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Keynote Address: Efficiency and Effectiveness
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11-30)
Presented by Dr David Wiley, Chief Academic Officer, Lumen Learning, at the Eighth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, 30 November 2016, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Mainstreaming Use and Adaptation of Open Educational Resources in Indian Higher Education: A Model
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-11-30)
Open Educational Resources (OER) have emerged as one of the most innovative teaching and learning practices. In India, there have been several sporadic attempts to promote the use of OER, directly or indirectly, by launching ...
Open Educational Resources and Practices at the University of the South Pacific: Status Report and Future Directions
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
Open educational resources (OER), which are cost-free, openly licensed educational materials available in a variety of languages and formats, have in recent years accumulated abundant evidence of disruptive potential to ...
Separating Rhetoric from Reality: The Process of Institutionalizing OER Practices at African Universities
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
OER Africa is working with four universities in Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa to support the deepening of pedagogical practices that employ open educational resources (OER) and use information and communication ...
OERs in a Competency Based Environment: Fostering Access and Inclusion in Vanuatu
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
The overarching framework that houses and governs approved content (Training Packages) in the Australian system is the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), and Vanuatu has recently imported a similar framework and ...
Effectiveness of a Capacity Building Intervention for OER Search and Integration for Course Materials Development
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
The Wawasan Open University has been one of the pioneers in the adoption of open educational practices in its course development and delivery. It initiated deliberations within its governing bodies as well as academic ...
Designing Reflective Practice in the Context of OER-based e-Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
Much is said about the importance of reflective practice especially in the professions. Yet much of what happens as part of reflective practice in the professions such as teaching is most of the time left to chance. ...
ICTs and OERs Antigua and Barbuda’s Journey: An Analysis of ICT Integration and OER Content Development in Antigua and Barbuda
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
The integration of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and the development of Open
Educational Resources (OER) have gained prominence across the Commonwealth Nations over
the past decade. Educators and policy ...
Transformational Change at the Intersections of Technology, Education and Design at the Open University of Sri Lanka
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
Technology, education and design are at the heart of any educational transaction. For optimum impact
these need to be carefully choreographed and orchestrated. Despite acknowledgement and acceptance of technology, education ...
Advocacy, Sesitization and Development of OER Policy for Provincial Education Ministries in Sri Lanka
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Open University Malaysia (OUM), 2016-11)
With the objective of providing direction in the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) to increase access to and support quality teaching and learning in the school education system in Sri Lanka, an advocacy program was ...