The document discusses open educational resources (OER) and the Open Educational Practices in Scotland (OEPS) project. OER refer to freely available educational materials that can be reused, revised, remixed, redistributed, and retained under a Creative Commons license. The OEPS project, led by the Open University in Scotland, aims to increase awareness and use of OER by working with over 50 organizations across sectors. The project has learned that while OER provide opportunities, their abundance can also present barriers unless support, communities of practice, and social learning models are developed.
This document discusses CABI's experience creating an online course on working with microorganisms. The course aimed to provide flexible, affordable training on sanitary and phyto-sanitary issues related to food security. It covers establishing and managing culture collections, characterizing and using microorganisms, best practices for identification, isolation, storage and growth, preservation techniques, health and safety requirements, and compliance with international standards. The course was developed based on CABI's 25 years of laboratory and field training experience in 75 countries, along with input from collaborators who provided pedagogical and technical expertise in online materials development. It includes introductory screens, lessons on core concepts, and practice exercises.
Analysis (TDAs), Progress Monitoring (SAPs) and Indicators ReportIwl Pcu
GEF should develop an effective learning strategy to capture scientific knowledge, project evaluations, and lessons learned to inform future projects and policies. Data generated by GEF projects must be publicly available and archived to allow knowledge sharing. GEF also needs to provide training to projects on best practices for knowledge mobilization and encourage collaboration through communities of practice on the IW:LEARN platform.
Creating openly licensed courses for use in workplace and community settingsOEPScotland
This document summarizes the Opening Educational Practices in Scotland (OEPS) project, which aims to enhance open education in Scotland. The 3-year project works with over 60 partners to identify and share best practices in open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP). The project has developed exemplar OER courses through co-design with partners from various sectors. It explores barriers to using OER and shifting attitudes from initial use to creating new open courses that are free, flexible, and support digital participation and knowledge exchange.
The document summarizes the National Museums Online Learning Project, a 3-year digital learning project funded by the UK Treasury and involving 9 UK national museums. The project aims to increase use of the museums' digital collections through resources like WebQuests and Creative Journeys for schools and lifelong learners. It also includes a federated search across the 9 museum collections to provide a better user experience when exploring the learning resources. Key challenges include building engaged online communities and balancing curatorial control with more open user-generated content.
What We Got Right, and Wrong: A 20 Year Retrospective - by Lisa Petrideslpetrides
This document provides a retrospective on major developments in open educational resources (OER) over the past 20 years. It discusses key choice points that helped shape the field, including: adopting open source to redistribute power; using open licensing to facilitate collaboration; pursuing sustainability to support long-term creation and use of OER; prioritizing interoperability to improve discovery; promoting open textbooks for awareness; and increasing supply to drive adoption. The document also outlines the CARE framework for OER stewardship and notes some current choice points like navigating intersections with other disciplines and defining commitments to accessibility and inclusion.
Wikiwijs is an open digital learning platform with the following goals:
1) Stimulate the development and use of open, flexible learning resources to improve the quality of education.
2) Increase the quality of education through up-to-date learning resources.
3) Strengthen the position of teachers.
It is organized around principles of availability, professionalization, and user-generated content. Quality is ensured through user ratings and reviews as well as review by educational institutions. All content is open-source and can be reused or remixed through the platform's tools.
This document outlines a program to increase sustainable open educational resource (OER) release through expertise sharing. It aims to 1) share existing OER teams' processes with new institutions, 2) increase the sector's OER release capacity, and 3) encourage customization and adaptation of open resources. Projects will support partners in OER release and promotion tracking to increase the number of participating organizations and overall OER expertise. Up to £75,000 will fund 7 projects to disseminate effective OER models across different settings.
The document discusses open educational resources (OER) and the Open Educational Practices in Scotland (OEPS) project. OER refer to freely available educational materials that can be reused, revised, remixed, redistributed, and retained under a Creative Commons license. The OEPS project, led by the Open University in Scotland, aims to increase awareness and use of OER by working with over 50 organizations across sectors. The project has learned that while OER provide opportunities, their abundance can also present barriers unless support, communities of practice, and social learning models are developed.
