Abstract:
The concept mapping exercise carried out with participation from student teachers at the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) was a useful strategy to help visualize teacher understandings around “openness in education.” This presentation includes examples of participant “maps” with a data analysis component. Even though the concept of Open Educational Resources (OER) was novel to the teachers, their perspectives on ‘sharing’ and ‘openness’ in education and its relevance to teaching and learning were quite optimistic.
