Open Practices: A briefing paper
| Published | 2012 |
| Periodical | Pages 1-12 |
| Publisher | JISC |
ABSTRACT
ContentsWhat are 'open educational practices'?
Why engage in open educational practices?
OERs and open learning
OERs and open pedagogies or teaching practices
OERs and sharing learning/teaching ideas
OERs and open technologies
OERs and open scholarship
Common issues in open educational practices
Conclusions
This briefing paper on Open Practices is based on outcomes of the UK OER programme (phase 2). It was produced by the UK OER support and evaluation team in February 2012 to review evidence of relations between use and reuse of open educational resources and other aspects of open practice in education.
| Keywords | legal and contractual issues with OER · open learning · open practice · open scholarship · open teaching practices · open technologies |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | by-nc/3.0 |
| URL | https://oersynth.pbworks.com/w/page/51668352/OpenPracticesBriefing |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
AVAILABLE FILES
Viewed by 82 distinct readers
CLOUD COMMUNITY REVIEWS
The evaluations below represent the judgements of our readers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cloud editors.
Click a star to be the first to rate this document
▶ POST A COMMENT
SIMILAR RECORDS
Journeys to open educational practice: UKOER/SCORE review final report
McGill, L.; Falconer, I.; Dempster, J A.; Littlejohn, A.; Beetham, H.
In 2008 the JISC Good Intentions report concluded that the landscape around learning materials had changed sufficiently to support a range of sustainable models for sharing. The report charted and acknowledged the long ...
Match: Beetham, H.; Falconer, I.; McGill, L.; Littlejohn, A.; open practice
JISC/HE Academy OER Programme: Phase 2 synthesis and evaluation report
McGill, Lou; Falconer, Isobel; Beetham, H.; Littlejohn, Allison
Phase 2 of the JISC/HEA jointly funded UK OER programme was launched in October 2010. The aim of this second phase of funding was to build on the lessons learned in the pilot phase - across institutions, individual ...
Match: Beetham, H.
JISC/HE Academy OER Programme: Phase 3 synthesis and evaluation report
McGill, Lou; Falconer, Isobel; Littlejohn, Allison; Beetham, H.
The JISC/HE Academy OER Phase 3 programme (October 2011- October 2012) was designed to build on the sustainable practice identified in the first two stages (Pilot programme, and Phase 2 programme), and to expand in new ...
Match: Beetham, H.
Higher education and Open Educational Resources in Asia: An overview
Dhanarajan, Gajaraj; Abeywardena, Ishan Sudeera; Dhanarajan, Gajaraj; Porter, David
Higher education has experienced phenomenal growth in all parts of Asia over the last two decades. This expansion, coupled with a diversity of provisions, has meant that more and more young Asians are experiencing ...
Match: practices
COL's Policy on Open Educational Resources
Commonwealth of Learning
This document specifies a broad policy to promote and inform the development and use of OER in COL.
Match: open learning
Formalising informal learning: Assessment and accreditation challenges within disaggregated systems
McGreal, Rory; Conrad, Dianne; Murphy, Angela; Witthaus, Gabi; Mackintosh, Wayne
This report shares the findings and lessons learned from an investigation into the economics of disaggregated models for assessing and accrediting informal learners undertaking post secondary education. It presents some ...
Match: open learning
Understanding motivational system in open learning: Learners' engagement with a Traditional Chinese-based open educational resource system
Huang, Wenhao David; Wu, Chorng-Guang
Learning has embraced the ``open'' process in recent years, as many educational resources are made available for free online. Existing research, however, has not provided sufficient evidence to systematically improve ...
Match: open learning
Defining OER-enabled pedagogy
Wiley, David; Hilton III, John
The term “open pedagogy” has been used in a variety of different ways over the past several decades. In recent years, its use has also become associated with Open Educational Resources (OER). The wide range of ...
Match: open learning
A strategic response to MOOCs: How one European university is approaching the challenge
Brown, Mark; Costello, Eamon; Donlon, Enda; Giolla-Mhichil, Mairead Nic; et al.
This paper briefly outlines some of the macro level claims, counter-claims and unresolved debates surrounding the rapid growth of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Higher Education. It then reports insights, ...
Match: open learning
Using an ‘open approach’ to create a new, innovative higher education model
Huggins, Susan; Smith, Peter; Gil-Jaurena, Inés
Navigating learning, formal or informal, can be overwhelming, confusing, and impersonal. With more options than ever, the process of deciding what, where, and when can be overwhelming to a learner. The concept of Open ...
Match: open learning