This document discusses CABI's experience creating an online course on working with microorganisms. The course aimed to provide flexible, affordable training on sanitary and phyto-sanitary issues related to food security. It covers establishing and managing culture collections, characterizing and using microorganisms, best practices for identification, isolation, storage and growth, preservation techniques, health and safety requirements, and compliance with international standards. The course was developed based on CABI's 25 years of laboratory and field training experience in 75 countries, along with input from collaborators who provided pedagogical and technical expertise in online materials development. It includes introductory screens, lessons on core concepts, and practice exercises.
Analysis (TDAs), Progress Monitoring (SAPs) and Indicators ReportIwl Pcu
GEF should develop an effective learning strategy to capture scientific knowledge, project evaluations, and lessons learned to inform future projects and policies. Data generated by GEF projects must be publicly available and archived to allow knowledge sharing. GEF also needs to provide training to projects on best practices for knowledge mobilization and encourage collaboration through communities of practice on the IW:LEARN platform.
Creating openly licensed courses for use in workplace and community settingsOEPScotland
This document summarizes the Opening Educational Practices in Scotland (OEPS) project, which aims to enhance open education in Scotland. The 3-year project works with over 60 partners to identify and share best practices in open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP). The project has developed exemplar OER courses through co-design with partners from various sectors. It explores barriers to using OER and shifting attitudes from initial use to creating new open courses that are free, flexible, and support digital participation and knowledge exchange.
The document summarizes the National Museums Online Learning Project, a 3-year digital learning project funded by the UK Treasury and involving 9 UK national museums. The project aims to increase use of the museums' digital collections through resources like WebQuests and Creative Journeys for schools and lifelong learners. It also includes a federated search across the 9 museum collections to provide a better user experience when exploring the learning resources. Key challenges include building engaged online communities and balancing curatorial control with more open user-generated content.
What We Got Right, and Wrong: A 20 Year Retrospective - by Lisa Petrideslpetrides
This document provides a retrospective on major developments in open educational resources (OER) over the past 20 years. It discusses key choice points that helped shape the field, including: adopting open source to redistribute power; using open licensing to facilitate collaboration; pursuing sustainability to support long-term creation and use of OER; prioritizing interoperability to improve discovery; promoting open textbooks for awareness; and increasing supply to drive adoption. The document also outlines the CARE framework for OER stewardship and notes some current choice points like navigating intersections with other disciplines and defining commitments to accessibility and inclusion.
Wikiwijs is an open digital learning platform with the following goals:
1) Stimulate the development and use of open, flexible learning resources to improve the quality of education.
2) Increase the quality of education through up-to-date learning resources.
3) Strengthen the position of teachers.
It is organized around principles of availability, professionalization, and user-generated content. Quality is ensured through user ratings and reviews as well as review by educational institutions. All content is open-source and can be reused or remixed through the platform's tools.
This document outlines a program to increase sustainable open educational resource (OER) release through expertise sharing. It aims to 1) share existing OER teams' processes with new institutions, 2) increase the sector's OER release capacity, and 3) encourage customization and adaptation of open resources. Projects will support partners in OER release and promotion tracking to increase the number of participating organizations and overall OER expertise. Up to £75,000 will fund 7 projects to disseminate effective OER models across different settings.
Presentation on how WLE is building upon and carrying forward CPWF lessons and initiatives, by Andrew Noble, WLE director, at CPWF's final grant event at IFAD in October 2014.
The document outlines objectives and activities for increasing communications around the eTwinning program, which aims to increase the number of schools involved in collaborative projects. It discusses producing a multi-year communications strategy and annual plans to disseminate the impact of eTwinning through events, publications, and other materials. It also proposes forming five working groups to focus on key communications areas like tools, events, recruiting new teachers, campaigns, and links to other programs.
