Abstract:
Much as happened with open software, there has been a global attitude shift in the education community toward the open sharing of educational courses and resources. As th...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Much as happened with open software, there has been a global attitude shift in the education community toward the open sharing of educational courses and resources. As the largest public distance education university in Spain, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) has had a clear commitment to open learning and content since its very beginnings. Its open courseware (OCW) portal was started in 2006 and has received several prizes for its innovative content. During this period, the OCW materials were used to supplement standard teaching in a variety of educational applications, among them induction and competence transfer courses. These initiatives have been used as a starting point for a comprehensive open educational resource (OER) policy at UNED. Efforts to foster OER initiatives are collected in the project called UNED Abierta (Open UNED). UNED currently publishes its open resources in various platforms and formats, such as iTunes U, MOOC, and OpenCourseWare. This paper presents UNED's experience in OER and describes how it is tackling the new challenges in OER creation and distribution.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Education ( Volume: 57, Issue: 4, November 2014)
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- IEEE Keywords
- Index Terms
- Open Educational Resources ,
- Open Courseware ,
- University Education ,
- Education Courses ,
- Massive Open Online Courses ,
- Open Resources ,
- Variety Of Teaching ,
- Virtually ,
- Social Networks ,
- Higher Education ,
- Social Dimensions ,
- Web Site ,
- Communication Tools ,
- Lifelong Learning ,
- Online Courses ,
- Informal Learning ,
- Direct Support ,
- Virtual Communities ,
- Learning Management System ,
- Open Courses ,
- Creative Commons License ,
- Introductory Course ,
- Nature Of The Project ,
- Innovation Platform ,
- YouTube
- Author Keywords
Keywords assist with retrieval of results and provide a means to discovering other relevant content. Learn more.
- IEEE Keywords
- Index Terms
- Open Educational Resources ,
- Open Courseware ,
- University Education ,
- Education Courses ,
- Massive Open Online Courses ,
- Open Resources ,
- Variety Of Teaching ,
- Virtually ,
- Social Networks ,
- Higher Education ,
- Social Dimensions ,
- Web Site ,
- Communication Tools ,
- Lifelong Learning ,
- Online Courses ,
- Informal Learning ,
- Direct Support ,
- Virtual Communities ,
- Learning Management System ,
- Open Courses ,
- Creative Commons License ,
- Introductory Course ,
- Nature Of The Project ,
- Innovation Platform ,
- YouTube
- Author Keywords