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Open Educational Resources

"We are on the cusp of a global revolution in teaching and learning. Educators worldwide are developing a vast pool of educational resources on the Internet, open and free for all to use. These educators are creating a world where each and every person on earth can access and contribute to the sum of all human knowledge. They are also planting the seeds of a new pedagogy where educators and learners create, shape and evolve knowledge together, deepening their skills and understanding as they go." Cape Town Open Education Declaration: Unlocking the promise of open educational resources http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/

This page highlights blog posts, events, and resources from CETIS connected to the topic of Open Education Resources. Our current work in this area is related to JISC's Open Educational Resources programme (UKOER), part of their wider learning resources and activities programme.

Articles

09 Mar 2010 Sheila MacNeill
This is part of a post that’s been sitting on my desktop for sometime, however I’ve been spurned onto publishing it by the recent posts from my colleague John Robertson about the use of IMS Content Packaging and QTI in the current UK OER programme. Part of the support function we at CETIS offer to a [...]
Aggregated Content Open Educational Resources Standards
08 Mar 2010 John Robertson
[...] Although some projects have chosen to use CP, it should be observed that many projects are either submitting single resources or simply using zip to aggregate or bundle resources. [...]
Aggregated Content Open Educational Resources Standards
26 Feb 2010 Lorna M. Campbell
…is that it turns up stuff like this. The VirtualDutch timeline of Anglo-Dutch relations. It’s built using MITs Simile software and it’s packed full of utterly fascinating detail. Amongst more familiar historical events it includes such gems as the following: 1120s: first appearance of name Fleming in Scotland, post-1154: introduction of oxtail soup in England, c. [...]
Open Educational Resources
24 Feb 2010 Phil Barker
On the 19 April, in London CETIS are holding a meeting in London on Repositories and the Open Web. The theme of the meeting is how repositories and social sharing / web 2.0 web sites compare as hosts for learning materials: how well does each facilitate the tasks of resource discovery and resource management; what [...]
Open Educational Resources Resource Description and Discovery Repositories
19 Feb 2010 Li's work blog
Last week, seven OER projects from the institution strand of UKOER pilot programme gathered together at Nottingham University to share the outcomes of the projects and common issues they are trying to address which I found very useful and stimulating. The meeting started with OER showcases in which each project presented two resources they have [...]
Open Educational Resources
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Open Educational Resources Events


Repositories and the Open Web
Date: 19 Apr 2010

Past Events


CETIS OER/OU OpenLearn meeting
Date: 27 Feb 2009

Open Educational Resources Resources


Open Educational Resources – Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education
Date: Sep 2008
Open Educational Resources- Opportunities and Challengers for Higher Education. A briefing Paper by Li Yuan, Sheila MacNeil and Wilbert Kraan
OER resources
Date: Jan 2007