Designing Open Educational Resources through Knowledge Maps to Enhance Meaningful Learning

Designing Open Educational Resources through Knowledge Maps to enhance Meaningful learning

This paper demonstrates some pedagogical strategies for developing Open Educational Resources (OERs) using the knowledge mapping tool Compendium. It also describes applications of Knowledge Maps to facilitate meaningful learning by focusing on specific OER examples. The study centres on the OpenLearn project, a large scale online environment that makes a selection of higher education learning r...

The Open Learning Object model to promote Open Educational Resources

In this paper we present the results of research work, that forms part of the activities of the EUfunded project SLOOP: Sharing Learning Objects in an Open Perspective, aimed at encouraging the definition, development and management of Open Educational Resources based on the Learning Object paradigm (Wiley, 2000). We present a model of Open Learning Object (OpenLO) for a greater awareness in th...

Designing for Educational Technology to Enhance the Experience of Learners in Distance Education: How Open Educational Resources, Learning Design and Moocs Are Influencing Learning

Technology-Enhanced Learning is a term that invites unpicking in order to understand how the neutral infrastructure of technology can bring evaluated and positive changes to learning. As practitioners experienced in working as educational technologists, our past work involves the design, implementation and evaluation of learning experiences of a number of types. Some of our work has been driven...

Concept maps and meaningful learning in medical education

Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources (OER) are courses and learning materials at all educational levels that are freely available online for use by educators and learners worldwide. These resources offer access for those not affiliated with formal educational programs plus opportunities for sharing and collaboration among educators. The sites on this page focus on OER materials and issues in higher educa...