Open Language Education

Culture and Language Education

There are different views on the relationship between language and culture. Some consider them as separate entities one being a code-system and the other a system of beliefs and attitudes. Some believe in a cause and effect relationship between the two; and yet others argue for a co-evolutionary mode of interrelation. This paper will subscribe to the Hallidayan co-evolutionary view of the relat...

Open Education, Open Minds

Over the past few decades, advances in science and technology have produced a seemingly endless stream of new data, ideas, and knowledge, challenging scientists and educators alike to keep abreast of the latest concepts and discoveries in their fields. Adding to the wealth of new information posted online every day, more and more historical documents, books, and educational materials are being ...

EVALUATING SECOND LANGUAGE EDUCATION Evaluating Second Language Education

Evaluating Second Language Education is written primarily for language teaching professionals who are likely to work as (or with) evaluators of language teaching programmes. The book presents a short editorial introduction, opening and closing chapters by one of the editors, and eight `state-of-the-art' evaluation studies, each with an editorial commentary. In the opening chapter, `Evaluation o...

Open Geospatial Education

The advances in open data, free and open source software solutions and open access to research publications have influenced the emergence of open educational resources (OER) initiatives. These initiatives permit access to openly licensed learning resources including courses, webinars, training materials and textbooks. Thereby, an increasing number of users has the opportunity to broaden their k...

Opening Up Education Opening Up Education The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge