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Open Education and the Sustainable Development Goals: Making Change Happen
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
Education for All has been a concept at the heart of international development since 1990 and has found its latest instantiation within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as SDG 4, ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable ...
Willingness to Engage in Open Educational Practices Among Academics in Rwandan Public Higher Education and Responsive Actions
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
Academics’ engagement in Open Educational Practices (OEPs) is critical for opening up higher education. It is in this perspective that the willingness to engage in such practices among academics in Rwandan public higher ...
Can New Modes of Digital Learning Help Resolve the Teacher Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa?
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)
Sub-Saharan Africa, more than any other part of the world, is experiencing a crisis in finding sufficiently qualified teachers to meet the needs of expanding school systems. The professional development support provided ...
Turkish Teachers' Awareness and Perceptions of Open Educational Resources
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
The purpose of this study is to explore K-12 teachers’ awareness of open educational resources (OER) as well as their perceptions of its potential opportunities and challenges for teaching practices. Data were gathered ...
Book Review: Promoting Use and Contribution of Open Educational Resources
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
The current movement toward Open Educational Resources (OER) has a long historical precedence in the open education movements including that of the provision of equality of educational opportunity, recognising, though, ...
Higher Education Faculty Attitude, Motivation and Perception of Quality and Barriers Towards OER in India
(African Minds;ROER4D;International Development Research Centre, 2017-10)
The premise of this study is that teachers’ conceptions of the quality of Open Educational Resources (OER) and their attitudes and motivations towards using OER will influence whether and how they use and/or contribute ...
Designing Reflective Practice in the Context of OER-based e-Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)
Much is said about the importance of reflective practice especially in the professions. Yet much of what happens as part of reflective practice in the professions such as teaching is most of the time left to chance. ...