Open Educational Ideas – What’s wrong with Open Educational Resources? Barriers and Solutions.

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-02-16

Summary:

"Open Educational Resources (OER) have received increasing attention from educators, policy makers and researchers. However, the uptake of OER has not yet reached the expected level. Several barriers still keep people away from (re-)using OER. Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely available and re-usable resources for educational purposes. Amongst them are different types of learning materials such as learning objects, slide sets, simulations and educational games. Also other educational materials are part of OER in a broad sense, for example learning scenarios, syllabi or experiences and practices. The concept sounds promising and has received wide attention – the current EU Initiative on Opening Up Education  shows the increasing importance for educators. However, the uptake us still low. What is the reason that the idea has not yet achieved acceptance in most educators’ communities? Several recent studies have looked into OER barriers and uptake. Clements and Pawlowski (2012)[1] have identified main barriers ..."

Link:

http://www.idea-space.eu/whats-wrong-with-open-educational-resources-barriers-and-solutions/

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.oer oa.education oa.universities oa.colleges oa.textbooks oa.courseware oa.recommendations oa.books oa.hei

Date tagged:

02/16/2014, 10:42

Date published:

02/16/2014, 05:42