Search results for "Open education"
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Portales educativos : la producción de materiales didácticos digitales
2018
El objetivo principal de este artículo es conocer cómo se organiza la producción de los materiales didácticos digitales de creación propia de portales institucionales de recursos educativos, tomando como referencia la perspectiva de sus principales responsables. En concreto, se analiza el caso del repositorio institucional de recursos de la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias, Ecoescuela 2.0; y del portal de recursos educativos en abierto Procomún (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte). Con este estudio se pretende dar respuesta a distintas cuestiones relacionadas con la autoría de los materiales, el proceso y desarrollo, así como los criterios que establecen los portales institucionales p…
Relation between adaptive learning actions and profiles of MOOCs users
2016
The overcrowding and the heterogeneity of participants' profiles in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) are some of the main causes for a high dropout rate. International reports and research works points out the personalized learning as an important way to improve learning in any educational context. The information and communication technologies help to address adaptive technics in education through online courses. The specific characteristics of MOOCs point to the need to implement adaptive methodologies in MOOCs to increase the completion rates. This work presents a statistical analysis to find out in what aspects the condition of adaptivity, defined by the construct, is a preference of…
Open Educational Resources - in Engineering Education, Case Study at UC/AGH, UB and ULBS
2019
Abstract To change the educational scene in the epoch of the digital generation there is the possibility of using Open Education (OE) and Open Educational Resources (OER). The term “open educational resources” refers to resources with free access to use, adaptation and redistribution. The objectives of the research are to determine the degree of knowledge and use of OER in three Engineering Universities in three countries (Poland, Hungary and Romania) and to find out whether there is a relationship between the institutions in terms of knowledge and use of OER. The measurement is made by applying the survey method on a sample of n = 192. As a tool we use the questionnaire with 15 questions s…
Open Educational Resources (OER) in gas and petroleum engineering education
2016
Barriers to open e-learning in public administrations
2016
Abstract This article presents a comparative study of the barriers to open e-learning in public administrations in Luxembourg, Germany, Montenegro and Ireland. It discusses the current state of open e-learning of public administration employees at the local government level and derives the barriers to such learning. This paper's main contribution is its presentation of an empirical set of barriers in the four European countries. The results allow informed assumptions about which barriers will arise in the forthcoming use of open-source e-learning technology, particularly open educational resources as means of learning. Furthermore, this study offers a contextualised barrier framework that a…
Rethinking the role of Higher Education
2013
The market has to change as our current society becomes increasingly diverse and so do workers’ competences, which are now more and more cross-disciplinary. New training models have appeared seeking to meet such market and society needs. This editorial reflects on the pressing need to redefine university education and the accreditation processes in non-formal education. En el contexto actual en el que cada vez la sociedad es más plural, las necesidades del mercado cambiantes y las competencias que se requieren a los trabajadores más tranversales, aparecen nuevas modalidades de formación, modalidades asociadas a las necesidades del mercado y al interés de las personas. Este editorial reflexi…
MINE - Mobile Learning in Higher Education
2018
Mobile technologies are an important part of our daily life and we carry them with us all the time. Mobile learning is already used a lot in informal and non-formal learning, but in the context of formal learning it is not much used, yet. In the area of formal learning at universities, there is a great need for pedagogic scenarios to encourage educatorsto use these new technologies. It is suggested that educators will need to move beyond the didactic approaches still frequently found in higher education. Social constructivist approaches have been advocated, along with the development of communities of practice to support educators. In addition, more emphasis on learners is required, to unde…
Open Educational Resources’ impact and outcomes: The essence of OpenKnowledge and its social contribution
2018
This article identifies the main social contributions of Open Educational Resources (OERs), their impact and the results of several initiatives related to them. Based on a theoretical and reflexive framework, we analyze the evolution of business models around OERs, their contribution to open knowledge and the common educational policies related to this phenomenon. Finally, we point out the new horizons and models of knowledge based on OERs. Design/methodology/approach: This study utilizes a theoretical and conceptual framework based on references coming from journals with an impact factor, complemented with quotes by important authors and OER representatives. The review offers a conceptual …
User-oriented quality for OER: understanding teachers' views on re-use, quality, and trust
2011
We analysed how teachers as users of open educational resources (OER) repositories act in the re-use process and how they perceive quality. Based on a quantitative empirical study, we also surveyed which quality requirements users have and how they would contribute to the quality process. Trust in resources, organizations, and technologies seem to be of particular importance when looking at quality. In our findings, we derive recommendations for learning object repositories and OER user-oriented quality assurance.
A novel approach towards skill-based search and services of Open Educational Resources
2011
Open educational resources (OER) have a high potential to address the growing need for training materials in management education and training. Today, a high number of OER in management are already available in a large number of repositories. However, users face barriers as they have to search repository by repository with different interfaces to retrieve the appropriate learning content. In addition, the use of search criteria related to skills, such as learning objectives and skill-levels is not generally supported. The European co-funded project OpenScout addresses these barriers by intelligently connecting leading European OER repositories and providing federated, skillbased search and …