scholarly journals The benefits of creating open educational resources as assessment in an online education course

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eseta Tualaulelei
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Assessment Task ◽  
Project Data

This paper reports preliminary findings of a pilot project at an Australian regional university where students in an online multicultural education course created open educational resources as an assessment task. Designed as action research, the project transposed early years educators’ concerns about professional learning and resources into an assessment task. Students created resources in response to the task, and these resources were collated into an open educational resource. Based on a range of project data, the paper presents preliminary findings that show the assessment task had many benefits for students including increased engagement, practical learnings and pride in sharing their work. The paper concludes with implications for practice and suggestions for related research.

scholarly journals Open Educational Resources in Canada 2015

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rory McGreal ◽  
Terry Anderson ◽  
Dianne Conrad
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Paris Declaration ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Council Of Ministers ◽  
Education Initiatives

<p class="Abstract">Canada’s important areas of expertise in open educational resources (OER) are beginning to be built upon or replicated more broadly in all education and training sectors. This paper provides an overview of the state of the art in OER initiatives and open higher education in general in Canada, providing insights into what is happening nationally and provincially. There are growing examples of OER initiatives from several Canadian institutions offering free courses to Canadians and international learners. National open education initiatives include the federal government's Open Data pilot project and the Council of Ministers of Education of Canada (CMEC) support for the Open Educational Resource Paris Declaration, as well as Creative Commons Canada. Regionally, the western provinces of British Columbia and Alberta are supporting OER as part of major open education initiatives.</p>

scholarly journals Web Strategies for the Curation and Discovery of Open Educational Resources

Open Praxis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivien Rolfe
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
The Uk

For those receiving funding from the UK HEFCE-funded Open Educational Resource Programme (2009–2012), the sustainability of project outputs was one of a number of essential goals. Our approach for the hosting and distribution of health and life science open educational resources (OER) was based on the utilisation of the WordPress.org blogging platform and search engine optimisation (SEO) techniques to curate content and widen discovery.This paper outlines the approaches taken and tools used at the time, and reflects upon the effectiveness of web strategies several years post-funding. The paper concludes that using WordPress.org as a platform for sharing and curating OER, and the adoption of a pragmatic approach to SEO, offers cheap and simple ways for small-scale open education projects to be effective and sustainable.

scholarly journals a-REAEDUCA: Revista de Educação para o Século XXI: Pensar, Desenvolver e Criar um REA

EAD em FOCO ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélder Ferreira Pereira ◽  
Ana Maria Nobre ◽  
Rui Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Network Society ◽  
Online Journal ◽  
The Social ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Education Journal ◽  
Educational Paradigm

O presente artigo relata a concepção de uma revista online de Educação para o Século XXI: REAeduca, sustentada na filosofia dos Recursos Educacionais Abertos. A sua origem encontra-se no desenvolvimento de uma atividade da unidade curricular Materiais e Recursos para E-Learning, do mestrado em Pedagogia do E-Learning da Universidade Aberta em Portugal. A metodologia seguiu a seleção do tema, o planejamento da revista e a revisão de literatura sobre a temática em foco para atingir-se uma revista cientificamente fundamentada e a criação efetiva da revista online. Composta por abordagens temáticas variadas e concebida em uma página web, apresenta outras referências para a temática em estudo. O efeito do projeto foi extremamente satisfatório, quer pelos testemunhos recolhidos na página da revista, quer pelas partilhas nas redes sociais nas quais a revista foi compartilhada. Os resultados foram triangulados e evidenciam o movimento de recursos educacionais abertos como pilar de uma mudança do paradigma educativo, que integra tecnologia e metodologia, rumo a melhorias tanto para a prática docente quanto para o estudante. Com o desenvolvimento da revista, adaptações foram necessárias, como a evolução do nome para a-REAeduca, com o prefixo alusivo à abertura da informação e do conhecimento na sociedade em rede em que vivemos, e o seu alargamento em três domínios: acadêmico, organizacional e didático-pedagógico, entre outras conquistas. Palavras-chave: Recursos educacionais abertos, Educação online, Educação aberta, Revista de Educação, Sociedade em rede, Projetos educativos.  a-REAEDUCA - Journal of Education for the 21st Century: think, develop and create an OER AbstractThis article focuses on the design of an online journal of Education for the 21st Century - REAeduca, supported by open educational resources philosophy. Its origin lies in the development of an activity of the course unit Materiais e Recursos para E-Learning, of the Master in E-Learning Pedagogy by the Universidade Aberta, Portugal. The methodology followed the theme selection, the journals planning and a content analysis on the subject in focus, to achieve a scientifically based magazine, and the effective creation of the online journal. Consisting of various thematic approaches and designed in a web page with other references to the topic under study. The effect of the project was extremely satisfactory, either by the evidence gathered in the journal page, or by shares in the social networks in which the journal was shared. The results show that the movement of Open Educational Resources as a pillar of the change of the educational paradigm that integrates technology and methodology towards improvements both for teaching and for the student. With the development of the journal adaptations were necessary, among which the evolution of the journal's name to a-REAeduca, with allusive prefix of an open information and knowledge in the network society we live in, and its extension in three areas: academic, organizational and didactic-pedagogic, and other achievements presented in this article. Keywords: Open Educational Resources, Online Education, Open Education, Education Journal, Network Society, Educational projects.

