E-Learning and Digital Media
2013 Volume 10, Number 2
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 7
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What's Educational about Open Educational Resources? Different Theoretical Lenses for Conceptualizing Learning with OER
Stefanie Panke & Tina Seufert
In the last decade, the concept of Open Educational Resources (OER) has gained an undeniable momentum. However, it is an easy trap to confuse download and registration rates with actual learning... More
pp. 116-134
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"It's Not Their Job to Share Content": A Case Study of the Role of Senior Students in Adapting Teaching Materials as Open Educational Resources at the University of Cape Town
Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams & Michael Paskevicius
Inspired by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's landmark decision to make its teaching and learning materials freely available to the public as OpenCourseWare (OCW), many other higher ... More
pp. 135-147
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Researching Resistance to Open Education Resource Contribution: An Activity Theory Approach
Glenda Cox
Higher education and associated institutions are beginning to share teaching materials known as Open Educational Resources (OER) or open courseware across the globe. Their success depends largely... More
pp. 148-160
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Learning and Open Educational Resources: A Psychological Perspective
Melody M. Terras, Judith Ramsay & Elizabeth Boyle
The provision of Open Educational Resources (OER) means that learning horizons are no longer restricted by time and space. However, if the learning potential of OER is to be fully realised,... More
pp. 161-173
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From Learning in Coffee Houses to Learning with Open Educational Resources
Sandra Peter & Lesley Farrell
What is "open" about Open Educational Resources? How does education become "open" when it is removed from the institutional housing of the school or the university and develops ... More
pp. 174-189
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Open Education and "Bildung" as Kindred Spirits
Markus Deimann
Among the most important of the tremendous changes that have been taken place in teaching and learning throughout recent years has been a move towards 'openness' in education. This... More
pp. 190-199
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"Open Learning 2.0"? Aligning Student, Teacher and Content for Openness in Education
Norm Friesen & Judith Murray
The mission of Thompson Rivers University Open Learning (TRU-OL) can be understood in terms of three entities: the student, the faculty member and the curriculum content. Their conjuncture--when a ... More
pp. 200-207