Open Educational Resources: Policy, Costs and Transformation
Paris; Burnaby: UNESCO;Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2016), 231 pp.
Series: Perspectives on open and Distance Learning
ISBN 978-92-3-100148-2 (print/pdf)
CC BY-SA
"Open Educational Resources (OER) — teaching, learning and research materials that their owners make free for others to use, revise and share — offer a powerful means of expanding the reach and effectiveness of worldwide education. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and UNESCO co-organised the World OER Congress in 2012 in Paris. That Congress resulted in the OER Paris Declaration: a statement that urged governments around the world to release, as OER, all teaching, learning and research materials developed with public funds. This book, drawing on 15 case studies contributed by 29 OER researchers and policy-makers from 15 countries across six continents, examines the implementation of the pivotal declaration through the thematic lenses of policy, costs and transformation. The case studies provide a detailed picture of OER policies and initiatives as they are unfolding in different country contexts and adopting a range of approaches, from bottom-up to top-down. The book illuminates the impacts of OER on the costs of producing, distributing and providing access to learning materials, and shows the way that OER can transform the teaching and learning methodology mindset." (Back cover)
Open Educational Resources: Policy, Costs and Transformation / Rory McGreal, Fengchun Miao and Sanjaya Mishra, 1
1 Open Educational Practices in Australia / Carina Bossu, 13
2 Open Educational Resources Policy for Developing a Knowledge-Based Economy in the Kingdom of Bahrain / Nawal Ebrahim Al Khater, Hala Amer and Fadheela Tallaq, 27
3 The State of Open Educational Resources in Brazil: Policies and Realities / Carolina Rossini and Oona Castro, 43
4 Open Educational Resources in Canada / Rory McGreal, Terry Anderson and Dianne Conrad, 63
5 Caribbean Open Textbooks Initiative / Neil Butcher, Andrew Moore and Sarah Hoosen, 77
6 Open Educational Resources in Germany / Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, 87
7 Copyrights in OER Publishing in India: The Case of the National Programme on Technology-Enhanced Learning / Mangala Sunder Krishnan, 99
8 The Promise of Open Educational Resources in Indonesia / Petra Wiyakti Bodrogini and Mohammad Rinaldi, 105
9 Using Open Educational Resources for Undergraduate Programme Development at Wawasan Open University / Teik Kooi Liew, 119
10 OERu: Realising Sustainable Education Futures / Wayne Mackintosh, 129
11 Integrating ICT for Innovative Educational Solutions in Oman: Leveraging OER Policy to Enhance Teaching and Learning / Maimoona Al Abri and Saif Hamed Hilal Al Busaidi, 147
12 The Polish Open e-Textbooks Project as a Policy Model for Openness of Public Educational Resources / Alek Tarkowski, 161
13 Open Access to Educational Resources Through Federal Portals and OER in Russia / Svetlana Knyazeva and Aleksei Sigalov, 175
14 Open Educational Resources for Early Literacy in Africa: The Role of the African Storybook Initiative / Tessa Welch and Jennifer Glennie, 195
15 Developing an Infrastructure Support for Faculty Use of Open Educational Resources: The Case of the Washington State Community and Technical Colleges System / Boyoung Chae and Mark Jenkins, 211
Conclusions / Fengchun Miao, Sanjaya Mishra and Rory McGreal, 223
1 Open Educational Practices in Australia / Carina Bossu, 13
2 Open Educational Resources Policy for Developing a Knowledge-Based Economy in the Kingdom of Bahrain / Nawal Ebrahim Al Khater, Hala Amer and Fadheela Tallaq, 27
3 The State of Open Educational Resources in Brazil: Policies and Realities / Carolina Rossini and Oona Castro, 43
4 Open Educational Resources in Canada / Rory McGreal, Terry Anderson and Dianne Conrad, 63
5 Caribbean Open Textbooks Initiative / Neil Butcher, Andrew Moore and Sarah Hoosen, 77
6 Open Educational Resources in Germany / Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, 87
7 Copyrights in OER Publishing in India: The Case of the National Programme on Technology-Enhanced Learning / Mangala Sunder Krishnan, 99
8 The Promise of Open Educational Resources in Indonesia / Petra Wiyakti Bodrogini and Mohammad Rinaldi, 105
9 Using Open Educational Resources for Undergraduate Programme Development at Wawasan Open University / Teik Kooi Liew, 119
10 OERu: Realising Sustainable Education Futures / Wayne Mackintosh, 129
11 Integrating ICT for Innovative Educational Solutions in Oman: Leveraging OER Policy to Enhance Teaching and Learning / Maimoona Al Abri and Saif Hamed Hilal Al Busaidi, 147
12 The Polish Open e-Textbooks Project as a Policy Model for Openness of Public Educational Resources / Alek Tarkowski, 161
13 Open Access to Educational Resources Through Federal Portals and OER in Russia / Svetlana Knyazeva and Aleksei Sigalov, 175
14 Open Educational Resources for Early Literacy in Africa: The Role of the African Storybook Initiative / Tessa Welch and Jennifer Glennie, 195
15 Developing an Infrastructure Support for Faculty Use of Open Educational Resources: The Case of the Washington State Community and Technical Colleges System / Boyoung Chae and Mark Jenkins, 211
Conclusions / Fengchun Miao, Sanjaya Mishra and Rory McGreal, 223
