Browsing Dr. Rory McGreal by Subject "Open Educational Resources"
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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. ... -
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 ... -
Flexible paths to assessment for OER learners: A comparative study
(JIME: Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2012-12)This paper highlights the preliminary findings of a one-year research project (2011) that investigated the fit of recognizing prior learning (RPL) practice and related assessment and transfer protocols to projected OER ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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) ... -
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.