2.7 Week 2 Activity 7 : Exploring OER issues Notes

Activity 7: Exploring OER issues Notes 

Read three articles of your choice from a suggested OER reading list  on Cloudworks.

Suggested OER Reading List (for Academics New to OER)

23 references

Discussion section recommends:

• Atkins et al. (2007) A review of the open educational resources (OER) movement

Atkins, D.E., Brown-Seely, J. & Hammond, A.L., (2007). A review of the open educational resources (OER) movement: Achievements, challenges, and new opportunities. Report to The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation [book]

• Hylén & Schuller/OECD (2007) Giving knowledge for free [got it]

Hylén, J. & Schuller, T., 2007. Giving knowledge for free. OECD Observer, 263. http://www.oecd.org/document41/0,3343,en_2649_35845581_38659497_1_1_1_1,00.html    

• Gaser (ed)( 2007 Open Educational Practices and Resources [got it]

Might be interesting:

Calverley, G. and Shephard, K (2003) ‘Assisting the uptake of on-line resources: why good learning resources are not enough’, Computers and Education, Vol. 41, pp.205–224. [got it] 
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Caswell, T. et al., (2008) Open educational resources: Enabling universal education. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 9(1), 1–4.  [got it]   
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Wilson, T. and McAndrew, P. (2009) Evaluating how five higher education instituions worldwide plan to use and adapt open educational resources' Proceedings of INTED2009 Conference. 9-11 March 2009, Valencia, Spain. ISBN:978-84-612-7578-6     [got it]
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An article sent to me which I think is good: Education Technology Success Stories, Darrell M. West and Joshua Bleiberg, Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, March 2013. http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/03/20-education-technology-success-west-bleiberg?rssid=LatestFromBrookings

"MOOCs recently took a big step forward when the American Council on Education (ACE) recommended 5 Coursera classes for accreditation. ACE membership consists of more than 1,800 

universities. The recommendation means that accredited universities may soon accept Coursera credits towards completion of a degree. One possible scenario is that Coursera would charge a fee to verify the identity of a student and proctor a final exam using a web camera." (p.6)

MOOC Growth

Source: http://www.deltainitiative.com/bloggers/is-higher-education-ready-for-rapid-evolution-of-xmoocs/attachment/fig-3-evolutioncombine20120927

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse developed a math MOOC. Using a $50,000 grant from 

the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UW La Crosse developed the open math course. 

UW La Crosse wanted the course to serve high school students, those within the University system that wanted remediation, individuals preparing to re-enter a university, and those preparing to take a major gateway exam. The class roughly follows the same curriculum as the on-campus class MTH 

Intermediate Algebra. (p. 7)

Okay, I have downloaded my reading material - will print it and try to magic up some time to read it!