Open Education Resources (OER) in higher education is reaching new platforms around the world. In this paper I would like to explore the success and challenges that higher education face when adopting an OER platform. This paper will allow the reader to look outside the walls of a centralized learning environment and gain a broader perspective on free information, knowledge and education used around the world.
"La Universidad de Granada, a través del Centro de Enseñanzas Virtuales, se integra en la iniciativa global de formación abierta on line a través de la plataforma abiertaUGR"
"El ministro reconoció públicamente la preocupación de las comunidades autónomas por "la proliferación de las universidades no presenciales" tras la última reunión del curso celebrada a finales de julio."
SEVAQ+ focusses on manageing internal assessment processes within an institution. It is a combined tool and approach for the shared evaluation of quality in technology enhanced learning.
"Quality Matters (QM) is a leader in quality assurance for online education and has received national recognition for its peer-based approach to continuous improvement in online education and student learning.
"Our mission is to promote continual improvement in the quality of courseware and e-learning generally, by raising the understanding of quality in e-learning courseware and, by doing so, raising awareness of quality issues in e-learning."
"The Learning Agency Network (LANETO) is a global partnership initiative, designed to connect organisations with learning specialists. Basically, we do two things:
We conduct Systemic Needs Analysis' with organisations who search for an ideal and state-of-the-art learning solution with a sustainable impact.
We support the development of educational initiatives based on the creative potential of individuals and specialised learning providers alongside Open Innovation cycles."
Resumen de un estudio empírico sobre cómo influyen las características de los vídeos en la implicación de los participantes en un MOOC. Un grupo de investigadores analizaron los logs de una muestra de cursos de edX para medir durante cuánto tiempo los estudiantes visualizaban cada vídeo y cuántos respondían los ejercicios subsiguientes. CENT (Universidad Jaunme I)
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Estándar de metadatos de IMS Global que persigue facilitar una experiencia inclusiva que conecte las características de los componentes de aprendizaje con las necesidades y preferencias de los usuarios individuales.
Consiste en un lenguaje común que describe: a) los recursos digitales de aprendizaje, b) las necesidades y preferencias del aprendiz en relación a cómo este puede interactuar de la forma más adecuada con dicho recurso.
"Open Educational Resources (OER) Policy Registry, a database of 121 current and proposed open education policies from around the world. Here, anyone can easily share, update, and browse open education policies and legislation. In addition, we host supporting policy resources such as case studies and guides."
"The Floe Inclusive Learning Design Handbook is a free Open Educational Resource (OER) designed to assist teachers, content creators, Web developers, and others in creating adaptable and personalizable educational resources that can accommodate a diversity of learning styles and individual needs."