This presentation. joint with Michael Barbour, was given yesterday at the Digital Learning Palooza being held online this week (Tuesday through Saturday). To some extent it is a follow-on (and to other extents, not) to the paper some of us presented at the EDEN conference last summer.
Government should from now on solve in schools the issues created in schools that universities are increasingly expected to "solve". Government and universities should think more out of the box and at a whole-system level If students are coming out of school with the ability to study in HE but without relevant qualifications, then routes should be found to offer them the qualifications, but outside (and before they start at) universities. Some constraints on student entry, subject choice, location choice and lifestyle choices while at university may be required to generate efficiencies.
Slides for my presentation during OER Week (7 March 2024) for the National eLearning Center webinar "The Future of Open Education: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities"
Did you know that OER World Map data is held in the Virtual Education Wiki? Visit the wiki. https://videopress.com/v/04oVLCvv?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true
Responding to demand from researchers and policy analysts we are gradually copying all the public reports from the EU-funded POERUP project and all our associated OER-relevant projects onto a repository called Policies for OER Uptake. This is hosted on the Canvas LMS which we use for much of our teaching and content development for ourselves … Continue reading New beta repository of policy-related studies on OER
Adult Education and Open Educational Resources is a 140-page “Study”, written by Sero, released by the European Parliament research office on 15 October 2015. It reviews the current use of Open Educational Resources in Adult Education in Europe (with a focus on Member States of the European Union – including the UK as one of … Continue reading Adult Education and Open Educational Resources – new report by Sero for European Parliament
Opening up learning 