Live blogging 2pm:

Talk given by Dr Robin Goodfellow for the Teaching and Learning Research Group of the Open University (TLRG). 

11:00 AM

Live blogging, 10:00 AM

TUDelft University is hosting a seminar on open courseware today, mostly targeting the universities of the Netherlands. The idea is to bring together prospective and existing initiatives to discuss the challenges and the successes of OER provision.

The experience of the Open University of the Netherlands was presented by Robert Schuwer:

 Live blog post, 3pm

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1) Models of technology:

All projects use a pool of technologies: social networking (e.g. Facebook, Ning, Cloudworks), repositories (OpenLearn, slideshare, flickr), mapping software (e.g. Compendium, Cohere).

2) Models of learning:

Common to all projects: an attempt to blend formal and informal learning;

Discussed: the individual and social dimension; structure and unstructured materials.

3) Models of community:

 Live blogging:

2:15pm

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What does each project think they can get out of this workshop?

What are the models of learning?

What do we mean by communities? What about collaborations?

In terms of technology, what are the experiences we have in terms of using different tools? How can we pull this knowledge together?

How can we use tools to better communicate and support communities?

How to explore ways of communication between OU existing projects?

 Live blogging:

11:25am

This morning we are gathered together at the Open University, The Design Observatory, Observation Space, to discuss the connections amongst the various OER projects existing in the university. By 'we' I mean representatives from projects such as OLnet, Atelier-D, OpenLearn, SCORM, LDI, iSpot, the TERG research group and the OU Library.

Live blog:11:25AM

New OER initiatives are popping out throughout the world.  It is often the case that institutions are looking for answers on how to get started as OER providers, and how to get their staff and students involved in the process. Today I am in a meeting with some Dutch universities, which are either already offering content online or considering joining the OCW movement. The questions they ask and discuss in the meeting are, in my view, very relevant for any institution contemplating offering OER. These are:

This month OLnet welcomes its newest team member: Karen Cropper. She will be working with us as a Project & Liaison Manager. Karen has been working at the Open University since 2007, initially at the Faculty of Arts and now at The Institute of Educational Technology. Welcome, Karen!

Hello everyone,

Introduction by Vic Vuchic, followed by a short talk by James Woolliscroft. Learning is very different from teaching. In medicine students immerse themselves in their learning process. But is there a different, better way to learn? Nowadays students are different from previous eras, they know how to deal with technology of all sorts. A number of technological options were available for this change. Students nowadays have to be prepared to interact with people form all over the world, immigrants etc. What are the important competences for students?