academics in many parts of the world are conceptualizing education to a view that is more about the process of learning than the information conveyed in their courses.
Information is everywhere; the challenge is to make effective use of it. Part of the appeal of open content is that it is also a response to both the rising costs of traditionally published resources and the lack of educational resources in some regions, and a cost-effective alternative to textbooks and other materials. As customizable educational content is made increasingly available for free over the Internet, students are learning not only the material, but also skills related to finding, evaluating, interpreting, and repurposing the resources they are studying in partnership with their teachers.
Overview Relevance for Teaching, Learning, or Creative Inquiry Art History. Open Content in Practice. 05_Prog_Eval_Report_Final.pdf (application/pdf Object) Opening Up Education - Table of Contents. _roadmap.pdf (application/pdf Object) Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources. Sustaining oers. Open Educational Resources: Conversations in Cyberspace - OER_Wiki. OER_Briefing_Paper.pdf (application/pdf Object)