The OER Knowledge Cloud
- Open Learning and Learning at Scale: The Legacy of MOOCs September 26, 2024This paper provides an introduction to the special collection. It presents a summary of the last decade in relation to research on MOOCs and describes the FutureLearn Academic Network (FLAN), which brought together FutureLearn partners for sharing and research purposes. Using this lens, research on MOOCs over the period is reviewed in terms of topic, […]
- OER Policy Development at St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies August 21, 2024Open Educational Resources (OER) have been recognized by UNESCO as important tools supporting the achievement of Strategic Development Goals (SDG) and by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) realizing SDG 4 Education for All. The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus (UWISTA), in a determined and focused fashion, has initiated a process to adopt […]
- Facets of Openness in a Serious Game: Opening up Format, Content, Software and Hardware August 6, 2024This paper advocates the claim that open licenses and open-source software are not enough to overcome the barriers to adoption of technologically innovative Open Educational Resources for educational institutions like schools. The paper analyses the case of the 4Ts game, a game designed to support the development of teachers’ learning design skills. This case study […]
- Awareness, attitudes, skills, and open educational resources usage among open and distance learners August 4, 2024Background of the study: Open Educational Resources (OER) are adjudged to be of tremendous benefit to open and distance learners due to the nature of their academic programs. However, a number of factors will determine the extent to which they will use these resources. Thus, this study examined the influence of awareness, attitudes, and skills […]
- Un accès payant pour des ressources éducatives en licence Creative Commons : un paradoxe étudié au prisme d’une étude de cas, Faq2Sciences July 23, 2024Le projet Faq2Sciences porté par l’Université Numérique Thématique Unisciel représente une banque de plusieurs milliers d’exercices en sciences naturelles, mathématiques et informatiques, alimentée par de nombreuses institutions d’enseignement supérieur. Il s’inscrit dans une logique de mutualisation des ressources éducatives libres (REL) de l’enseignement supérieur français, problématique qui a connu une recrudescence d’intérêt à l’occasion des […]
- Rethinking openness for learning in open distance learning institutions July 11, 2024The trends in open distance learning over the years and its evolution to higher education are interesting phenomena that continue to gain acceptance. While open distance learning serves as an intervening solution, initiated by most African higher institutions for students that missed out on the opportunity of studying in mainstream institutions, there is a need […]
- An Introduction to Open Educational Resources and Their Implementation in Higher Education Worldwide July 5, 2024The digitization of (higher) education has exposed copyright infringement issues, as the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials has become more visible. This article explores the importance of open educational resources (OER) in higher education, focusing on their development, how they are understood, and the opportunities they offer. OER are defined as learning materials released under […]
- Utilizing open educational practices to support sustainable higher education in the United Arab Emirates June 29, 2024The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled higher education institutions (HEI) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and globally to shift to a new pedagogy that is sustainable and resilient to crises and disruptions. It necessitated the integration of technologies as part of pedagogical innovation and modification of higher education practices – advancing toward a more holistic […]
- Exploration in Hermeneutics of Dedicated OER Policies and Implications for Post-Secondary Institutions January 11, 2024This exploratory study, framed in an interpretivist paradigm and hermeneutic approach, examined a world-wide collection of 28 dedicated open educational resources (OER) policy documents published on the Internet from post-secondary institutions. The guiding research question was how to understand OER in a dedicated OER policy corpus, that was answered through an interpretation of the policy […]
- Pivoting Open? Pandemic Pedagogy and the Search for Openness in the Viral Learning Environment January 5, 2024This paper is based on the authors' experiences and reflections working in educational technology and design support roles in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic. We retrace our lived experience from the beginning of the pandemic in the spring (from our vantage points in the UK and Canada) and the associated 'pivot online' enacted in […]