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Item Public expenditure in education in Latin America : recommendations to serve the purposes of the Paris Open Educational Resources Declaration(2014) Toledo, Amalia; Botero, Carolina; Guzman, LuisaA commitment to open educational resources (OER) will require an adjustment of the procurement model by governments, modifying textbook purchasing conditions, and developing the idea that public sources are goods serving the educational community. The most significant changes reside in the use of open licenses, facilitating materials’ search, reuse and sharing. The paper proposes a roadmap for developing policies that advance the principles of OER. It analyzes public policy, and investment and expenditure of the governments of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay towards procurement of textbooks, books and digital content for primary and secondary education (K-12).Item Digital Learning for Development (DL4D) proposal(Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development, Inc. (FIT-ED), Quezon City, PH, 2015) Tinio, Victoria L.This is a project annex page, naming the researcher and research institution for “Scoping technological innovations in education in Asia : final technical report” (annex A).Item ROER4D (Research on Open Educational Resources for Development) - 2015 workshop report, Banff Canada (20-21 April 2015) : final(Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D), 2015) Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D)Open educational resources, open research, open licenses, data coding and analysis, dissemination of research, digitization, metadata files, and open educational resources for development are some topics outlined and discussed in conference workshops and reports. Links to open educational research presentations which followed at the OEC Global Conference are provided.Item Research on open educational resources for development in the global South(2015) ROER4DThis poster provides a map of the global reach of Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D), illustrating locations of OER adoption, research and impact studies in the global south.Item Open Development Theory Building SIRCA III Workshop(Singapore Internet Research Centre (SiRC), 2015) Singapore Internet Research Centre (SiRC)The intention of the programme is to build open development theory that is widely applicable and relevant to policymakers, community groups and citizens alike. IDRC is interested in investigating the application of digitally-enabled openness to different parts of social life and under which conditions it leads to positive development outcomes. Strengthening Information Society Capacity Alliance (SIRCA III) funds two-year research projects led by teams of two global thinkers and/or practitioners focused on developing cross-cutting theoretical frameworks in the area of open development. Six projects are underway and were presented for discussion at the workshop.Item Digital learning for developing Asia : a research agenda(The Hong Kong Institute of Education, 2015) Lim Cher PingThe presentation addresses key issues in scaling up effective digital learning innovations in developing Asian countries, including the capacity to incorporate issues of equity, quality, and efficiency at all educational levels. To effectively take up the affordances of digital learning and research and development (R&D) in developing countries, understanding context must be strengthened along with investigation of conditions that contribute to digital learning innovation. The network building project consists of four components: an Asia Grant Program, Knowledge Transfer and Capacity Building, Inter-network Collaborations, and Strategic Communications and Policy Advocacy.Item Public access ICT across cultures : diversifying participation in the network society(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2015) Proenza, Francisco J.Public access venues – most often Internet café in cities and state-run rural telecenters – are places where people can use computers and the Internet. This volume offers the first systemic assessment of the impact of shared public access in the developing world, with findings from 10 countries in South America (Argentina, Chile, Peru), Asia (China, India, Malaysia, Thailand), and Africa (Cameroon, Jordan, Rwanda). The book documents the impacts of public access, positive and negative, on individuals, on society and networks, and on women, and examines the policy implications of findings.Item Where did you come from? : where did you go?; robust policy relevant evidence from mobile network big data(LIRNEasia, Colombo, LK, 2015-03) Maldeniya, Danaja; Kumarage, Amal; Lokanathan, Sriganesh; Kreindler, Gabriel; Madhawa, KaushalyaThe paper discusses how output from mobility analysis based on mobile network big data (MNBD) can be aligned with the different stages of traditional forecasting frameworks familiar to transport planners and policy makers. Levels of accuracy and detail are estimated, so that mobility insights-based MNBD can be delivered. Recently developed approaches for estimating mobility are compared, and results are validated against data from traditional methods. The limitations of MNBD are presented, and alternatives are proposed to address these limitations in future work. The research aims to extend state of the art data mining to support and transform efficiencies in transportation planning.Item Presentation : Open, ready and agile : developing a communications strategy for the ROER4D project(2015-04-23) Walji, Sukaina; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Goodier, SarahThis presentation for the global conference (2015, Cape Town, SA) provides an overview of research into open educational resources (ROER4D). The presentation situates the research within the research communications process in terms of: assessing program readiness; situational analysis and targeted audience; methods and media; institutional framework and other steps. Four key purposes for ROER4D Communications are: 1) Visibility for the project 2) Knowledge generation 3) Networking 4) Research capacity development.Item New learning opportunities in a networked world : developing a research agenda on innovative uses of ICTs for learning and teaching; final report(Welten Institute, Open University of the Netherlands, 2015-05) Stoyanov, S.; Kirschner, P.A.; Boon, M.J.J.P.M.; Janssen, J.P.W.; Prinsen, F.R.The research aims to establish a relevant research agenda on issues of new digital learning opportunities. Experts in advanced technologies for educational purposes were consulted about how these could impact education in developing countries: open educational resources (OER); massive open online courses (MOOCs); social networking; learning analytics; mobile and seamless learning; serious games and open linked data. The ‘Integration of technology in classroom’ and ‘ICT‐enabled pedagogy’ clusters score high on importance. The group concept mapping (GCM) study supported results in the theme of open education: OER, MOOCs, networked learning and mobile technologies act as a hub for techno‐pedagogical innovations.Item DECI-2 : Developing evaluation and communication capacity in information society research(2015-05) Ramelan, Vira; Zaveri, Sonal; Ramirez, Ricardo; Brodhead, DalDeveloping Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research (DECI-2) offers mentoring in Research Communication to assist researchers in developing and implementing their communication strategies. The DECI-2 project is aimed at test-driving capacity development in both evaluation and communication. This brochure summarizes the programme objectives, including Research Communication Steps, examples of the mentoring programme, and how DECI-2 works in tandem with the Utilization Focused Evaluation (UFE) method.Item New learning opportunities in a networked world : developing a research agenda on innovative uses of ICTs for learning and teaching; final technical report(Welten Institute, Open University of the Netherlands, 2015-05) Stoyanov, Slavi; Kirschner, Paul A.Findings of the project indicate: there is conceptual overlap between the topics identified in the project and those in comparable studies; pedagogies, technologies, and context are inherently interlinked; developing countries are adopting innovative technologies without the need to follow previous stages in the evolution of these technologies; the research agenda should combine advanced technologies with evidence-informed learning and teaching methods, apply a range of research approaches (i.e. from design-based research to longitudinal studies to lab studies) and study issues related to teachers and teacher training. The project combined both qualitative and quantitative methods for data collection and analysis including Group Concept Mapping (GCM).Item Emerging benefits from utilization focused evaluation and research communication(New Economy Development Group, Ottawa, Ontario, 2015-05) Zaveri, Sonal; Ramelan, Vira; Ramirez, Ricardo; Brodhead, DalThis poster introduces the Utilization Focused Evaluation (UFE) process, which invites users to consider a wide learning agenda, not just accountability or impacts. Engaging stakeholders early for "audience research" can shape project priorities and evaluation uses. Key Evaluation Questions on communication outcomes can yield findings that feed into communication practices.Item Using mobile network big data for land use classification CPRsouth 2015(LIRNEasia, Colombo, LK, 2015-07) Madhawa, Kaushalya; Lokanathan, Sriganesh; Maldeniya, Danaja; Samarajiva, RohanThe traditional way of generating insights on land use involve surveys and censuses, which are both infrequent as well as costly. This paper explores the potential of leveraging massive amounts of human mobile phone data to understand the spatiotemporal activity of mass populations, and by extension, provide a useful proxy for activity-based classification of land use. Understanding and monitoring land use characteristics is critical for urban planning. The study demonstrates possibilities for use of mobile network big data, and how it can be leveraged to infer three distinct land use characteristics: commercial/ economic, residential, and mixed-use.Item Understanding communities using mobile network big data CPRsouth 2015(LIRNEasia, Colombo, LK, 2015-07) Madhawa, Kaushalya; Lokanathan, Sriganesh; Samarajiva, Rohan; Maldeniya, DanajaUnderstanding the strength and boundaries of human connections can help identify communities amongst a population, and is valuable knowledge for modeling disease spread, information flow, and mobility patterns. Administrative boundaries, formed by history and geography, do not necessarily reflect the actual communities or social interaction patterns within a region. In this study we employ community detection algorithms to a mobile Call Detail Records (CDR) network in Sri Lanka in order to compare natural communities existing in the interaction network against administrative regions of Sri Lanka. Additionally we explore how these communities segment into a further level of sub-communities.Item Big data at the heart of smart cities(Wijeya Newspapers, 2015-09) Samarajiva, RohanUntil recently, constraints of computer memory, retrieval, and processing limited the use of data to entities who could afford supercomputers. Since hardware and memory have declined in price and improved functionality and open-source software has been developed, big data analytics have been democratized. For example, using smart phone data, Sri Lankan city of Colombo has analysed population nodes, and unlike expensive industry surveys, can pinpoint locales as “leaning commercial” or “leaning residential.” To feed data, infrastructure investments are required. But a city becomes smart only when its functioning improves due to enhanced feedback, and creative responses are made.Item Evaluation : a means to gain insights into and improve the ROER4D project(2015-09-09) Goodier, SarahThe presentation provides details of evaluation methods in relation to research into open educational resources for development (ROER4D). Key evaluation areas are: 1) capacity of OER researchers 2) networks of OER scholars 3) research dissemination to inform education policy and practice 4) curated outputs as open content. It also covers the utilization-focused evaluation (UFE) methodology, which works as a decision-making framework.Item Impacts of OER : what difference does it make and how?(2015-10-16) Naidu, Som; Karunanayaka, ShironicaThe Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) provides a major role in awareness raising among educators about OER, and encouraging use and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER) within the education system. This presentation outlines details of a proposed study regarding integration of OER and their impact on teaching and learning in Sri Lankan schools.Item Can participatory communication be taught? Finding your inner phronēsis(Foundation for the Support of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal, Bennekom, Netherlands, 2015-12) Ramirez, Ricardo; Quarry, Wendy; Guerin, FredApplied to the fields of participatory research, communication for development, and evaluation, this paper is a reflection on teaching communication thinking and how it can be done. Known as ‘practical wisdom’ or phronēsis as Aristotle called it, practical wisdom is an acquired skill and ability “to do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason.” What instructs phronēsis, what enables us to become wise in practical situations (especially ethical ones) is a combination of experience over time, and a reasoned and intuitive grasp of the constitutive goods that govern a community or institution. The paper advocates for skillful mentorship.Item Resources, learning and inclusion in open development(Singapore Internet Research Centre, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SG, 2016) Walton, Marion; Dearden, Andy; Densmore, Melissa; Venter, Anja; Mbogo, ChaoThe purpose of the programme is to deepen understanding of whether, how, for whom, and in what circumstances, the free networked public sharing of digital information and communication resources may contribute towards positive social transformation. This study explores the situated material conditions and informal learning practices that surround processes of inclusion in (and exclusion from) Open Development initiatives. For instance, if potential participants are not able to connect with or be accepted by existing learning networks, an open development project may be exclusionary, only engaging or benefiting a limited range of people.