HOUSTON — On the third floor of a bank building near Rice University, the future of higher education is being written. Or at least, edited. Perched i
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Kim Flintoff's curator insight,
March 7, 2018 6:10 AM
In a series of insightful descriptions, Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate Rory McGreal highlights the expanding and diverse applications of OER in post-secondary institutions around the world. The thirteen examples provide insights into multiple facets of OER development, use and impact: Use of OER for teaching and learning; Integration of OER into programs and courses; Development of OER by individual faculty, as well as teams; Adaption of OER to match culture, language, and course content requirements; Strategies to involve faculty in the development and use of OER; Benefits of OER for student learning and faculty effectiveness; and Organizational change resulting from the integration of OER. The descriptions outline the organizational contexts that motivated the introduction of OER into teaching and learning, as well as details of the policies, practices, development processes, and resources involved. Benefits and challenges for faculty, students and, in some examples, institutions receive particular attention, followed by consideration of the potential of OER in each academic situation. |
Mary Reilley Clark's curator insight,
April 4, 2013 10:21 AM
Quote from Jeff Mao at the Maine DOE, who worked on developing OER for the state: "What we need are better platforms that allow for ease of iteration of content in order to provide personalization and customization for individual learners. We need better platforms that leverage data to help connect learners to the right content. What the publishing industry needs to do is to help all of us become better publishers. That's a service I think people would buy." See the end of the article for rubrics to analyze OER for use in implementing CCSS.
Mary Reilley Clark's curator insight,
April 4, 2013 10:22 AM
Quote from Jeff Mao at the Maine DOE, who worked on developing OER for the state: "What we need are better platforms that allow for ease of iteration of content in order to provide personalization and customization for individual learners. We need better platforms that leverage data to help connect learners to the right content. What the publishing industry needs to do is to help all of us become better publishers. That's a service I think people would buy."
See the end of the article for rubrics to analyze OER for use in implementing CCSS.
Paula Correia's curator insight,
April 19, 2013 5:01 AM
Que recursos educacionais licenciados pode usar legal e gratuitamente? Os Open Educational Resources (OER) podem ajudar [ Ver Infográfico].
Lim Ker Yu's curator insight,
March 14, 2016 4:35 AM
I agree with what the author wrote. For example, my younger brother's form teacher is communicating with my parents through an app called Class Dojo, where she can post pictures, reminders and comments of her pupils. Parents, students and teachers benefit from this, as the parents can know more about their child's progress in class, and the teacher can know more about the pupils he/she is teaching via communication with parents. As for the students, they get a small treat every time the "points" in Class Dojo reaches the teacher's expectation. Through this type of learning, students can learn well and concentrate in class to achieve the treat. In the future, more teachers might use this method to instill enthusiasm in students' learning and teachers might be able to teach their students without any unnecessary interruptions from them. However, students may just pretend to be attentive and hardworking in class just to get the "points" for the treat. After they get the treat, they might forget the things the teacher has taught them. Although this method is not entirely foolproof, it is still a good method for teachers to use.
Kim Flintoff's curator insight,
January 11, 2018 5:39 PM
Take the University of Texas at Arlington, which has a full-time Open Education Librarian, Michelle Reed. One project she led this year involved creating a series of videos promoting “Textbook Heroes,”professors who have replaced commercial textbooks in their courses with OER. The first of the videos includes several short interviews with students complaining about the high cost of commercial textbooks and expressing their wish that their professors would try open resources instead. One student in the first video in the series said he has skipped buying some assigned textbooks because they were too expensive. “Sometimes there’s no option,” he said. “If you don’t have the money for it then you don’t have the money for it. And it kind of hinders everything.”
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