By Geoffrey Crossick. In this post, Professor Geoffrey Crossick introduces his report on monographs and open access, outlining the key messages of the report and giving his personal take on the issues and the wider contexts. More...
By Steven Hill. The cost of implementing open access policies in the UK remains a hot topic. It is part of the deliberations of the review of RCUK policy of which I am a member, and the question of costs continues to be raised in the context of the open access requirements for the next Research Excellence Framework. More...
In launching the ‘Opening up Education’ initiative in September 2013, the Commission ambitiously stated that "open technology-based education will soon be a 'must have', not just a 'good-to-have', for all ages."
Initiatives linked to Opening up Education will be funded with support from Erasmus+, the EU programme for education, training, youth and sport, and Horizon 2020, the new research and innovation programme, as well as the EU structural funds. More...
By Barbara Illowsky. Can an advocate for open educational resources (OER) and student equity justify partnering for for-profits. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. UNESCO's Open Access (OA) Curriculum is now online
Sanjaya Mishra, UNESCO, 2015/03/18
As the headline says, UNESCO has released its new open access curriculum. Here it is:
Curriculum for Library Schools
Curriculum for Researchers
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. OER World Map
Various authors, 2015/03/13
A year and a half or so ago UNESCO launched an OER mapping project. It has now come to fruition. "Using local knowledge to describe the OER ecosystem, the OER World Map will visualize the world of OER and support a range of widgets and tools, including powerful statistical analysis." Here's the OER World Map blog. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. The University of California, Irvine (UCI) today announced a partnership with the primary systems of education in California, University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), and California Community Colleges (CCC), to advance the field of open and free education. The collaboration between the three systems of education is a growing illustration of the power of open education. More...
The OER Foundation was established in 2009 – with the goal of using open education as a means to provide leadership and international networking, as well as supporting educational institutions to achieve their strategic objectives. The OER Foundation hosts WikiEducator, a flagship community of +65,000 educators, which focuses on being able to share knowledge freely. More...
The Open Education Group has just announced the release of an online tool that allows learning institutions to calculate the impact of adopting open educational resources (OER) instead of commercial textbooks. More...
By Eric Stoller. The seven elements of digital literacies model from Jisc represents a useful visual/model for those of us who teach, speak, and write about all things digital. When you think broadly about each of the 7 elements, connections can be made that resonate with student affairs work. The section on communications and collaboration is especially relevant for those of us who work to enhance student engagement and create opportunities for digital community. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
