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The body of work collected here represents the combined efforts of organizations worldwide. During the last ten years, as the Open Educational Resources movement has grown, so has the body of research being produced on the topic. We invite you to engage with the new discoveries and analyses that this collection has to offer.

 
 
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Harnessing Openness to Improve Research, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Nov 5, 2009
Committee for Economic Development; Committee for Economic Development Digital Connections Council
Colleges and universities should embrace the concept of increased openness in the use and sharing of information to improve higher education. That is the core recommendation of this report. The report was produced by CED's Digital Connections...
 
Dealing with Legally Incompatible Content in OER
Oct 5, 2009
ccLearn; Creative Commons
Open Educational Resources (OER) are defined by the use of a Creative Commons license and are generally created by those who would like to share their work globally. However, some creators find the need to consider the costs and benefits of...
 
Remixing OER: A Guide to License Compatibility
Oct 5, 2009
ccLearn; Creative Commons
This document gives a brief overview of Creative Commons license compatibility for the purposes of remixing OER.
 
Otherwise Open: Managing Incompatible Content with Open Educational Resources
Sep 1, 2009
ccLearn; Creative Commons
This paper seeks to provide an overview of the problem posed by the incorporation of materials protected by all-rights-reserved copyright, or that are not legally compatible with the copyright terms of materials offered to users, into otherwise open...
 
Enhanced Search for Educational Resources - A Perspective and a Prototype from ccLearn
Jul 17, 2009
Creative Commons
Users of search tools who seek educational materials on the Internet are typically presented with either a web-scale search (e.g., Google or Yahoo) or a specialized, site-specific tool. The specialized search tools often rely upon custom data...
 
Open Educational Resources: Conversations in Cyberspace
Mar 9, 2009
UNESCO
Education systems today face two major challenges: expanding the reach of education and improving its quality. Traditional solutions will not suffice, especially in the context of today's knowledge-intensive societies. The goal of the Open...
 
What status for "open"? An examination of the licensing policies of open educational organizations and projects
Dec 18, 2008
ccLearn; Creative Commons
What makes an educational resource "open"? Is it enough that resources are available on the World Wide Web free of charge, or does openness require something more?" These questions have become more urgent as the open education...
 
WGBH's Teacher's Domain: Producing Open Materials and Engaging Users
Oct 1, 2008
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education
Launched in 2002 by WGBH, the non-commercial public media service, located in Boston, Massachusetts, Teachers' Domain is an online repository of multimedia open educational resources for use in classrooms and for professional development. As part of...
 
Curriki: Facilitating Use and User Engagement Around Open Educational Resources
Oct 1, 2008
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education
Through interviews with the Curriki management team, analysis of internal documents, observations of internal user data collection practices, and a survey and interviews with Curriki users, the Curriki case study explored use patterns and user...
 
Mission 2007 Training Commons: Developing a Living Curriculum for Telecentre Workers in India
Oct 1, 2008
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education
Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre was formed to establish telecentres offering shared access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) in each of India's 600,000 villages by the year 2007. The telecentres would support...
 
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