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An article that provides a historical context to OE

Trend Report: Open Educational Resources 2013

A visual analysis of access, connectivity and production of/control of information around the world.

A European initiative looking at issues of recognition and accreditation of OER in Higher Ed.

Thanks a lot for sharing this, Jim.

The article states: Increased communication with the instructor - "Qualitative findings indicate that in addition to promptness, the quality of feedback, and the willingness of faculty to meet student needs are viewed as important to student persistence." (p. 33-4) It made me wonder how we manage this in relation to MOOCS where communication with those who run the course is more limited.

A short history of OER, info on find and sharing OER, rationale and benefits, and more. All from UK OER perspective.

SRL-MOOC study - categories assigned to learners in Change11 that were emerging from their data analysis included 'lurkers'. More discussion on this in the context of xMOOCs or cMOOCs is given here.

When considering changing practice in the earlier phases we were essentially focusing on practice around development and release of OER, but the emphasis has now broadened to include practices around use, re-use and re-purposing.

This project provided objective, ongoing evaluation and synthesis of the HEFCE funded pilot programme which was run in collaboration between the Higher Education Academy and JISC through three linked activities: A framework tool provided a strong foundation and common language for collating data from projects.

I like the look and feel of this more than some of the more traditional repositories, although perhaps it's a bit superficial. It's also using more 'Web 2.0' type apps and practices such as Twitter/Disqus/Youtube and the 'Following' options Online learning platform that makes teaching simpler and learning more effective for educators and organizations. Adapt web content and tools to fit learner needs.

Looks at lessons learnt over past 10 years of OERs and also at the work of OLNet

Interesting look at the impact of OERs in Higher Ed, particularly from a teacher perspective.

OLnet is an international research hub for aggregating, sharing, debating and improving Open Educational Resources (OER). The aim of OLnet is to gather evidence and methods about how we can research and understand ways to learn in a more open world, particularly linked to OER, but also looking at other influences. * The Evidence Hub has a lot of interesting content, but beware of an annoying Google API pop-up!

Slideshare from oer13 on experience of participating in various MOOCs and running FSLT12 MOOC. Research on participants' experience.

What is/ are: Open Education (OE), Online Learning (OL), Open Education Resources (OERs)? - a useful list of links from the Higher Education Academy