A goal is to make the wide range of educational resources available, in
open (or even, gasp, proprietary) formats easily and productively
accessible to educators and learners. The intent underlying this vision
is to promote choice, i.e. “allow users to access the digital content
that they need from any applications they choose.”
Can we develop a collaboration, tentatively titled a "Network for
Content and Curriculum", to leverage and advance the interest and
success around real-world interoperability efforts for achieving true openness across educational content and software in support of teaching and learning.
I can provide more details if folks are interested...
Assuming OER uptake
increases, an analysis of who is being left behind might be in order.
Based on existing or emerging recognition and reward patterns for
authoring or adopting OER, who benefits? Are there differences between
disciplines, institutional class, region, and seniority in how
individuals are rewarded or motivated to engage with OER? For instance
at a research institution is use of OER more relevant to academic
specialists and fixed-term faculty then tenure-track faculty? Does
this differ with behaivor measured at community colleges?
The UNESCO OER Community has been discussing issues of access to OER
over the past weeks. To expand access to knowledge worldwide, we have
to consider the local situation and develop materials and means of
sharing that will allow the sharing intended.
A small group is forming to develop a project as a concrete outcome of the intense interaction.
Anyone interested can contact me at s.dantoni@unesco.org and I will link you to the group.
Create an ethnographic study of student use of materials they search
and find to supplement their formal lectures to learn whether OER
explicitly plays a role and if not (which we'd assume), could it or
should it be an explicit aspect of their seeking materials?
A distribution project to faciliate OER access in areas with limited or no internet access.
A goal is to make the wide range of educational resources available, in open (or even, gasp, proprietary) formats easily and productively accessible to educators and learners. The intent underlying this vision is to promote choice, i.e. “allow users to access the digital content that they need from any applications they choose.”
Can we develop a collaboration, tentatively titled a "Network for Content and Curriculum", to leverage and advance the interest and success around real-world interoperability efforts for achieving true openness across educational content and software in support of teaching and learning.
I can provide more details if folks are interested...
Assuming OER uptake increases, an analysis of who is being left behind might be in order. Based on existing or emerging recognition and reward patterns for authoring or adopting OER, who benefits? Are there differences between disciplines, institutional class, region, and seniority in how individuals are rewarded or motivated to engage with OER? For instance at a research institution is use of OER more relevant to academic specialists and fixed-term faculty then tenure-track faculty? Does this differ with behaivor measured at community colleges?
We have a variety of tools that we can use to measure access to OER.
What are the tools that you are using to evaluate impact of OER?
The UNESCO OER Community has been discussing issues of access to OER over the past weeks. To expand access to knowledge worldwide, we have to consider the local situation and develop materials and means of sharing that will allow the sharing intended.
A small group is forming to develop a project as a concrete outcome of the intense interaction.
Anyone interested can contact me at s.dantoni@unesco.org and I will link you to the group.
Create an ethnographic study of student use of materials they search and find to supplement their formal lectures to learn whether OER explicitly plays a role and if not (which we'd assume), could it or should it be an explicit aspect of their seeking materials?
A distribution project to faciliate OER access in areas with limited or no internet access.