International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) [corporate]

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Andrade, António; Ehlers, Ulf Daniel; Caine, Abel; Carneiro, Roberto; et al.

Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning or research materials that are in the public domain or released with an intellectual property license that allows for free use, adaptation, and distribution. In ...

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International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

A press release relating the results from discussions at the ICDE - UNESCO Policy Forum in Bali, November 2014.

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Cox, Glenda; Trotter, Henry; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Arinto, Patricia B.

The research presented here focuses on understanding the obstacles, opportunities and practices associated with Open Educational Resources (OER) adoption at three South African universities. It addresses the question: ...

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Willems, Julie; Bossu, Carina

Open educational resources (OER) have become new buzzwords in the glocalization of education. While OER are often espoused as enabling educational equity, the reality is not always the case. Looking only at the ...

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McGreal, Rory

This piece highlights how Open Educational Resources (OER) can help bridge the knowledge divide to achieve equity in education. The author discusses the different digital barriers set in place to prevent free access to ...

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Open Education Resource Foundation

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Tiedau, Ulrich

OER Commons is the first comprehensive open learning network where teachers and professors (from pre-K to graduate school) can access their colleagues course materials, share their own, and collaborate on affecting ...

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Ferwerda, Eelco; Snijder, Ronald; Adema, Janneke

Executive summary: Monographs still play an important role in scholarly communication, particularly in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The availability of publication outlets for research monographs is crucial to ...

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Souto-Otero, Manuel; dos Santos, Andreia Inamorato; Shields, Robin; Lažetić, Predrag; et al.

OpenCases is a study which is part of the OpenEdu Project. It is a qualitative study consisting of a review of literature on open education and nine in-depth case studies of higher education institutions, a consortium ...

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Literat, Ioana

The proliferation of massive open online courses (MOOCs) has stirred a fervent debate about global access to higher education. While some commentators praise MOOCs for expanding educational opportunities in a more open ...

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