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The recent developments within open educational resources (OERs) and open licensing have generated considerable interest among distance educators since open and distance learning is supposed to be the largest consumer/user of and contributor to OER. In China, given the policy of development and use of elaborate courses, conversion of radio and television universities into open universities, establishment of the China Open Resources for Education, and adoption of Creative Commons by the Chinese government, there seems to be further expansion of OER movement in the country. Against this backdrop, it was imperative to know how distance education/open university teachers use OERs and what constraints they face in doing so. This study reports a structured questionnaire and open-ended interview findings on all the 74 teachers of the Beijing Open University for four variables: awareness, needs, utilization, and constraints. The findings show that while the teachers were generally aware of OERs, they misunderstood all web resources as OER; the Chinese elaborate courses dominated the perception and use of OER; and those who used OER mainly required it for teaching content, relevant research, and for adopting teaching methods. Searching for OER, choosing appropriate OER and copyright issues were the common constraints to effective use of OER. These results have been discussed further in relation to international research studies on OER, the context of Chinese distance/open university education, and the Chinese OER policy. 相似文献
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《Distance Education》2012,33(2):279-282
In this article, I reflect on the politics, practices and possibilities of the open educational resources (OER). OER raise important implications for current and potential students, for postsecondary education institutions, and for those currently teaching in higher education. The key questions raised by OER centre on the role of teaching in learning, the potential for a shift in societal conceptualizations of learners from didactic to autodidactic beings, and what roles teachers may play in a potentially radical broadening of access to postsecondary education. 相似文献
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采用分层抽样的方法,通过对爱课程网中国大学视频公开课中的“精彩评论”进行内容分析发现：在线学习者来源广泛,他们对讲课教师、课程内容、学习帮助等评价较高,且期望能够持续共享这些优质学习资源.不过中国大学视频公开课目前也还存在着开放性程度不够、师生网上交互较少、与国外高校公开课差距较大、课程学习资源还很缺乏等不足之处.因此,中国大学应在新技术媒体革新背景下,努力探索教学范式的转型,以满足广大社会学习者的终身学习需求. 相似文献
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Adoption of open educational resources (OER) textbook for an introductory information systems course
Open educational resources (OER) can make educational resources widely available to all students and educators for free; however, OER are still untried in many academic programmes in higher education. This article reports a case of adoption of an open access textbook for an introductory information systems course and discusses the process and suggestions of adoption of an OER textbook based upon the authors’ own experience. The study indicates that the process of adoption of an open access textbook demands more intellectual work on the instructors’ side in comparison with the adoption of a new commercial textbook. The study suggests that discipline-based communities of practice (CoP) can ease the workload problem in the process of adopting OER textbooks. The findings are important in encouraging the OER community to shift from project-based OER textbook development to discipline-based CoP for effective OER textbook adoption. 相似文献
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简单说来,开放教育就是将教育资源开放出来,供学习者自由参考和学习。开放教育包含两个方面的理念：学习资源的共享和学习者的自由选择。地方院校师范类专业构建开放教育体系,是培养服务地方教育的高水平师资和节约教育成本的客观需要,并且在科技水平日益发达的今天也具有现实可行性。哈尔滨学院在此方面进行了广泛地探讨,并在2013版培养方案中体现出来,如增加可选择性课程的分量、凝练专业方向课程、整合教师教育平台课程等。实践证明,师范类专业构建开放教育体系不仅能够实现教育资源共享,还能有效增大学生的选择空间,但在此过程中仍存在一些问题,需要在实践中继续探讨。 相似文献
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《Distance Education》2012,33(2):151-164
This article discusses the role of open and distance learning to widen participation and promote social inclusion within Australian higher education, as well as the benefits that open educational resources (OER) could bring to that context. It also explores some of the most relevant social inclusion policies and related initiatives developed in Australia over the past two decades and their implications for OER. The article then reports the findings of an environmental scan of the use of OER across the higher education sector in Australia as part of a centrally funded research project. The research identifies a number of misconceptions within the higher education community about the nature of OER and reveals the lack of awareness regarding the potential of OER to close the gap between formal and informal education in Australia. Despite the strong evidence of the educational possibilities of OER, they are yet to play a significant role in promoting social inclusion Down Under. 相似文献
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Sanjaya Mishra 《Distance Education》2017,38(3):369-380
