Next week I will attend a European consultation meeting to prepare the upcoming OER World Congress organised by UNESCO and COL. Since the last OER congress was in 2012, I think it is a very good idea to assess the developments from 2012 until now and to define a shared vision and agenda for stakeholders…
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The book “Open Education: A study in disruption” is one of the few accounts on open education that clearly outlines the paradoxes and contradictions which are currently determining the public and scholarly discussion around open education. While the vision of the scholarly community to make (higher) education more accessible and to increase access to knowledge and…
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During the Open Education Week the Open University of the Netherlands is offering a series of online lectures, presentations and expert discussions. The week is supported by the Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO and will deal with current challenges for open education research and practice. The week will begin with a general introduction on open…
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Special issue focus Open Education is currently at the crossroads of becoming either an integral part of the higher education landscape or a sellout for venture-capital driven companies who use openness as a means to increase their customer base. At the same time research on open education is developing into two different directions, namely open…
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On 29 of October Marco Kalz has provided a keynote to the “Online, Open and Flexible and Higher Education Conference” organised by the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU). This year’s conference takes place in Hagen at the German Distance Teaching University and has the focus on “Transforming higher education in the 21st century: Innovating…
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On Friday 16 October Marco Kalz and Maartje Henderikx have attended the information meeting for the new SURF call on open education. The call has this year some changes compared to last year’s call. While it was possible in the initial call to also submit a proposal for the production of educational material as OER, from this…
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