Copyright
Patrick Blessinger; TJ Bliss;Published On
2016-12-19ISBN
Language
- English
Print Length
378 pages (xxii + 356)Dimensions
Weight
Media
OCLC Number
969036388LCCN
2019452608BIC
- JNQ
- JNV
- JNM
- JNF
BISAC
- EDU041000
LCC
- LC5803.C65
Keywords
- open education
- democratisation
- open technologies
- open access
- inclusion
- social justice
Powered by Thoth.Open Education
International Perspectives in Higher Education
- Patrick Blessinger (editor)
- TJ Bliss (editor)
This insightful collection of essays explores the ways in which open education can democratise access to education for all. It is a rich resource that offers both research and case studies to relate the application of open technologies and approaches in education settings around the world. Global in perspective, this book argues strongly for the value of open education in both the developed and developing worlds. Through a mixture of theoretical and practical approaches, it demonstrates that open education promotes ideals of inclusion, diversity, and social justice to achieve the vision of education as a fundamental human right. A must-read for practitioners, policy-makers, scholars and students in the field of education.
Endorsements
Open Education provides a great mix of research and authentic application of "open" in education which is global in perspective. The contributions provide insightful evidence that open education as ecosystem is on the tipping point of crossing the chasm from sharing to learn to learning to share. This book is a must read for those who care about more sustainable education futures showing that open is a viable pathway to realising education as a fundamental human right.
Wayne Mackintosh
Founding Director of the OER Foundation and the OER Universitas
Additional Resources
Table of Contents
Foreword
David Wiley
Preface
Patrick Blessinger and TJ Bliss
1. Introduction to Open Education: Towards a Human Rights Theory
Patrick Blessinger and TJ Bliss
2. Emancipation through Open Education: Rhetoric or Reality?
Andy Lane
3. Technology Strategies for Open Educational Resource Dissemination
Phil Barker and Lorna M. Campbell
4. Identifying Categories of Open Educational Resource Users
Martin Weller, Beatriz de los Arcos, Rob Farrow, Rebecca Pitt and Patrick McAndrew
5. Situated Learning in Open Communities: The TED Open Translation Project
Lidia Cámara de la Fuente and Anna Comas-Quinn
6. Educational Policy and Open Educational Practice in Australian Higher Education
Adrian Stagg and Carina Bossu
7. The Identified Informal Learner: Recognizing Assessed Learning in the Open
Patrina Law
8. Transformation of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education towards Open Learning Arenas: A Question of Quality
Ebba Ossiannilsson, Zehra Altinay, and Fahriye Altinay
9. Three Approaches to Open Textbook Development
Rajiv S. Jhangiani, Arthur G. Green, and John D. Belshaw
10. What Does It Mean to Open Education? Perspectives on Using Open Educational Resources at a US Public University
Linda Vanasupa, Amy Wiley, Lizabeth Schlemer, Dana Ospina, Peter Schwartz, Deborah Wilhelm, Catherine Waitinas and Kellie Hall
11. Expanding Access to Science Field-Based Research Techniques for Students at a Distance through Open Educational Resources
Audeliz Matias, Kevin Woo, and Nathan Whitley-Grassi
12. A Practitioner’s Guide to Open Educational Resources: A Case Study
Howard Miller
13. Open Assessment Resources for Deeper Learning
David Gibson, Dirk Ifenthaler, and Davor Orlic
14. Promoting Open Science and Research in Higher Education: A Finnish Perspective
Ilkka Väänänen and Kati Peltonen
15. Credentials for Open Learning: Scalability and Validity
Mika Hoffman and Ruth Olmsted
16. Open Education Practice at the University of Southern Queensland
Ken Udas, Helen Partridge and Adrian Stagg
Index