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The Impact of Open Licensing on the Early Reader Ecosystem
The Impact of Open Licensing on the Early Reader Ecosystem examines how to use open licensing to promote quality learning resources for young children that are relevant and interesting. Research in early reading tends to focus on traditional publishing value and supply chains, without taking much consideration of new approaches and solutions emerging from the digitization of content and the impact of open licences. Production innovations considered include content creation models, storybook management and storage, and printing and distribution.
Study on Public-Private Partnerships in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Education
The idea of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) has generated growing interest from governments around the world as a possible mechanism for developing and sustaining public infrastructure and services. For example, PPPs were identified at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development as significant tools for achieving global sustainable development. Many governments are turning to the private sector for the financing, design, construction and operation of infrastructure projects.
A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources
This Guide comprises three sections. The first – a summary of the key issues – is presented in the form of a set of ‘Frequently Asked Questions’. The second section is a more comprehensive analysis of these issues, presented in the form of a traditional research paper. The third section is a set of appendices, containing more detailed information about specific areas of relevance to OER.
Understanding Open Educational Resources
We will explore OER in general to give you an understanding of what they are and who the key players are in the progress of OER. By the end of the lesson, you should be able to make an informed decision about the worth of
OER and how they might add value to your work as an educator or materials developer.
Open Practices in Higher Education: Trends and Possibilities for Africa
The report provides an outline of recommendations on how African universities can reinvent themselves through making certain changes that will enable them to be more relevant and responsive to 21st century skills demands and ultimately to serve their communities more effectively and efficiently.
A Guide to Quality in Post-Traditional Online Higher Education
This Guide aims to help individuals and institutions that are adopting post-traditional approaches by outlining key issues to consider when assuring the quality of their offerings.
Harnessing OER to Drive Systemic Educational Change in Secondary Schooling
This research paper sought to engage with the challenge of determining the conditions under which use of OER can drive a transformative educational agenda in schooling systems, using case studies in the developing world as its action research terrain. The desktop research conducted served to reinforce the urgent imperative for transformation of traditional schooling models, which are increasingly unsuited to the world in which their students live.
How Openness Impacts on Higher Education
This policy brief describes some of the potential disruptions brought by openness as they pertain to key higher education activities of teaching and learning, research, and the impact on higher education policy.
Harnessing OER to Drive Systemic Educational Change in Secondary Schooling
This paper reports on two action research projects which explored the challenge of determining the conditions under which use of OER can drive a transformative educational agenda in schooling systems.
Harnessing OER to Develop Teachers: The Guyana Experience
This paper describes the process used to redesign the teacher training curriculum in Guyana to achieve the goals of a newly-developed ICT Professional Development Strategy.
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The Impact of Open Licensing on the Early Reader Ecosystem
The Impact of Open Licensing on the Early Reader Ecosystem examines how to use open licensing to promote quality learning resources for young children that are relevant and interesting. Research in early reading tends to focus on traditional publishing value and supply chains, without taking much consideration of new approaches and solutions emerging from the digitization of content and the impact of open licences. Production innovations considered include content creation models, storybook management and storage, and printing and distribution.
Study on Public-Private Partnerships in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Education
The idea of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) has generated growing interest from governments around the world as a possible mechanism for developing and sustaining public infrastructure and services. For example, PPPs were identified at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development as significant tools for achieving global sustainable development. Many governments are turning to the private sector for the financing, design, construction and operation of infrastructure projects.
A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources
This Guide comprises three sections. The first – a summary of the key issues – is presented in the form of a set of ‘Frequently Asked Questions’. The second section is a more comprehensive analysis of these issues, presented in the form of a traditional research paper. The third section is a set of appendices, containing more detailed information about specific areas of relevance to OER.
Understanding Open Educational Resources
We will explore OER in general to give you an understanding of what they are and who the key players are in the progress of OER. By the end of the lesson, you should be able to make an informed decision about the worth of
OER and how they might add value to your work as an educator or materials developer.
Open Practices in Higher Education: Trends and Possibilities for Africa
The report provides an outline of recommendations on how African universities can reinvent themselves through making certain changes that will enable them to be more relevant and responsive to 21st century skills demands and ultimately to serve their communities more effectively and efficiently.
A Guide to Quality in Post-Traditional Online Higher Education
This Guide aims to help individuals and institutions that are adopting post-traditional approaches by outlining key issues to consider when assuring the quality of their offerings.
Harnessing OER to Drive Systemic Educational Change in Secondary Schooling
This research paper sought to engage with the challenge of determining the conditions under which use of OER can drive a transformative educational agenda in schooling systems, using case studies in the developing world as its action research terrain. The desktop research conducted served to reinforce the urgent imperative for transformation of traditional schooling models, which are increasingly unsuited to the world in which their students live.
How Openness Impacts on Higher Education
This policy brief describes some of the potential disruptions brought by openness as they pertain to key higher education activities of teaching and learning, research, and the impact on higher education policy.
Harnessing OER to Drive Systemic Educational Change in Secondary Schooling
This paper reports on two action research projects which explored the challenge of determining the conditions under which use of OER can drive a transformative educational agenda in schooling systems.
Harnessing OER to Develop Teachers: The Guyana Experience
This paper describes the process used to redesign the teacher training curriculum in Guyana to achieve the goals of a newly-developed ICT Professional Development Strategy.