Introduction: shades of open
Openness in education is usually evidenced through Open Educational Resources (OERs) and the ‘invasion’ of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course, in case you had somehow missed this). The debate has been widened in recent years to consider the full meaning of open in an educational context, including ideas around access, costs and philosophical approach.
Why Openness in Education?
David Wiley and Cable Green explore the case for openness in this chapter from a book published by Educause, a leading think-tank of digital and e-learning.
Openness and the future of Higher Education
Canadian academic and proponent of connectivism George Siemens gives his take on the future for HE in this video presentation (approx 1hr) for the OU’s 2013 course on open education.
Dimensions of Openness
This year’s closing keynote speaker at APT, Martin Weller, provides a take on the meanings and implications of open practice in education in this paper, including his distinction between “Big OER” and “Little OER”.
The open-source (or libre) movement and open scholarship
Kris Shaffer presents an overview of open-source in relation to education for the Hybrid Pedagogy community.
