Collaborating on ideas: Tackling barriers to Open Education
Pirkkalainen, Henri and Pawlowski, Jan

PublishedJune 2014
ConferenceProceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Jun 23, 2014 in Tampere, Finland
Edition 1, Volume 2014, Pages 1844-1852
PublisherAssociation for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

ABSTRACT
This paper presents key issues around collaborative idea development in the context of open education. Current initiatives and solutions around OER have been successful in promoting the concept of openness that is now broadly recognized. However, the actual adoption of OER services and re-use of materials is a constant struggle. We present an alternative for managing OER development, taking a step back and starting from educational ideas. This paper conceptualizes the idea sharing activities, building on the strong foundation evidenced in other contexts for organizational knowledge sharing and social sciences. The study demonstrates the key possibilities and barriers for collaborative idea development by analyzing a series of focus group sessions (with 64 participants) conducted as face-to-face and online meetings.

Keywords collaboration · OER adoption · OER re-use

Published atChesapeake, VA
ISSN978-1-939797-08-7
RefereedYes
Rights© 2014 AACE
URLhttp://www.editlib.org/p/147726/
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