Developing a sustainable OER ecosystem in HEcetisli
This presentation was for the Open Ed conference 2010. It was to examine the sustainability issues in UKOER projects and to develop a sustainable OER ecosystem in HE
This document outlines the Erasmus+ program for school education sector mobility partnerships. It describes the types of projects which include strategic partnerships supporting innovation or exchange of good practices. School mobility partnerships aim to develop networks and increase capacity for transnational cooperation. Eligible projects must address priorities like improving basic skills or early childhood education. School mobility partnerships last 12-24 months for 2 or more schools in different countries and involve individual contracts per school. The application process involves partnership between schools and is submitted by a coordinating organization.
The Users’ Led Process: Instrument to develop and sustain research and innova...Francois Stepman
14-15 September 2017. Uganda. Muyonyo Speke Resort Hotel. The EAFF/East African Farmer Federation Congress organized its 4th conference on Small holder farmers to harness new investments; partnerships and innovations to enhance value chain ownership, productivity and market integration
A side event was held related to PAEPARD: Linking research to application within the extensive livestock value chain.
Dr. Alexander Mikroyannidis presented the SlideWiki platform for collaborative open courseware authoring. SlideWiki aims to make educational content more accessible, interactive, and qualitative by empowering communities of educators to author, share, and reuse content. The goals of the project are to further develop the platform's scalability, usability, accessibility, learning analytics, and multi-platform delivery, as well as integrate it with additional tools and validate its use in large-scale real-world scenarios to build a sustainable open courseware content creation ecosystem.
The document discusses ways to improve communication and engagement to scale up the impacts of research programs. It outlines communicating through a variety of channels to reach different audiences, from social media and websites to workshops and field work. It also emphasizes tailoring communications to different contexts and levels, from projects to landscapes to global. The document provides examples of communication products and engagement strategies used by the Water Land and Ecosystems research program.
Enhancing and hindering factors in effective WASH in Schools, Nakuru Kenya IRC
This document summarizes a meeting focused on supporting water sanitation and hygiene services in schools. The main topics discussed were the building blocks for successful WASH in schools programs, including child-friendly facilities, hygiene education, community partnerships, long-term planning, and enabling policies. Key challenges and remaining issues were also addressed. Finally, the document outlines key messages around increasing investment in WASH programs, engaging policymakers, involving multiple stakeholders, demonstrating quality projects, monitoring programs, and contributing evidence.
The document outlines Greece's National Framework for Quality Assurance in Lifelong Learning. It establishes strategic objectives like universal participation and quality in education. The framework defines quality across three axes: inputs, processes, and outputs. It provides principles like education being attractive, effective, connected to labor market needs, and sustainable. Quality will be measured using indicators like adult participation, satisfaction levels, relevance of qualifications, and use of innovative teaching methods. Educational institutions are asked to align with the principles, measure indicators, review quality systems, and provide data for national monitoring and evaluation.
Dissemination of project results is important for three main reasons: 1) to support EU policies and demonstrate how research funding contributes to innovation by creating jobs and technologies; 2) to comply with contractual obligations to disseminate results, as described in funding proposals and agreements; and 3) to benefit project partners and consortiums by generating demand, opportunities for collaboration, and visibility for partner organizations.
Open educational resources provide several benefits including reducing costs for students and instructors, increasing access for those unable to afford textbooks, encouraging sharing of ideas and materials, allowing for feedback to improve resources over time, and providing a large volume of available materials. Some challenges to open educational resources include ensuring the quality of materials, managing licensing and proper attribution, limited availability for niche courses, the time required to locate and curate resources, and that published textbooks can be more convenient to use for instructing.
Eu reference framework on sustainable cities testing overviewKit England
The document discusses Newcastle's testing of the EU Reference Framework on Sustainable Cities (EURFSC) toolkit. The toolkit was developed to help cities implement the goals of the Leipzig Charter and other EU agreements calling for an integrated approach to sustainability across social, governance, economic and environmental areas. Newcastle will test 5 tools from the toolkit by applying them to various city strategies and plans over workshops from now until September. The document outlines Newcastle's planned workshops and seeks feedback on the toolkit's tools and their usefulness.
The document discusses the Open Policy Network (OPN), which aims to foster the creation and adoption of open policies that advance the public good. The OPN does this by supporting advocates, organizations, and policymakers. It connects policy opportunities with those who can provide assistance. The OPN has 49 institutional members and is funded in part by the Hewlett Foundation. It operates based on four key tenets: that publicly funded resources should be openly licensed, resources funded by foundations should be openly licensed, the default should be open policies via funding requirements, and content should use CC BY licensing while data uses CC0.
The presentation introduces some guidelines that aim to facilitate the adoption of OER and open educational practices within adult education institutions, together with some good practices.
The document summarizes lessons learned from an experiment in 2011. It notes there was positive feedback from participants, variable quality of input, and low technology costs. While some new people participated, the quality of discussions could be improved. Lessons included maintaining continuous experimentation, adopting open tools, and identifying intermediaries to help discussions. It also notes the need to better connect stakeholders, move from event-focused to policy-focused engagement, and fully describe the impact of participation.
Gender research in the Livestock and Fish research programILRI
The document summarizes gender research in the Livestock and Fish research program. It outlines that the program's gender strategy was approved in 2013 and has guided projects and activities. Achievements include developing tools for gendered value chain analysis, training partners in 6 countries, and preparing publications. The vision is to appreciate gender research for enhancing livelihoods, recognize effectiveness and equity, allocate appropriate budgets, and include gender indicators in monitoring. Implementation challenges around capacity, data collection, and funding are addressed through strategies like training, tool development, and developing funding proposals. Partnerships with universities and NGOs are formed to build capacity and scale interventions.
This document discusses Topic Working Groups (TWGs) within the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). TWGs are intended to foster learning and knowledge sharing across different river basins on specific topics of interest. The document outlines what TWGs are and are not, provides examples of successful TWG structures and activities, and discusses how basin leaders and project teams can engage with and support TWGs within their own river basins.
28_09_2018 eMadrid seminar on MOOCs by Héctor R. Amado, Galileo UniversityeMadrid network
«Experiences from two hybrids postgraduates deegres using MOOCs. Unbundling higher education with internationalization». eMadrid seminar on «MOOCs as part of the future of digital learning» at UNED, as part of LWMOOCS Conference
Selecting and managing multiple new media platformsRod Gammon
Presentation given at 2010 International Group of Educational Publishers (IGEP) conference. Discusses developing courses with multiple new media components, and pairing of technologies to educational context.
Campos Puppo ofrece la venta de campos y terrenos en todo Uruguay, con las mejores pasturas del país. Proporcionan todo tipo de campos y terrenos a la venta en diferentes zonas de Uruguay.
Vancouver League of Drupallers - Remembering the User (August 2008)baronmunchowsen
Slides from a presentation I gave at the August 2008 meeting of the Vancouver Group of Drupallers (http://groups.drupal.org/vancouver) which covers 4 simple ways to enhance drupal for users of your drupal websites.
N.B. I have removed screenshots and video unfortunately, but the code and links are there.
Presentation on how WLE is building upon and carrying forward CPWF lessons and initiatives, by Andrew Noble, WLE director, at CPWF's final grant event at IFAD in October 2014.
The document outlines objectives and activities for increasing communications around the eTwinning program, which aims to increase the number of schools involved in collaborative projects. It discusses producing a multi-year communications strategy and annual plans to disseminate the impact of eTwinning through events, publications, and other materials. It also proposes forming five working groups to focus on key communications areas like tools, events, recruiting new teachers, campaigns, and links to other programs.
Developing a sustainable OER ecosystem in HEcetisli
This presentation was for the Open Ed conference 2010. It was to examine the sustainability issues in UKOER projects and to develop a sustainable OER ecosystem in HE
This document outlines the Erasmus+ program for school education sector mobility partnerships. It describes the types of projects which include strategic partnerships supporting innovation or exchange of good practices. School mobility partnerships aim to develop networks and increase capacity for transnational cooperation. Eligible projects must address priorities like improving basic skills or early childhood education. School mobility partnerships last 12-24 months for 2 or more schools in different countries and involve individual contracts per school. The application process involves partnership between schools and is submitted by a coordinating organization.
The Users’ Led Process: Instrument to develop and sustain research and innova...Francois Stepman
14-15 September 2017. Uganda. Muyonyo Speke Resort Hotel. The EAFF/East African Farmer Federation Congress organized its 4th conference on Small holder farmers to harness new investments; partnerships and innovations to enhance value chain ownership, productivity and market integration
A side event was held related to PAEPARD: Linking research to application within the extensive livestock value chain.
Dr. Alexander Mikroyannidis presented the SlideWiki platform for collaborative open courseware authoring. SlideWiki aims to make educational content more accessible, interactive, and qualitative by empowering communities of educators to author, share, and reuse content. The goals of the project are to further develop the platform's scalability, usability, accessibility, learning analytics, and multi-platform delivery, as well as integrate it with additional tools and validate its use in large-scale real-world scenarios to build a sustainable open courseware content creation ecosystem.
The document discusses ways to improve communication and engagement to scale up the impacts of research programs. It outlines communicating through a variety of channels to reach different audiences, from social media and websites to workshops and field work. It also emphasizes tailoring communications to different contexts and levels, from projects to landscapes to global. The document provides examples of communication products and engagement strategies used by the Water Land and Ecosystems research program.
Enhancing and hindering factors in effective WASH in Schools, Nakuru Kenya IRC
This document summarizes a meeting focused on supporting water sanitation and hygiene services in schools. The main topics discussed were the building blocks for successful WASH in schools programs, including child-friendly facilities, hygiene education, community partnerships, long-term planning, and enabling policies. Key challenges and remaining issues were also addressed. Finally, the document outlines key messages around increasing investment in WASH programs, engaging policymakers, involving multiple stakeholders, demonstrating quality projects, monitoring programs, and contributing evidence.
The document outlines Greece's National Framework for Quality Assurance in Lifelong Learning. It establishes strategic objectives like universal participation and quality in education. The framework defines quality across three axes: inputs, processes, and outputs. It provides principles like education being attractive, effective, connected to labor market needs, and sustainable. Quality will be measured using indicators like adult participation, satisfaction levels, relevance of qualifications, and use of innovative teaching methods. Educational institutions are asked to align with the principles, measure indicators, review quality systems, and provide data for national monitoring and evaluation.
Dissemination of project results is important for three main reasons: 1) to support EU policies and demonstrate how research funding contributes to innovation by creating jobs and technologies; 2) to comply with contractual obligations to disseminate results, as described in funding proposals and agreements; and 3) to benefit project partners and consortiums by generating demand, opportunities for collaboration, and visibility for partner organizations.
Open educational resources provide several benefits including reducing costs for students and instructors, increasing access for those unable to afford textbooks, encouraging sharing of ideas and materials, allowing for feedback to improve resources over time, and providing a large volume of available materials. Some challenges to open educational resources include ensuring the quality of materials, managing licensing and proper attribution, limited availability for niche courses, the time required to locate and curate resources, and that published textbooks can be more convenient to use for instructing.
Eu reference framework on sustainable cities testing overviewKit England
The document discusses Newcastle's testing of the EU Reference Framework on Sustainable Cities (EURFSC) toolkit. The toolkit was developed to help cities implement the goals of the Leipzig Charter and other EU agreements calling for an integrated approach to sustainability across social, governance, economic and environmental areas. Newcastle will test 5 tools from the toolkit by applying them to various city strategies and plans over workshops from now until September. The document outlines Newcastle's planned workshops and seeks feedback on the toolkit's tools and their usefulness.
The document discusses the Open Policy Network (OPN), which aims to foster the creation and adoption of open policies that advance the public good. The OPN does this by supporting advocates, organizations, and policymakers. It connects policy opportunities with those who can provide assistance. The OPN has 49 institutional members and is funded in part by the Hewlett Foundation. It operates based on four key tenets: that publicly funded resources should be openly licensed, resources funded by foundations should be openly licensed, the default should be open policies via funding requirements, and content should use CC BY licensing while data uses CC0.
The presentation introduces some guidelines that aim to facilitate the adoption of OER and open educational practices within adult education institutions, together with some good practices.
The document summarizes lessons learned from an experiment in 2011. It notes there was positive feedback from participants, variable quality of input, and low technology costs. While some new people participated, the quality of discussions could be improved. Lessons included maintaining continuous experimentation, adopting open tools, and identifying intermediaries to help discussions. It also notes the need to better connect stakeholders, move from event-focused to policy-focused engagement, and fully describe the impact of participation.
Gender research in the Livestock and Fish research programILRI
The document summarizes gender research in the Livestock and Fish research program. It outlines that the program's gender strategy was approved in 2013 and has guided projects and activities. Achievements include developing tools for gendered value chain analysis, training partners in 6 countries, and preparing publications. The vision is to appreciate gender research for enhancing livelihoods, recognize effectiveness and equity, allocate appropriate budgets, and include gender indicators in monitoring. Implementation challenges around capacity, data collection, and funding are addressed through strategies like training, tool development, and developing funding proposals. Partnerships with universities and NGOs are formed to build capacity and scale interventions.
This document discusses Topic Working Groups (TWGs) within the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). TWGs are intended to foster learning and knowledge sharing across different river basins on specific topics of interest. The document outlines what TWGs are and are not, provides examples of successful TWG structures and activities, and discusses how basin leaders and project teams can engage with and support TWGs within their own river basins.
28_09_2018 eMadrid seminar on MOOCs by Héctor R. Amado, Galileo UniversityeMadrid network
«Experiences from two hybrids postgraduates deegres using MOOCs. Unbundling higher education with internationalization». eMadrid seminar on «MOOCs as part of the future of digital learning» at UNED, as part of LWMOOCS Conference
Selecting and managing multiple new media platformsRod Gammon
Presentation given at 2010 International Group of Educational Publishers (IGEP) conference. Discusses developing courses with multiple new media components, and pairing of technologies to educational context.
Campos Puppo ofrece la venta de campos y terrenos en todo Uruguay, con las mejores pasturas del país. Proporcionan todo tipo de campos y terrenos a la venta en diferentes zonas de Uruguay.
Vancouver League of Drupallers - Remembering the User (August 2008)baronmunchowsen
Slides from a presentation I gave at the August 2008 meeting of the Vancouver Group of Drupallers (http://groups.drupal.org/vancouver) which covers 4 simple ways to enhance drupal for users of your drupal websites.
N.B. I have removed screenshots and video unfortunately, but the code and links are there.
The document describes an open house event called Dare2BDigital that combines elements of an open house, social networking, and games. The event aims to showcase educational technology programs, courses, and success stories from BC public post-secondary institutions online in order to highlight good examples of educational technology usage, development processes, and new technologies.
1. The document discusses corporate blogging, providing statistics on corporate blogs and reasons why companies should have blogs.
2. It outlines the benefits of corporate blogging such as inexpensive knowledge management, relationship building, and marketing. Blogs can be used to share company information, projects, and expertise.
3. Examples are given of large tech companies like Microsoft and HP that have many employee blogs. Guidelines are provided for setting up effective corporate blogs around content, maintenance, and marketing.
Study: The Future of VR, AR and Self-Driving CarsLinkedIn
We asked LinkedIn members worldwide about their levels of interest in the latest wave of technology: whether they’re using wearables, and whether they intend to buy self-driving cars and VR headsets as they become available. We asked them too about their attitudes to technology and to the growing role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the devices that they use. The answers were fascinating – and in many cases, surprising.
This SlideShare explores the full results of this study, including detailed market-by-market breakdowns of intention levels for each technology – and how attitudes change with age, location and seniority level. If you’re marketing a tech brand – or planning to use VR and wearables to reach a professional audience – then these are insights you won’t want to miss.
Open Educational Practice – opportunities for the HE sectorOEPScotland
The document summarizes the Opening Educational Practices in Scotland (OEPS) project. The 3-year project aimed to enhance Scotland's reputation for openly licensed educational materials and share best practices around open educational resources (OER) and practices (OEP). It worked with over 60 partners to develop exemplar open courses using co-design approaches. The project found interest among partners in using and creating OER to address gaps, support professional development, and enable knowledge exchange. It highlighted opportunities for OER to support new curriculum models and scale in the Scottish higher education sector.