Enthusiasts and evangelists of open educational resources (OER) see these resources as a panacea for all of the problems of education. However, despite its promises, their adoption in educational institutions is slow. There are many barriers to the adoption of OER, and many are from within the community of OER advocates. This commentary calls for a wider discussion to remove these barriers to mainstreaming OER in teaching and learning and argues for a rethinking of the idea of ‘open’ to make it more inclusive by redefining the concept. It reminds us of the original thinking behind OER – which was to create universally available educational resources that can improve the quality of teaching and learning. This commentary posits arguments against conflating OER and open education, questions the narrow definitions of OER, and raises issues around how to be more flexible and open to mainstreaming OER and removing barriers from within the OER movement. 相似文献
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The IMPOER project (implementation of open educational resources, OER) aimed to implement OER in a nursing programme at Dalarna University, Sweden. The university and its nursing programme have long engaged in e-learning, and the nursing programme has recently been awarded the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities E-xcellence Associates Quality Label. The quality award was based on the creation of a roadmap for the continuous development of e-learning and the implementation of OER. The results of the study illustrated that overall, the students and the educators were positive about using OER. They considered that this approach was a new way of learning, and they appreciated the fact that OER were free and easy to access. However, they felt overwhelmed by the amount of material that was available and they were concerned about quality. If the use of OER is to be sustainable, a change in attitudes and practices among students and teachers is likely needed regarding the use of resources on the web. 相似文献
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《Distance Education》2012,33(2):185-199
Open educational resources (OER) have become new buzzwords in the glocalization of education. While OER are often espoused as enabling educational equity, the reality is not always the case. Looking only at the positives of new educational methods can mask perpetuating challenges, which makes the open aspect of OER a misnomer. Taking an alternative stance, this article critically evaluates the broader notion of OER through the lens of equity. It contends that while equity reasons often underpin the provision of OER, challenges continue to be experienced by some in accessing open digital materials for learning. This article explores some of these issues and argues that equity considerations are fundamental in OER design. 相似文献
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《Distance Education》2012,33(2):135-150
The open educational resources (OER) movement is relatively new with few higher education institutions (HEIs) publishing or using them, and even fewer using them to widen engagement or participation in HE study. Although distance teaching universities have been in the vanguard of widening opportunities for HE study, they vary in how far they are doing so. Some use this informal learning through studying OER as a bridge to formal learning; others see it as an end in itself, often as part of a wider set of lifelong learning activities. Initial experiences of some European distance teaching universities indicate that OER are fine for confident and experienced learners but most people will require other support mechanisms to achieve participation. More effort may be needed to design and present OER in ways that are suited to the learners to support their learning, including developing new ways to recognize achievements through open study. 相似文献
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朱振 《安徽广播电视大学学报》2014,(4):42-46
阐述了慕课的发展历程以及对开放教育的影响,以法学专业为例,从"打破学生惯于依赖传统教学方式"、"对课程知识体系以及知识点的讲解提出新要求"、"迫使课程教学方法转变"、"促使教师和学员提升运用网络课程资源的能力"四个方面研究了慕课的发展对开放教育课程教学带来的挑战,从而得到慕课对开放教育法学专业课程教学模式的几点启示。 相似文献
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Open educational practices for curriculum enhancement 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
Open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP) are relatively new areas in educational research. How OER and OEP can help practitioners enhance curricula is one of a number of under-researched topics. This article aims to enable practitioners to identify and implement appropriate open practices to enhance higher education curricula. To that aim, we put forward a framework of four open educational practices based on patterns of OER reuse (‘as is’ or adapted), mapped against the processes of curriculum design and delivery. The framework was developed from the in-depth analysis of 20 cases of higher education practitioners, which revealed patterns of OER reuse across disciplines, institutions and needs. For each open practice we offer evidence, examples and ideas for application by practitioners. We also put forward recommendations for institutional policies on OER and OEP. 相似文献
