Learning with e's

MAY 4, 2010

Time to reflect on the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) workshop on Open Educational Resources, which was held in Windhoek, Namibia this week. Dr Stella Anthony (Australian Universities Network for Quality Assurance) gave the opening presentation for the event, and spoke about the opportunities and challenges of OERs in higher education.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Licensing, for one, helps the course creators have some ownership of their Open Educational Resources, or OERs. What is OER? How Does OER Differ from Traditional Learning Resources? KITABOO: Centralized Educational Resources Distribution What is OER? Let’s understand licensing in a bit more detail.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 24, 2018

There were experts in each area, so names like Vanessa Dennan on social media, Curt Bonk in MOOCs, Florence Martin on synchronous Learning, and David Wiley on Open Education Research. So, in addition to all the research on research, David Wiley presented some outcome findings for OERs. Later he gave a more complex explanation why (e.g.

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Gutenberg Technology

JULY 24, 2018

Colleges and universities all over the US are participating in programs that give their students access to open educational resources (OER) in the form of free or very low-cost course materials and tools.

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Gutenberg Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Open educational resources (OER) are openly licensed digital assets that are beneficial for learning and research. These resources are freely available to all. Anyone can use, share, and modify it. It sounds too good to be true, right? You are thinking - I don’t need my eLearning vendor anymore. Well, don’t fire him, right away.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Strategies for Maximizing Impact on Educational Resources Development Embrace Digital Technology Foster Collaboration Prioritize Interactivity Implement Data Analytics Personalize Learning Embrace Open Educational Resources (OER) Stay Current with Trends III.

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CourseArc

JULY 24, 2020

The feature supports the 5 R’s of Open Educational Resources (OER): Retain; Reuse; Revise; Remix; and Redistribute. This new CourseArc feature reduces the development burden on educators and institutions, allowing them, instead, to focus efforts on creating better online learning opportunities for students and parents.

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BrainCert

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This accessibility also opens the doors to a global community, providing learners with a diverse range of perspectives and resources. Open Educational Resources (OERs): Open Educational Resources are freely accessible educational materials that can be used for teaching, learning, research, and more.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I spoke about Open Educational Practices, (including Open Educational Resources and Open Scholarship) a subject which I am learning more about all the time as the movement grows and gains traction. OEP requires everything to be open - for access, scrutiny and repurposing. But things are changing slowly.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 9, 2010

ASTD's Big Question for March is How do we leverage open content in workplace learning? One of the best known is MIT's Open Courseware project. A recently posted blog at the Huffington Post titled Are Open Educational Resources at the Tipping Point or the Tripping Point? Many organizations are involved with such initiatives.

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eLearning Cyclops

MARCH 2, 2010

This month's Big Question is "how do we leverage open content in workplace learning?" To learn more about about some of opportunities available in open content, I visited the sites listed on the Big Question post. These were OER Commons and Open Courseware Consortium. For the first time, I perused these sites.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 11, 2015

Martin Weller's keynote presentation at EDEN 2015 Conference was entitled 'The battle for open.' A professor of educational technology at the British Open University, he has been an advocate of openness in education for many years, but he expresses doubts over the outcome of the battle. What are the core principles of openness?

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CourseArc

JULY 24, 2020

The feature supports the 5 R’s of Open Educational Resources (OER): Retain; Reuse; Revise; Remix; and Redistribute. This new CourseArc feature reduces the development burden on educators and institutions, allowing them, instead, to focus efforts on creating better online learning opportunities for students and parents.

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Learning with e's

MAY 3, 2010

I'm enjoying the workshop on Open Educational Resources (OER) here in Windhoek, Namibia. Today, the workshop for Quality Assurance Agencies is addressing the concept of OERs and how they can be quality assured. Sir John Daniel spoke this morning about the barriers to Open Content and listed three.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Understanding legal frameworks is crucial in navigating the intricacies of fair use, open educational resources (OER), and Creative Commons licensing. Engaging in interdisciplinary collaborations and participating in open educational resource (OER) initiatives enable the co-creation and dissemination of high-quality teaching materials.

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Ed App

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Mobile learning in massive open online courses (MOOC) is different from the traditional forms of learning as it is fragmented and heavily-dependant on collaboration. Microlearning through open educational resources (OERs) is one of the facets of learning that is fast gaining traction among people. The Challenges.

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There Is No Chalk

MARCH 2, 2010

This month's Learning Circuits Big Q is about open content and the workplace:How do we leverage Open Content in Workplace Learning? Tony Karrer gives a couple examples of open content stores for adult education, such as the OER Commons and the Open Courseware Consortium.

