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Prof. Rory McGreal from Athabasca University in Canada maintains the OER Knowledgecloud with publications about open education. The most recent additions are listed:

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  • Individualisiertes Lernen mit digitalen Bildungsressourcen February 9, 2025
    Ziel dieser Studie ist die Entwicklung eines Konzepts für die einheitliche Gestaltung digitaler Bildungsressourcen anhand verbindlicher Kriterien zur Förderung individualisierten Lernens im Unterricht. Während die aktuelle Literatur viel Wert auf OER legt, wird die Anpassungsfähigkeit digitaler Bildungsressourcen unabhängig von Lizenzfragen weniger diskutiert. Zudem fehlen Daten zur höheren Wirksamkeit von OER im Vergleich zu kommerziellen Bildungsressourcen. […]
  • Innovation with Open Educational Resources: An integrative review of drivers, barriers and enablers January 30, 2025
    Open Educational Resources (OER) are frequently interpreted as supporting educational innovations across a range of delivery styles. However, the mechanisms for OER innovation are underexplored in the scientific literature. This paper offers an integrative literature review (N = 210) exploring innovation with OER in publications from 2015-2023, focusing on described drivers, barriers and enablers. Cases […]
  • Identifying the Factors Affecting Student Academic Performance and Engagement Prediction in MOOC using Deep Learning: A Systematic Literature Review January 29, 2025
    The increasing reliance on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has transformed the landscape of education, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, where e-learning became essential. However, the effectiveness of MOOCs in enhancing student academic performance and engagement remains a key challenge, compounded by high dropout rates and low retention. This study presents a systematic literature review […]
  • Dubai Declaration on Open Educational Resources (OER) January 2, 2025
    Emerging technologies, including AI, provide opportunities to advance the 2019 Recommendation. Beyond the creation of new openly licensed content, potential applications include: facilitating the detection of existing openly licensed content online; developing techniques for effective OER curation; translating OER into multiple languages; and facilitating content indexing through the recommendation of descriptive metadata. Other emerging technologies, […]
  • All Digital Academy Project: Upskilling Adult Educators on Key Digital Emerging Technologies December 30, 2024
    Recent advances in technology present vast opportunities, yet the European Commission reports that only 56% of people aged 16–74 possess basic digital skills. To bridge this gap, the All Digital Academy (ADA) project targets adult educators, aiming to equip them with emerging digital technology skills. ADA offers online training and resources focused on the Internet […]
  • An In-Depth Look at MOOW's Innovative Approach in Higher Education December 30, 2024
    The article examines the Massive Open Online Workshop (MOOW), a new educational model supported by the European Union that serves as an innovative alternative to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and digital bootcamps. MOOW stands out for its highly interactive format that encourages intense collaboration over a condensed one-week period, where participants co-develop actionable solutions […]
  • Innovative Ways to Design Open Education Resources for Marginalized Communities December 28, 2024
    Internal security challenges in African countries have resulted in large numbers of displaced persons. In 2022 the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that there are 2 million persons internally displaced in Nigeria. Educating these marginalized groups requires meticulous planning and strategy. These marginalized groups need to be included in the educational landscape; Open Education […]
  • The Impact of Adopting OER Videos as Supplementary Resources on Student Scores and Engagement December 28, 2024
    Open educational resources (OER) have gained immense popularity in recent years, due to their ability to offer students and educators access to high-quality, free-to-use educational materials. The widespread use of OER has also been driven by the increasing availability of digital resources and the internet, which has made it easier to create and share educational […]
  • Accesibilidad en REA para el aprendizaje de inglés como lengua extranjera en Educación Primaria y Secundaria December 17, 2024
    Los Recursos Educativos Abiertos (REA) son documentos, materiales y contenidos educativos disponibles de forma gratuita y abierta para ser utilizados en contextos de enseñanza, aprendizaje o investigación, y la eficacia de su uso depende en gran medida de que la información ofrecida sea accesible para todos los usuarios. Este trabajo de investigación se centra en […]
  • Determinants of open educational resources adoption and their impact on educational sustainability: A cross-cultural comparison using SEM-fsQCA December 17, 2024
    This cross-cultural study investigates the factors influencing the adoption of open educational resources (OER) and their impact on educational sustainability in Malaysia and Oman. The research extends the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) model by incorporating four additional constructs: design, perceived interactivity, ethics, and PT. A quantitative research methodology was […]