A new method for sustainable development of open educational resources

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Stuurman ◽  
Marko van Eekelen ◽  
Bastiaan Heeren
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
New Method

scholarly journals Open Education for a Better World: A Mentoring Programme Fostering Design and Reuse of Open Educational Resources for Sustainable Development Goals

Open Praxis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Urbančič ◽  
Anja Polajnar ◽  
Mitja Jermol
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Online Mentoring ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Development Goals

An international online mentoring programme Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW) has been developed to unlock the potential of open education in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The programme provides an innovative approach to building Open Educational Resources, connecting developers of educational materials with experts volunteering as mentors. The model of the programme has been carefully designed and tested in two subsequent implementations in years 2018 and 2019. Results have proved the model to be useful for building capacities in open education, while producing concrete educational materials with great potential for social impact. Analysis of results has been used to suggest further improvements needed for enabling the program to be used on an even larger scale. The paper presents the development of the OE4BW model, its main characteristics, implementation results and guidelines for the future.

scholarly journals The Importance of International Collaboration to Enhance Education for Environmental Citizenship

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10326
Author(s):  
David Christian Finger ◽  
Camelia Draghici ◽  
Dana Perniu ◽  
Marija Smederevac-Lalic ◽  
Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
International Collaboration ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Environmental Citizenship ◽  
The Status ◽  
Swot Analyses

Environmental Education is essential to promote awareness and facilitate the development of environmental citizens. To contribute to the enhancement of environmental awareness, Iceland, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Romania have collaborated in joint educational projects which aim at building capacities on sustainable development, delivering environmental teaching lectures, and developing open educational resources. This article presents past and ongoing collaborations between the mentioned countries, assesses the status of environmental education, and highlights the benefits of international collaboration. For this purpose, information on environmental courses in representative universities from each country was collected, SWOT analyses were performed in each country, and a survey among potential students was carried out. The presented analysis reveals that international collaboration raises environmental awareness and increases the likelihood of becoming environmental citizens.

scholarly journals Metodika tvorby a využití případových studií ve výuce a formou Open Educational Resources (OER)

Envigogika ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Dlouhá ◽  
Jiří Dlouhý ◽  
Dana Kapitulčinová
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Education System ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

The methodology of development of regional case studies of Sustainable Development for Higher Education is aimed at the promotion of the use of practical cases in teaching; it should lead to the development of research tools relevant to local environmental issues and issues of sustainable development of the region, and thus emphasizes the importance of the regional context and specifics. The publication of the cases in the form of open educational resources (OER) enables access to these materials for regionally oriented education at earlier stages of the education system, and can be used for the presentation of regional specifics, and may also serve to promote dialogue concerning the development of the territory between the different social actors. The methodology outlines the procedure for creating educational case studies and shows how they are used in university teaching. Because the methodology is based on qualitative research methods working with direct experience, discussion also addresses the ways and means of creating a knowledge base as an open educational resources (OER), to facilitate the accumulation of this experience. The methodology takes into account the requirement for continuity of learning at different educational levels and gives a brief overview of similar approaches applied at lower levels of the education system; it also shows how the results can be applied in practice. The methods of case study development and use are based on the authors’ own teaching experience, and on its theoretical reflection. The methodology clearly summarizes the assumptions for teaching sustainable development issues from a regional perspective; it offers the possibility of linking university teaching and research with practice, which should lead to an increased competence in addressing local issues of sustainable development in cooperation with universities.

scholarly journals OER as a Tool for Sustainable Development: The Ukrainian - Latvian Experience of Forensic Science Experts

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Karina Palkova ◽  
Olena Agapova ◽  
Aelita Zīle
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Modern Learning ◽  
Forensic Expert

One of the important factors influencing the quality of modern education is Open Educational Resources. The new form of education was recognised by UNESCO and become an important element in achieving the main goals of Sustainable Development in the field of Education. Open Educational Resources play transformative role in the cases of supporting both regular and specific fields of education. The paper examines the role of Open Educational Resources in the field of such a specific industry/occupation as forensic experts. Forensic experts’ learning process has several levels that start from the access to higher education. The requirements to receive forensic expert’s certificate stems from the national law. And these requirements could vary from country to country. Open Educational Resources represent an opportunity for a great number of learners in various study fields. Nevertheless, those resources are not used in forensic expert education. To clarify the possibility to use Open Educational Resources in specific forensic expert education field, a research on forensic expert education in Latvia and Ukraine has been conducted. Open Educational Resources can improve the quality of education on at least two levels. The first one is the quality of teaching content and the second is the modern learning environment, providing access to all necessary researches that are necessary to pass the forensic expert examination. Authors found out that nowadays Open Educational Resources are not applied in forensic experts’ education. As the research reveals, the main resources are legal documents and practical knowledge provided by academic staff. From the authors perspective it is suggested to create an Open Educational Resource that could provide forensic experts with the information necessary to pass the examination and to improve both practical and theoretical skills. Nevertheless, Open Educational Resources in such a specific field can met several challenges.

ACCESS TO EDUCATION WITH ONLINE LEARNING AND OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: CAN THEY CLOSE THE GAP?

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Geith ◽  
Karen Vignare
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Education Gap ◽  
The Right ◽  
Compare And Contrast

One of the key concepts in the right to education is access: access to the means to fully develop as human beings as well as access to the means to gain skills, knowledge and credentials. This is an important perspective through which to examine the solutions to access enabled by Open Educational Resources (OER) and online learning. The authors compare and contrast OER and online learning and their potential for addressing human rights “to” and “in” education. The authors examine OER and online learning growth and financial sustainability and discuss potential scenarios to address the global education gap.

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