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OER-based Online Micro-courses
Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2023 The OER Universitas (OERu) is a consortium of more than 30 higher education institutions on five continents. It was founded in 2011 to provide learners everywhere with learning opportunities and pathways to official recognition or credit.
Rory McGreal +2 more
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Towards Sustainable OER Practices: The Case of Bachelor Nursing in the Netherlands
Open Praxis, 2023 From 2017–2020, 15 universities collaborated to create and share OER for a bachelor nursing program. A study was undertaken to analyse the impact of the project activities leading to the commitment to work towards sustaining the initiative.
Marja Versantvoort, Robert Schuwer
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Open For All: The OERu’s Next Generation Digital Learning Ecosystem
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021 This paper describes the functionality, scalability, and cost of implementing and maintaining a suite of open source technologies, which have supported hundreds of thousands of learners in the past year, on an information technology infrastructure budget
David C. Lane, Claire Goode
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Bridging the Gap: Micro-credentials for Development
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022 This paper describes current trends and issues in implementing micro-credentials. The Covid19 epidemic, combined with the increasing cost of higher education; employer concerns about graduate skills and competencies; increasing inequities in access; and
Rory McGreal +3 more
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Ultrahigh density defects of Mn3O4 boosting oxygen evolution reaction [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2023 Surface defects have a positive effect on the improvement of electrocatalytic performance due to the ability to introduce half-metallicity into selected semiconductors.
Zhou Yanan, Chai Yongming, Dong Bin
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Build optional digital textbooks for distance learners
Open Praxis, 2013 E-books seem to be a trend and an excellent solution for mobile learning lately, but what kinds of e-books are good fit for distance learners’ needs?
Du Ruo, Yang Xiaotang
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Open Educational Resources in Canada 2020
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2020 COVID 19 has had a wide impact on education internationally and specifically in Canada, with nearly all institutions now transitioning to online education, with many learning for the first time about Open Educational Resources (OER).
Rory McGreal
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Online Learning, 2013 In today’s world, where tuition fees continue to rise rapidly and the demand for higher education increases in both the developing and developed world, it is important to find additional and alternative learning passage ways, learners can afford ...
Patricia Elisabeth Schlicht
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Formalising informal learning: Assessment and accreditation challenges within disaggregated systems
Open Praxis, 2014 This report shares the findings and lessons learned from an investigation into the economics of disaggregated models for assessing and accrediting informal learners undertaking post secondary education.
Rory McGreal +4 more
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Open Praxis, 2018 This paper is the second in a series of three with a common goal to present a fair OER picture for Sub-Saharan Africa, represented by large-scale studies in three countries: Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa.
Judith Pete +3 more
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