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Issues in OER: Panel Presentation
(2011-03-21)
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are becoming increasingly popular in educational institutions. OERs include all educational resources - normally digital in nature such as learning objects, open courseware, etc. that can ...
Report on UNESCO/COL Workshop New York June 18 - 19 2011
(2011-07-17)
A description of a UNESCO Chair meeting of participants outlining the presentations and recording the goals and meeting outcomes.
The Anti- IPA Position Paper: A reply from an Educator
(2013-05-29)
This paper is a "REVISED" version of a position paper released by the International Publishers' Association. ALL the arguments that they use against OER are in fact arguments supportive of OER and against commercial content. ...
Report on the assessment and accreditation of Learners using OER
(2013-09-17)
This report shares the findings and lessons learned from an investigation into the economics of disaggregated models for assessing and accrediting informal learners, with particular attention to the OER University (OERu) ...
Open Educational Resources: Opportunities for Ontario
(Author, 2011-10)
Contact North sets out the case for OER and how their adoption can benefit all the
key stakeholders in post-secondary education in Ontario. It then considers
the challenges that such changes pose for the various groups ...
Findings from a survey of openness in assessment and accreditation practices in post-secondary institutions
(2013-06-07)
This working paper shares the findings and lessons learned from a small-scale survey on perceptions, practices and policies relating to openness in assessment and accreditation in post-secondary institutions. The study was ...
The Open Educational Resources Movement:: Free learning for all students
(IEEE, 2012-07-05)
In recent years, the term Open Educational Resources (OER) has emerged, aiming to promote open access to digital educational resources that are available online for everyone at a global level [1]. The term was first adopted ...
Open Education Resources (OER) for assessment and credit for students project: Towards a logic model and plan for action
(Athabasca University, 2011-03)
The Open Education Resource (OER) for assessment and credit for students initiative aims to develop a “parallel learning universe” to augment and add value to existing post-secondary education provision by creating flexible ...
OER Readiness Tool
(2013-02-26)
Survey Instrument of OER use by staff at Athabasca University
Measuring use and creation of open educational resources in higher education
(IRRODL, 2013)
The open educational resources initiative has been underway for over a decade now and higher education institutions are slowly adopting open educational resources (OER). The use and creation of OER are important aspects ...