scholarly journals Share knowledge, participate in open education and create oer

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Nobre
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Pedagogical Design ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Open Educational Practices

This article focus on the presentation of a curricular unit of an online master's course and its innovative pedagogical design: share, participate in Open Education and its integration of Open Educational Resources towards an opening movement for knowledge democratization. Thus, are analyzed pedagogical strategies and their impact in students learning process to determine the importance of this movement for an effective and successful learning process. Based on the perspectives of teachers and students(Portuguese, Brazilian and Africans), in order to understand the dynamics of using and sharing online resources in their pedagogical practices, we signal the need to develop innovative open educational practices from the point of view of (co) authorship for the integration of Open Educational Resources in online education and we highlight the students' products resulting from this process and reveal the achievements that this philosophy can reach.

scholarly journals Open Educational Resources in Canada 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rory McGreal
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
One Step ◽  
National Networks ◽  
First Time

COVID 19 has had a wide impact on education internationally and specifically in Canada, with nearly all institutions now transitioning to online education, with many learning for the first time about Open Educational Resources (OER). Understanding what is happening with OER in the different regions of our country is one step in creating awareness and promoting national networks for sharing resources, serving to address local educational needs. Educators can assemble, adopt, adapt, design, and develop OER-based courses that can cost-effectively address the needs of Canadian students. This paper describes OER-related initiatives and implementations across Canada that can serve as examples to educators and administrators, who because of COVID 19, are offering online courses for the first time.  

Impact of Open Educational Resources on Course DFWI Rates in Undergraduate Online Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra S. Shaw ◽  
Kathleen C. Irwin ◽  
Doris Blanton
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources

Barriers, incentives, and benefits of the open educational resources (OER) movement: An exploration into instructor perspectives

First Monday ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serena Henderson ◽  
Nathaniel Ostashewski
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Replication Study ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Institutional Policy ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Major Benefit

Open educational resource (OER) barriers, incentives, and benefits are at the forefront of educator and institution interests as global use of OER evolves. Research into OER use, perceptions, costs, and outcomes is becoming more prevalent; however, it is still in its infancy. Understanding barriers to full adoption, administration, and acceptance of OER is paramount to fully supporting its growth and success in education worldwide. The purpose of this research was to replicate and extend Kursun, Cagiltay, and Can’s (2014) Turkish study to include international participants. Kursun, et al. surveyed OpenCourseWare (OCW) faculty on their perceptions of OER barriers, incentives, and benefits. Through replication, these findings provide a glimpse into the reality of the international educators’ perceptions of barriers, incentives, and benefits of OER use to assist in the creation of practical solutions and actions for both policy makers and educators alike. The results of this replication study indicate that barriers to OER include institutional policy, lack of incentives, and a need for more support and education in the creating, using, and sharing of instructional materials. A major benefit to OER identified by educators is the continued collegial atmosphere of sharing and lifelong learning.

scholarly journals The overview of open education development tendencies in Russia and Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
N. G. Sosnina
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Open Education ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Canadian Council ◽  
The Government ◽  
Education Initiatives

The aim of research is to describe the foreign experience of open educational resources implementation in higher education on the example of Canada. The concept of open education in this country requires federal and regional support from the government. Currently, there is a number of initiatives, aimed at maximizing the development of open educational resources. An increasing number of open educational resource initiatives in Canadian universities offer free courses to both Canadians and international students. National open education initiatives include the following projects: “Open Data”, the federal government “pilot” project; support of Canadian Council of Ministers of Education within 2012 Paris Open Educational Resources Declaration; and the Creative Society of Canada. British Columbia and Alberta support open educational resources as a part of the most important open education initiatives at the regional level. However, a number of problems prevent the full development of the open education system.Materials and methods of research include discourse-analysis of domestic and foreign scientific sources, devoted to the problems of open education. The methodological basis is the study of the legal framework of open education, a retrospective analysis of the open education development process in Canadian universities and the analysis of existing open educational projects.The results of the study show that the need to implement the policy of open education imposes new requirements to the process of determining the level of educational programs development and the formation of a unified system of formal credits.Conclusion. The Canadian examination of open educational resources regulates all sectors of education and training in the country. This examination is a review of the results of open education principles implementation at the national and regional levels. The article discusses the features of both regional and foreign projects functioning. The advantages of open educational policy for different segments of the population are described.

Open Educational Practices and Resources in the Higher Education Learning Environment

2021 ◽  
pp. 93-111
Author(s):  
Ana Nobre
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Practices ◽  
Pedagogical Innovation ◽  
Design Based Research ◽  
Open Educational Practices ◽  
Methodological Procedures ◽  
Access To Knowledge

In this chapter, the authors highlight the potential of open educational resources (OER) to increase access to knowledge and the challenges to adapt these resources with the participation of students. They analyze the emerging practices resulting from pedagogical innovation, with open educational resources, in the cycles of design, implementation, and evaluation in the curricular unit of a Master's course in Pedagogy of eLearning at Universidade Aberta de Portugal. The investigation is carried out through the methodological procedures of design-based research with two groups of students of higher education at a distance where they addressed the concepts related to OER and participated in the educational practices for integrating OER in online education. In the field of innovation scenarios in online education, the results demonstrate the need to carry out/think about training, with practical actions, so that students can know, adapt, produce, integrate OER in their activities and share resources, thus contributing to increase the availability of quality OER.

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