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Online courses supplemented by on-site facilitators help many rural students pursue advanced coursework, but research is warranted to better understand facilitator role and training needs. This study examined facilitation experiences, demographic characteristics, and professional development activities of rural on-site facilitators associated with an online Advanced Placement (AP) program. Themes in qualitative data collected aligned with challenges related to facilitator role that have been documented in existing literature. One theme included facilitator engagement in direct AP instruction despite the facilitator role not requiring that responsibility. Self-reported facilitator demographic characteristics and professional development activities were then compared with those of on-site AP teachers in the same state. Results showed that facilitators demographically resembled teachers but lacked similar engagement with AP professional development. The role of facilitator excludes direct instruction, but specialized professional development like that for AP may match the needs and interests of these facilitators. 相似文献
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良好的情感交互状态和较强的心理归属感将会有力促进远程学习者的学习效率。通过对上海电视大学青浦分校远程学习者的实证调查发现,目前远程学习者的学习情感交互状态比较好,但不同性别、年级、专业的学习者在体验性情感交互、网络课程学习交互、与学习促进者交互等方面分别存在显著性差异,尤其是体验性情感交互状态不佳。针对存在的问题,必须采取将情感交互确立为远程教学的目标之一;发挥学习促进者的情感支持作用;激发学生学习的自主性,增强情感性学习体验;加强职业规划教育和指导以及设立心理咨询服务等有效策略,以增进学习者的情感交互和增强学习者的心理归属感。 相似文献
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从加拿大的远程教育发展趋势看开放大学的文化使命(上) 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
加拿大各开放大学在传播本国文明、打造覆盖世界各地的远程教育校园文化过程中,践行着其特定的文化使命。其主要表现是:在远程教育课程文化建设上,呈现出本土化、技能化、民族化的发展趋势,在校园文化的建设上显示出全球化、殖民化、产业化的发展趋势。其办学实践表明:只有立足发展课程文化,不断拓展校园文化空间,才能为开放大学成功担负远程教育文化传播使命,提供强有力的人文支撑。 相似文献
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Dongho Kim In-Heok Lee Joo-Ho Park 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2019,50(6):3420-3436
Open educational resources (OERs) are increasingly adopted in non-formal education contexts. However, little research has been conducted to investigate the self-directed learning patterns of non-formal learners using OERs. A lack of knowledge about non-formal learners precludes discussions on how to support their self-regulated learning in open learning environments. We explored the self-directed learning patterns of 1892 non-formal online learners who were using OER repositories. In addition, we examined whether differences existed in future intentions to use OERs between learners with different learning patterns. Four latent classes were identified, and learners’ age was found to affect class membership. We also found that non-formal learners’ use of self-directed learning strategies predicted their future intentions to use OERs. This study advanced our understanding of the subpopulations of non-formal learners using OERs. Future research will benefit from the findings related to designing OER environments that can accommodate diverse self-directed learners. 相似文献
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Frank de Langen 《Open Learning》2013,28(3):209-222
The economic proverb ‘There is no such thing such as a free lunch’ applies also to open educational resources (OER). In recent years, several authors have used revenue models and business models to analyse the different sources of possible funding for OER. In this article the business models of Osterwalder and Chesbrough are combined with research on the motives of the participants of OER to analyse possible funding models. If the motives of governments (knowledge economy), educational institutions (efficiency, marketing), individual producers (reputation, academic interests) and users (intermediary educational products, learning) are combined, it is shown that the only long-term sustainable independent business model is based on subsidies. However, this conclusion depends both on the definition of openness (in the sense of at no cost) and on motives. More research on both aspects could alter these conclusions. 相似文献
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吴晓波 《湖南广播电视大学学报》2005,(4):4-6,75
随岗实践教学模式，依托丰富而广泛的社会教育资源，充分利用开放教育学生在职不乘的特点，将实践内容理论知识和科学研究有机的结合起来，既有效地解决了现代远程开放教育实践基础设施缺乏的问题，提高了实践教学的针对性、实用性和综合性，有利于培养学生的动手能力和创新能力，而且确保和提高了实践教学的质量和效果。 相似文献
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This article presents an empirical study of an open educational course in an online peer-to-peer university (P2PU). P2PU is a nonprofit organization offering free educational opportunities. Focus is on how peers are part of creating course content in a Web 2.0 environment. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have evolved into two different pedagogical directions: content-based xMOOCs and connectivist cMOOCs. cMOOCs emphasizing learning in networks developed informally, where learners are part of creating course content, resemble P2PU`s vision. We investigated processes of interaction in co-creation of tasks in an open educational course and what opportunities and challenges emerge. We employed template analysis for coding data. We report two different processes of interaction between users and organizers: problem identification and co-creation of tasks. This study contributes to understanding a new model of teaching and learning through scrutinizing participation in an open educational course and explores implications for the learning experience. 相似文献