• Grappling with the concepts of “impact” and “openness” in relation to OER : current developments in the ROER4D Project - Open Education Global Conference, Banff, Canada 22-24 April 2015 

  Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl (2018)

  The presentation provides an overview of developments in Open Educational Resources (OER), including licensing, adoption and impact. It also provides information on funding sources for research into open educational resources ...
• Reimagining teacher professional development : communities of practice 

  Kasinathan, Gurumurthy (2016-09)

  Communities of practice (COP) are groups of people who share a concern or passion for something they do, and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly. The presentation broadly covers how to facilitate new ...
• MOOCs, openness and changing educator practices : an activity theory case study, 18-20 November 2018, HELTASA, North-West University 

  Czerniewicz, Laura; Walji, Sukaina; Deacon, Andrew; Glover, Michael (2018)

  The University of Cape Town (UCT) Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) 3-year project is one of the first major MOOC initiatives in Africa. The presentation provides an outline of development of Open Educational Resources ...
• Impact of OER on cost and quality of course materials : a study in postgraduate distance education courses in the university of the Philippines open university 

  Bonito, Sheila; Orias, Carmelita; Reyes, Charisse; Ramos, Rita; Serrano, Joane (2018)

  The University of the Philippines Open University started raising awareness on use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in 2011. Three fields of disciplines (Education, Health and Development Studies) and 48 courses were ...
• Antura and the letters : impact and technical evaluation 

  Koval-Saifi, Nedjma; Plass, Jan (2018-03)

  Many Syrian children, living as refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq; or in transit camps in countries like Greece and Italy, have endured multiple traumas and high levels of stress affecting their ability to ...
• Feed the monster : impact and technical evaluation 

  Koval-Saifi, Nedjma; Plass, Jan (Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development, Inc.World Vision, Inc., 2018-03)

  Motivated to ensure Syrian children have an opportunity to learn to read Arabic and continue their lifelong learning process, the Norwegian government funded the EduApp4Syria competition. The competition developed an ...
• Guide to developing digital games for early grade literacy for developing countries 

  Lim, Kenneth Y. T.; Comings, John; Lee, Richard; Yuen, Ming-De; Hilmy, Ahmed Hazyl; Chua, Derek; Song, Bing Heng (Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development, Inc.World Vision, Inc., 2018)

  This guide works to assist game developers, literacy experts, and the staff of agencies interested in funding the development of digital games for early grade literacy learning. It presents information to be considered ...
• Use of OER in public schools of Pakistan 

  Shams, Sana; Waqar, Y; Raza, S.M. (2018)

  The presentation provides a brief overview of Open Educational Resources in Pakistan. 8300 public school students have been included in the survey as well as 3326 in Universities. The survey indicates the need for training ...
• OER adoption pyramid A4 

  Trotter, Henry; Cox, Glenda (2016-04)

  The OER Adoption Pyramid was developed during a research project that focuses on adoption of OER by academics in South Africa. The pyramid prompts a series of questions to help assess the OER readiness of an institution. ...
• Teachers’ perception of open educational resources : data collection through workshops 

  Mishra, Sanjaya; Sharma, Ramesh (2015-04-22)

  This conference presentation reviews workshops that were held with teachers so they could better understand the history and development of Open Educational Resources (OER); to enable them to consider the need of OER in ...
• Teacher professional learning communities : a participatory resource creation approach to OER in Karnataka 

  Kasinathan, G.; Ranganathan, R. (2016-04)

  The presentation focuses on research in open educational resources: the techno-social context such as ICT infrastructure; the pedagogical context as in teacher development; and socio-cultural context (building community), ...
• Researching open educational resources and open pedagogical practices : the ROER4D project 

  Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Trotter, Henry; Cartmill, Tess; Walji, Sukaina; Goodier, Sarah; King, Thomas (2016-02-26)

  The presentation focuses on Open Educational Resources (OER) as a response to education challenges in developing countries, such as affordability, access, relevance, and educational policy, particularly in Africa. Most OER ...
• Reflections on developing an evaluation and communications strategy for the ROER4D project 

  Walji, Sukaina; Goodier, Sarah (2016-05-04)

  The presentation outlines key evaluation areas of research into open educational resources for development (ROER4D) in terms of process. It provides a summary of the evaluation plan, which works towards building capacity ...
• Presentation : Open, ready and agile : developing a communications strategy for the ROER4D project 

  Walji, Sukaina (2015-04-23)

  This 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 ...
• Open educational practices and resources in the global south: recommendations for government from the ROER4D project 

  Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl (2017-03-02)

  Towards better government policy and support, the presentation reviews descriptions of Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Educational Practices (OEP), the Open Licensing continuum, and research into open educational ...
• Impacts of OER : what difference does it make and how? 

  Naidu, Som; Karunanayaka, Shironica (2015-10-16)

  The 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 ...
• Evaluation : a means to gain insights into and improve the ROER4D project 

  Goodier, Sarah (2015-09-09)

  The 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 ...
• Harmonising OER research across South America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia : the case of the ROER4D project - OER15 conference paper 

  Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl (2015-03-27)

  This paper explores key benefits and challenges of conducting research on the use and impacts of open educational resources (OER) across languages and cultures. It highlights successful strategies adopted to address the ...
• Developing an evaluation strategy to gain insights into the ROER4D multi-national project 

  Goodier, Sarah (2015-04-22)

  DECI-2 (Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research) presents steps in the process of developing an evaluation strategy for Research into Open Educational Resources for Development ...
• Evaluating network growth : a case study using social network analysis 

  Goodier, Sarah (2016-09-29)

  The presentation illustrates use of the utilization focused evaluation (UFE) framework in relation to the assessment of network growth in Research into Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D). Twitter analytics, ...

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