JISCMail - OER-DISCUSS Archives

For those who don't know...the Open Education Handbook is a collaboratively written living web document targeting educational practitioners and the education community at large. It offers an introduction to various open education topics including open education data, open education resources, learning and teaching practice, open source tools and open accreditation. It is also a springboard from which users can connect with other relevant resources. The handbook is currently available in Booktype, an open source book authoring tool, and can be edited by anyone.

We have to deliver a version of the handbook reasonably soon (early October) for the LinkedUp Project so now is the time to make any edits you’d like to make!

There is a new blog post with some ideas: http://education.okfn.org/helping-the-open-education-handbook/

It includes a list of possible questions for you to take a look including...

Is traditional education not open?
Who is meant to benefit from open education?
Open (as in access) or open (as in participatory & contribution)?
What about the quality of OER?
Can OERs be broken down into elements?
Are OERs being used by teachers?
Is open content accessible to those with disabilities?
What is the difference between open education and open learning?
How does policy relate to open education?
What data is available from online education?
What open data in education use cases are there?

It would be great to see people editing what's there and helping us tidy up content!

Thanks

Marieke