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Openness as counter-narrative (#OMDE) | opendistanceteachingandlearning - 0 views

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Openness is a fundamental value underlying significant changes in society and is a prerequisite to changes institutions of higher education need to make in order to remain relevant to the society in which they exist”
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Exploring the complex “supersystem” of higher education, Wiley and Hilton (2009) state that there is an alarming disconnect between higher education and broader society or “supersystem”. The major six disconnections, according to Wiley and Hilton (2009, pp.1-5) are the move from analog to digital, the move from tethered to mobile, from isolated to connected, from generic to personal from consumers to creators and from closed to open
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There is an increase in free sharing “on a scale never before seen” (Wiley & Hilton, 2009, p.3)
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Despite the dramatic and pervasiveness of the impact of these changes; “higher education has largely ignored these changes in its supersystem” (Wiley & Hilton, 2009, 3). While higher education had the monopoly on knowledge production in eras past, it no longer does. Not only has higher education lost its monopoly in knowledge production, but higher education has also lost its monopoly on “access to teachers, tutors, and others who could answer student questions and support them academically in their learning” (Wiley & Hilton, 2009, p.6).
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In the light of the above, Wiley and Hilton (2009, p.8) state that higher education’s only possible response is to increase connectedness, personalization, participation, and openness.
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“Of these four, a significant increase in openness is the most pressing priority for higher education because a culture of openness is a prerequisite to affordable, large-scale progress in the other three areas”.
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Jenni Parker on 10 Jul 12

Rob, towards the end of this articles there are some good quotes about the need for Universities to become more open that might be useful for the white paper. I've highlighted a few sections.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Rob, towards the end of this articles there are some good quotes about the need for Universities to become more open that might be useful for the white paper. I've highlighted a few sections.</div>

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Chapter 10: Trends in open education | Teaching in a Digital Age - 0 views

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Jenni Parker on 18 Aug 16

BC open textbooks

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Are open educational resources the key to global economic growth? | Higher Education Ne... - 0 views

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Though the concept is simple, the economic potential is tremendous and the advantages are two-fold: First, OERs can lower education costs substantially
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OERs can also help universities reduce their marketing costs
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Open resources can also help bolster a school's global reputation: 91% of visitors
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A recent study conducted by scholars associated with Carnegie Mellon University's Open Learning Initiative demonstrated that students who use OERs can obtain the same or better learning outcomes in half the time compared with students using traditional methods.
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Jenni Parker on 10 Jul 12

Some arguments about the economic benefits of OER for higher ed

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Building Democratic Learning « WikiQuals - 0 views

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We need to develop Open Learning policies for institutions, and we could start by getting our institutions to adopt this summers 2012 UNESCO Paris OER Declaration and its 10 principles, and then go on to adopt co-creation models of learning, such as Co-Creating Open Scholarship.
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Jenni Parker on 06 Oct 12

Info about MOOCs and some suggestions about where Universities could start . And a section on If not MOOC then what? which is interesting :)

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ALT-C 2013 Learning in the Open | Jenny Connected - 0 views

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How really relevant and practical are Open Educational Resources?: A case for a little ... - 1 views

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Rob Phillips on 15 Nov 12

Nice review with 2 interesting concepts: - distinguish between 'content' and 'process in Open Ed - distinguish between 'push' and 'pull' models Push models (e.g. MOOCs) provide open access to a structured course experience. Pull models enable academics to choose the OERs they want to use for their context. Summary: "In summary, OERs as they are currently being promoted (the current ''push' model), will be a passing fad with respect to mainstream university and college education, because the core assumptions on which initiatives such as edX are based are false. However, OERs in terms of resources freely available over the web will be a game-changer, but in a 'pull' rather than a 'push' model. The one exception to this will be in the area of continuing education for the masses, where there will be continuing demand for structured, prepackaged courses built around the edX model. In other words, we need a little more humility about the potential role of OERs. There are niche markets such as continuing education that can still be very large that can be served by initiatives such as edX and MOOCs. But the real value of OERs will be to shift instructors away from the creation and delivery of content to focusing on how best learning can be developed and facilitated for, in and by our students. This way we will avoid developing automatons and instead will be developing people who can think for themselves."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Nice review with 2 interesting concepts: - distinguish between 'content' and 'process in Open Ed - distinguish between 'push' and 'pull' models Push models (e.g. MOOCs) provide open access to a structured course experience. Pull models enable academics to choose the OERs they want to use for their context. Summary: "In summary, OERs as they are currently being promoted (the current ''push' model), will be a passing fad with respect to mainstream university and college education, because the core assumptions on which initiatives such as edX are based are false. However, OERs in terms of resources freely available over the web will be a game-changer, but in a 'pull' rather than a 'push' model. The one exception to this will be in the area of continuing education for the masses, where there will be continuing demand for structured, prepackaged courses built around the edX model. In other words, we need a little more humility about the potential role of OERs. There are niche markets such as continuing education that can still be very large that can be served by initiatives such as edX and MOOCs. But the real value of OERs will be to shift instructors away from the creation and delivery of content to focusing on how best learning can be developed and facilitated for, in and by our students. This way we will avoid developing automatons and instead will be developing people who can think for themselves."</div>

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15 Inspiring Examples of Free Online Education - 0 views

Jenni Parker on 11 Apr 12

Online College Tips - Online Colleges A great list of open educational sites for finding open educational resources

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One Big Happy Family of OPEN - How to Get Faculty to Embrace Open Educational Resources... - 1 views

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Daniel's comprehensive review of MOOC developments - 2 views

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shared by Jenni Parker on 03 Oct 12 - No Cached

This is the most thorough, comprehensive and balanced overview and analysis of MOOCs that I have read. This is not surprising since Sir John Daniel has had a long and distinguished career in open and distance learning, including being President of the Commonwealth of Learning and Vice-Chancellor of the UK Open University.
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The paper is worth reading in full
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The paper contains a number of real ‘zingers’. Some of my favourites:
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especially teaching online.
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Jenni Parker on 03 Oct 12

"Nothing suggests that they are particularly talented in teaching, especially teaching online."

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Open Architecture: Our Course Could be Your Life | Keep Learning - 0 views

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Next-Generation of Open Education Resources (OER) - 0 views

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Jenni Parker on 05 Aug 16

on User-Friendly, Approachable Platforms | Online Learning Insights

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BBC News - Top US universities put their reputations online - 1 views

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Jenni Parker on 22 Jun 12

I particularly like the last line - "Open learning is a movement that isn't going to go away,"

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