The OER Knowledge Cloud: OER Impact Map

OER Impact Map

McAndrew, Patrick · Weller, M. · Farrow, Rob · Perryman, L -A. · Pitt, Beck · de los Arcos, Beatriz · Arthur, Simone · Walker, Claire · Elliott-Cirigottis, Gary

Published	2014
Periodical	Volume 2014
Publisher	OER Research Hub

ABSTRACT

This website gathers and publishes evidence about the impact of open educational resources (OER). It is maintained by the OER Research Hub project. The purpose is to help people understand the impact of OER.

You can explore the data in a number of ways. The hypothesis pages explain the essence of each study area and include summaries of the evidence base. Try searching the evidence entered so far, or see the distribution on a global map. You can review and vote on recent evidence entries or review our maps for OER policies and OER projects.

Keywords

case studies · OER map · OER policy · OER projects · OER usage

Other number	April 14, 2012
Refereed	Does not apply
URL	http://oermap.org/
Access date	April 14, 2012
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de los Arcos, Beatriz; Farrow, Rob; Pitt, R.; Perryman, L -A.; et al.

The OER Research Hub was a three year project funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and based in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University in the UK. The OER movement had just passed ...

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Personalising learning through adaptation: Evidence from a global survey of K-12 teachers’ perceptions of their use of open educational resources

de los Arcos, Beatriz; Farrow, Rob; Pitt, R.; Weller, M.; McAndrew, Patrick

It has been suggested that open educational resources (OER) can lower cost and lead to greater flexibility, however while there has been significant investment in opening up content there have been few studies looking ...

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OER evidence report 2013-2014

Farrow, Rob; Perryman, L -A.; Pitt, R.; Weller, M.; de los Arcos, Beatriz

The Open Educational Resources Research Hub (OER Research Hub) provides a focus for research, designed to give answers to the overall question ‘What is the impact of OERon learning and teaching practices?’ and ...

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The impact of OER on teaching and learning practice

McAndrew, Patrick; Weller, Martin; de los Arcos, Bea; Farrow, Rob; Pitt, Beck

The OER Research Hub has been investigating the impact of OER, using eleven hypotheses, and a mixed methods approach to establish an evidence base. This paper explores the findings relating to teaching and learning. The ...

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Who are the open learners? A comparative study profiling non-formal users of open educational resources

Farrow, Rob; de los Arcos, Beatriz; Pitt, R.; Weller, M.

Open educational resources (OER) have been identified as having the potential to extend opportunities for learning to non-formal learners. However, little research has been conducted into the impact of OER on non-formal ...

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Learning the Lessons of Openness

McAndrew, Patrick; Farrow, Rob; Elliott-Cirigottis, Gary; Law, Patrina

The Open Educational Resources (OER) movement has built up a record of experience and achievements since it was formed 10 years ago as an identifiable approach to sharing online learning materials. In its initial phase, ...

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OER Research Hub: Ethics manual

Farrow, Rob; Pitt, Beck

The OERRH Ethics Manual provides an overview of ethical issues that arise in research and offers strategies for best practice. It discusses some of the particular challenges for openness in research, including ...

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Open education research: From the practical to the theoretical

McAndrew, Patrick; Farrow, Rob; McGreal, Rory; Kinuthia, Wanjira; Marshall, Stewart

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Open Educational Resources: Innovation, research and practice

Burgos Aguilar, José Vladimir; Cox, Glenda; Czerniewicz, Laura; D'Antoni, Susan; et al.

Open Educational Resources (OER) – that is, teaching, learning and research materials that their owners make free to others to use, revise and share – offer a powerful means of expanding the reach and effectiveness ...

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Innovating pedagogy 2013: Open University innovation report 2

Sharples, Mike; McAndrew, Patrick; Weller, M.; Ferguson, Rebecca; et al.

This second report updates proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but have not yet had a profound influence on education including: -Badges to accredit learning -Citizen inquiry -Crowd Learning -Digital ...

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