CourseArc

OCTOBER 26, 2021

OER for Precedent. Why an Open Educational Resources Model Means More Opportunities for All Learners. Like many inside and outside the education system in the United States and globally, the cry for equity has been bellowed for years. Take the movement for Open Educational Resources, or OER, for example.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

AI, Instructional Design, and OER – improving learning I agree with the idea that AI and LLMs will make it much easier to create a first draft of content. I like the differentiation here between “informational resources” and “educational resources.” Games and branching scenarios Play GO VIRAL!

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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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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Reading Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education by Anya Kamenetz has been fascinating. Her key message is simple - that education needs to change to make it more accessible to those who want to, but cannot afford to enter into full time higher education. High ideals indeed. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 23, 2010

And that is where the social media come in. Increasingly academics are making their ideas freely available on blogs, social networks and other sharing sites. Another threat is Creative Commons which has an entire range of licencing agreements which variously enable users to modify, extend and share versions of the original work.

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Learning with e's

JULY 24, 2010

As Brian Lamb said recently at the Open Educational Resources Symposium, it seems perverse to hoard knowledge in any form, particularly in the light of the current economic crisis. That is the 'prime directive' of the open access, open educational resources movement. Academic publishing is changing. Why should knowledge be a commodity?

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2015

Now and then, I have the privilege to interview some great thought leaders in the field of education. 1) You’re currently professor of educational technology at the British Open University. 1) You’re currently professor of educational technology at the British Open University. I think it''s a good news, bad news story.

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