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Knowledge Series: Creating, Using and Sharing Open Educational Resources
(Commonwealth of Learning, 2013-10)Open Educational Resources (OER) are free learning resources available on the Internet. OER can be openly licensed or in the public domain, and can be used or reused for free. They can exist in many formats: text (either ... -
Learning object repository technologies for telelearning: The evolution of POOL and CanCore
(Proceedings of the IS2002, Informing Science + IT Education Conference, 2002-07)Repositories provide mechanisms to encourage the discovery, exchange and re-use of learning objects. This paper describes Portals for On-line Objects in Learning (POOL), a consortium project of the TeleLearning NCE to ... -
Learning objects: A practical definition
(International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 2004-09-04)The author proposes that a good working definition of LOs should be used: digital objects that have a stated educational purpose; and digital objects that are marked for specific educational purposes. LOs can be defined ... -
Learning on the Web: An instructors' manual
(TeleEducation NB, 2002)This manual will help those involved in teaching and learning, from students to administrators to begin to understand the potential of the Internet as a teaching resource and a teaching medium and to prepare to adapt and ... -
McGreal, R. (2017). Special Report on the Role of Open Educational Resources in Supporting the Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education Challenges and Opportunities
(IRRODL, 2017)Open Educational Resources (OER) and their offspring, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), are becoming important factors in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education (SDG4). This was recognised early ... -
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 ... -
Micro-Credentials Landscape Report:Transforming workforce futures: Strategic perspectives and practices for university micro-credentials
(Unpublished manuscript, 2021-01-10)The global workforce and economy are at a crossroads. Amidst the dramatic economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, organisations in the public and private sector are increasingly faced with new economic and workforce ... -
Mobile devices and the future of free education
(International Council for Distance Education, 2005-11)The major technological trends supporting the view that "equal" or "free" education is becoming possible are those involving the new mobile devices: digital divergence - the growth in popularity of dedicated wireless devices ... -
Mobile technologies and the future of global education
(Indira Gandhi Open University, 2005-11-15)Optimism for the future lies on the diminishing “cost” of the production and dissemination of knowledge. This must be differentiated from the “price”. The cost reductions are based on the increased power of technology ... -
"Mobilising" web sites at open university: The Athabasca University experience
(MLearn 2012, 2012-03)This mobile implementation study provides a general idea of how existing Athabasca University sites work with the tested mobile devices and identifies the underlying issues as to why they work that way. Factors considered ... -
The need for Open Educational Resources for ubiquitous learning
(Pervasive Computing Conference (PERCOM 2012), 2012)Open Educational Resources (OER) are important for the expansion of ubiquitous learning. Open licensing of learning components is a precondition for supporting anytime, anywhere learning, whether the lessons are arranged ... -
The New Brunswick net: The 21st century now
(InterPersonal Computing and Technology Journal, 1994)A manifesto for online learning in New Brunswick -
New copyright bill shortchanges consumers
(Edmonton Journal, 2010-07-16)Do you see what I see in the new copyright Bill C-32? Amid all the noise about new rights for users, upon closer scrutiny, this bill, rather than granting new rights, can effectively block users from making use of any and ... -
New copyright fee will see students pay more for learning materials
(Edmonton Journal, 2010-04-14)Access Copyright has just published a fee proposal with the Copyright Board of Canada that will substantially increase the fees that college and university students pay for their learning content. Titled the Access ... -
NEXT GENERATION: TRANSFORMATION TO A 21ST CENTURY UNIVERSITY VIA CORE STRATEGIC PROJECTS
(EDEN, 2012-07-10)thabasca University (AU) is recreating itself as a 21st century university. As an open and distance learning (ODL) university, its mandate is to remove barriers to university-level education. This is the vision and ... -
OER Policies in Canada: A POERUP country report.
(2013-04)This paper reports on the status of OER policies in Canadian government and higher education institutions, consisting of a POERUP (Policies for OER Uptake) Europroject country report on the existence of policy documents ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ...