There is no single definition of open education practice. However, broadly speaking, open education practice (OEP) encompasses teaching techniques and academic practices that draw on open technologies, pedagogical approaches, and open educational resources (OER) to facilitate collaborative and flexible learning. OEP may involve both teachers and learners engaging in the co-creation of learning experiences, participating in online peer communities, using, creating, and sharing open educational resources (OER), sharing experiences and professional practices, and engaging with open scholarship.
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Toward a Quality Framework for Open Educational Resources (OER): Application of the TIPS and Kahn's Quality Frameworks
Ebba S. I. Ossiannilsson (Swedish Association for Distance Education, Sweden)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7607-6.ch004
Abstract
In November 2019, a milestone was reached when UNESCO's Open Educational Resources (OER) Recommendations for implementation was adopted by almost 200 member countries. At this time, OER was redefined as the following: learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium publicly available or subject to copyright and published under an open license that allows free access, reuse, adaptation, and redistribution by others. This conceptual chapter focuses on OER in relation to quality frameworks, particularly the e-learning framework and model developed by Kahn, as well as the TIPS a four-level framework for teaching and learning (T), information and material content (I), presentation product and format (P), and system technique and technology (S) framework by Commonwealth Education Media Center for Asia (CEMCA). Future and emerging trends in the fields of open education and OER are highlighted.