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Direct linkPitt, Rebecca; Jordan, Katy; de los Arcos, Beatriz; Farrow, Robert; Weller, Martin – Distance Education, 2020
There has been little research into the impact of textbook costs on higher education in the United Kingdom. To better understand textbook use patterns and the issues faced by UK students and educators the UK Open Textbooks Project (2017-2018, http://ukopentextbooks.org/) conducted quantitative survey research with United Kingdom educators in…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Open Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Farrow, Robert; Pitt, Rebecca; Weller, Martin – Education for Information, 2020
The paper introduces the "UK Open Textbooks" project and discusses its success factors with regards to promoting open practice and open pedagogy. Textbooks remain a core part of educational provision in science. Open Textbooks are openly licensed academic textbooks, wherein the digital version is available freely, and the print version…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Innovation, STEM Education
Coughlan, Tim; Pitt, Rebecca; Farrow, Robert – Open Learning, 2019
It has been argued that Open Educational Resources (OER) present opportunities for innovation in education. However, there has been a lack of retrospective analysis of the forms of innovation that can emerge through OER, and the processes and challenges these entail. This paper presents a post-project analysis of the diverse uses and impacts of…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Educational Innovation, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Practices
