By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Open Distribution of Virtual Containers as a Key Framework for Open Educational Resources and STEAM Subjects
Alberto Corbi, Daniel Burgos, Electronic Journal of E-Learning, 2017/05/12
This paper (11 page PDF) covers an important topic and is one of the first detailed descriptions I've seen (not that others don't exist). The idea, in a nutshell, is that future OER distribution will be greatly enhanced by the use of virtualized containers. More...
22 mai 2017
What Makes an Open Lab 'Open'?
As public universities divert resources into new kinds of learning spaces, they should promote collaborative and mutually enriching connections among students and institutions, write Robin DeRosa and Dan Blickensderfer. More...
17 mai 2017
One business case for OER examined
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. One business case for OER examined
Tony Bates, online learning and distance education resources, 2017/05/15
Tony Bates looks at the most recent edition of Distance Education and in particular at an article focused on the business case for open educational resources. The case, in a nutshell, is that people can use open access to decide whether they want to invest time and money in a particular program. More...
Open Distribution of Virtual Containers as a Key Framework for Open Educational Resources and STEAM Subjects
Building on Open Educational Resources – What’s Next?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Building on Open Educational Resources – What’s Next?
TeachOnline.ca, 2017/05/04
The focus of this article is on "three particular developments to shape the future of OER (quoted):
- Developing replicable, scalable models for institutions and faculty members to adopt.
- Adopting and Adapting New Approaches to Assessment and Flexible Degrees
- Sharing The Tools for Generating Simulations and Games
As the authors say, "he key is not so much making new OER products, services and processes available but stimulating their adoption and use. More...
OpenAIRE survey on open peer review: Attitudes and experience amongst editors, authors and reviewers
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. OpenAIRE survey on open peer review: Attitudes and experience amongst editors, authors and reviewers
Tony Ross-Hellauer, Arvid Deppe, Birgit Schmidt, Zenodo, 2017/05/03
I think people interested in open pedagogy could draw some insight from this discussion of open peer review. There's not one single dimension to open publishing (or open science generally) but multiple dimensions, including open identity, open participation, and open reports. More...
Perspectives on Open Pedagogy
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Perspectives on Open Pedagogy
Devon Ritter, Saylor.org, 2017/04/28
First of all, if you haven't reads this history of open pedagogy by Tannis Morgan, go there first. OK. Now, on o the discussion. More...
What is Open Pedagogy?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What is Open Pedagogy?
Maha Bali, Reflecting Allowed, 2017/04/25
This is a link to a video conference on open pedagogy hosted by Maha Bali and including a number of the people talking recently about this topic (but by no means all, nor from all perspectives). Some of the related resources:
- Year of Open - What is Open Pedagogy - various authors
- Catherine Cronin - Opening Up Open Pedagogy (and open educational practices)
- David Kernohan - Roaming Autodidacts and the Neo-Reactionaries
- Tannis Morgan - Openness and Teaching, Learning, and Student Success
- Sukaina Walji - Critical reflections on openness in the ROER4D project
- David Wiley - When Open Worlds Collide and Wandering Through the Open Pedagogy Maze
Some thoughts gleaned from the conversation: first, there needs to be a recognition that 'open' applies here to more than just pedagogy and more than just the classroom. More...
15 mai 2017
The Open Government Partnership and the EU
Making our democracies more transparent and helping citizens play an active role in them are central challenges facing our societies today. The Open Government Partnership (OGP), which has 75 member countries, brings together people from all levels of government, civil society, the corporate world, academia and the media to work towards these goals. More...09 mai 2017
Strengthening democracy through open education
By Patrick Blessinger. Open education is the policy and practice of broadening access to allow greater participation in lifelong learning and tertiary education. It is based on the principle that everyone has a right to benefit from educational resources. More...
30 avril 2017
EC survey on rewards, education and skills for Open Science now open
The survey is composed of three questionnaires, one for universities, one for funders and one for individual researchers. The survey is open for contributions until 15 May 2017. The ERA SGHRM is the group composed of member states supporting the implementation and the monitoring of progress of EU policies for researchers and researchers’ careers and sees this initiative as a way to gather evidence across Europe to support the definition of appropriate Open Science policies in the years to come. More...
