by Lou McGill | Jun 6, 2018 | Synthesis and evaluation project, UKOER pilot phase
Individual Strand synthesis – Isobel Falconer and Karen Smith EVOLUTION project (UCLan) Nationally: Development of a ?UK wide index or database of OERs: Although some materials do exist in an open format these are difficult to identify as there is no index system or...
by Lou McGill | Jun 6, 2018 | Synthesis and evaluation project, UKOER pilot phase
Individual Strand synthesis – Isobel Falconer and Karen Smith Summary Many of the individual strand projects have been engaging directly with learners, either for testing prior to wider release, to build communities, or as producers of OERs.Learners have been drawn...
by Lou McGill | Jun 6, 2018 | Synthesis and evaluation project, UKOER pilot phase
Individual Strand synthesis – Isobel Falconer and Karen Smith Summary The primary focus of the programme has been on release of materials, rather than on use. Hence evidence of demand and use is lacking, and is seen as a major gap in understanding. How OE students...
by Lou McGill | Jun 6, 2018 | Synthesis and evaluation project, UKOER pilot phase
Individual Strand synthesis – Isobel Falconer and Karen Smith Summary The closeness of the resource authors to the resources in the individual projects was evidenced in a lack of articulation of heavy initial quality control before release. Several projects state...
by Lou McGill | Jun 6, 2018 | Synthesis and evaluation project, UKOER pilot phase
Individual Strand synthesis – Isobel Falconer and Karen Smith Summary Projects are using a very wide range of standards due to the wide range of materials being released. Enabling repurposing, including metadata management, means availability of software needs to be...