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Learning with e's

JULY 19, 2010

This just in from JISC: Speaking ahead of next week's Open Educational Resources symposium, Brian Lamb from the University of British Columbia urges higher education to show leadership in difficult times. To register for the International Open Educational Resources Symposium on 23 July 2010 please go to www.jisc.ac.uk/ukoer10

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Gutenberg Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Media elements are extremely valuable tools to publishers. Without images, any digital learning program would be dull and unengaging. This is especially true today. A 2015 study showed that teens spend an average of 9 hours a day consuming online media.

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CourseArc

JULY 24, 2020

The feature supports the 5 R’s of Open Educational Resources (OER): Retain; Reuse; Revise; Remix; and Redistribute. This new CourseArc feature reduces the development burden on educators and institutions, allowing them, instead, to focus efforts on creating better online learning opportunities for students and parents.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 11, 2011

Local historical societies, museums, or unemployment services offices may be interested in your volunteer work, as might an open source project looking to educate people about their application. Sites like OER Commons and e-learningforkids.org accept content, so you could create something and have it used by real people.

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Kadenze

OCTOBER 16, 2020

However, some radical re-thinking of many established practices will be required, including opening up the current competitive model to value partnerships which offer mutual benefits. Kadenze has offered free access to OER content for its educational partners to support their teaching during 2020 due to COVID-19 disruptions.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 26, 2015

With the advent of of MOOCs and other open courses in recent years, I’ve now had the opportunity to do a PhD on the subject. The course will remain open until the end of February 2016 and is free to register. These photos are all open licensed Creative Commons images. Tell us about your organization.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2015

In a few days I''ll post my interview with Jim Groom, but first, here''s the conversation that ensued when I caught up with The British Open University''s Martin Weller. 1) You’re currently professor of educational technology at the British Open University. blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period.

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 11, 2024

Open educational resources (OER). Cost Effective Methodologies Publishing solutions can move from traditional printed textbooks to digital formats and leverage OER, which can significantly reduce the cost of course materials for students.

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The Learning Circuits

MARCH 1, 2010

One of my Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010 was around Open Content for Workplace Learning: I’m not sure why this already hasn’t had a bigger impact, but workplace learning is going to start to catch up on the value of OCW and OER. Just visit the OER Commons and Open Courseware Consortium.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Open Educational Resources (OER): OER refers to educational materials that are freely available for use, often under licenses that allow for modification and redistribution. Creative Commons License: This type of license allows content creators to specify the terms of use for their materials.

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Take an e-Learning Break

AUGUST 31, 2009

Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge. OER often have a Creative Commons or GNU license that state specifically how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared. Check it out: [link]

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Kitaboo

JUNE 13, 2019

Use Open Source eBooks. If educational institutes start adopting OERs in classrooms, students will be able to save a lot of money that would otherwise be spent on purchasing textbooks and rental subscriptions. The teachers can customize an OER and include modules that they feel would benefit the students.

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 19, 2024

It not only opens up new avenues for content distribution but also provides authors with unique opportunities to enhance their impact and influence in the academic community. A well-defined strategy can help publishers reach their target audience and develop unique selling propositions for their books in the domain of Higher Education.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Licensing agreements are open to negotiation in most cases. Open Educational Resources (OER): Free to share and collaborate on, these licenses are meant for reuse. For example, a video used in an eBook might be owned and created by a third party. They also do not have to be written in complex legal jargon.

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Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Publish Superior Content Than OERs. Publishers must be aware of the free learning resources available on the internet- Open Educational Resources (OERs). Educational institutes can utilize these libraries to deliver lessons. And students can have access to thousands of learning resources at once.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JANUARY 8, 2019

The innovation of Open Educational Resources. Open Educational Resources (OER) is digital content available for widespread sharing, redistribution and, in some cases, alteration. The concept of ‘open’ educational content is innovative itself. OER opens up all kinds of new opportunities for teaching and learning.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 30, 2010

My destination is first Johannesburg, and then a short flight onwards to Windhoek, capital of Namibia, where I will be giving an invited presentation to the UNESCO Open Educational Resources Conference organised in conjunction with the Commonwealth of Learning. Tags: open education resources Namibia Gambia UNESCO.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

There’s no point rehashing the same lectures when the world’s best authorities have already recorded them and offered them to the world as OERs. The role of the teacher will evolve. It’s how the teacher uses that content to support learning that will make the difference. The pedagogy of MOOCs will be enriched.

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KnowledgeOne

JANUARY 13, 2022

Standalone headsets open up new opportunities for bringing VR in and out of the classroom or even out of the campus. Open Educational Resources (OER) are also expected to gain traction this year, with more and more resources being freely available.

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 18, 2023

Digitization has opened a whole new set of possibilities for educational publishers. With the presence of Open Educational Resources (OERs), publishers realize the need to create relevant K12 content solutions. Why Have K12 Publishers Moved from Print to Digital?

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