Resources and more to watch, read, and research
Sources on OER and re-use:
- Jisc/HEA OER Infokit https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836480/Home
- JISC Case Studies of OER use http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/oer2/casestudies.aspx
- OER Impact Map
http://oermap.org/ - Walker & Manton (2011) OERs: the value of re-use in Higher Education http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/elearning/oer/OERTheValueOfReuseInHigherEducation.pdf
- JISC OER Programme projects http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/oer2.aspx
- Universal Design for Learning http://www.cast.org/udl/ (see especially the UDL Guidelines and video, linked on the right of this page). http://www.udlcenter.org/sites/udlcenter.org/files/updateguidelines2_0.pdf – useful summary
On accessibility and design
- JISC advisory service on inclusion http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/home
- Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for inclusion and accessibility: http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/technologymatters/FOSS
- Access Apps http://eduapps.org/?page_id=52
- Accessible technology intitiative: http://www.calstate.edu/accessibility/resources/
- Technology and Universal design: http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/technology.html
- Accessible technology training: http://www.ada-audio.org/Webinar/AccessibleTechnology/Schedule/
- Universal Design http://www.udlcenter.org
On technology and platforms
- Hepplestone, S., Holden, G., Irwin, B., Parkin, H. J., & Thorpe, L. (2011). Using technology to encourage student engagement with feedback: a literature review. Research in Learning Technology, 19(2). http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/10347
- Terrion, J. L., & Aceti, V. (2012). Perceptions of the effects of clicker technology on student learning and engagement: a study of freshmen Chemistry students. Research in Learning Technology, 20. http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/16150
- Case Study of iTunes U at Oxford University http://www.open.ac.uk/score/files/score/file/Case%20Study%20of%20iTunes%20U%20Deployment%20Oxford.pdf
- Critique of Open Source vs Closed Source software development: http://www.unterstein.net/su/docs/CathBaz.pdf (This is an excerpt from Eric Raymond’s 2001 The Cathedral and the Bazaar.)
- Platform Pedagogy pages:
- Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/about
- Moodle: http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Philosophy
- Lugton, M. (2012) What is a MOOC? What are the different types of MOOC? xMOOCs and cMOOCs
- HarvardX’s and MITx’s MOOC Data Visualized and Mapped (EdTech, 2014), and Harvard and MIT release working papers on open online courses (edX, 2014)
- Integrative Technologies Project (University of Exeter/JISC, 2011) http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/curriculumdelivery/integrate_FinalReport.pdf(details the adoption of technology and the drivers for change)
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