Open content for elearning: Cross-institutional collaboration for education and training in a digital environment
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Stewart Marshall, The University of the West Indies, West Indies, Barbados ; Wanjira Kinuthia, Georgia State University, United States ; Griff Richards, Simon Fraser University, Canada
IJEDICT Volume 8, Number 3, ISSN 1814-0556 Publisher: Open Campus, The University of the West Indies, West Indies
Abstract
The University of the West Indies Open Campus and Athabasca University conducted a pilot workshop to see if open educational resources (OER) could be used to construct curricula. UWIOC was interested in increasing distance education offerings and Athabasca University was interested in expanding programming to offer an online graduate program in Instructional Design. A workshop brought a team together to: come to a consensus on the format of module specifications, select appropriate resources, and to report on the feasibility of the approach. The team produced course outlines and specifications for modules using OER. The following were noted: Use of OER sped the aggregation of content; OER are not available for every topic; OER differ from the desired scope and academic level; they vary in media and content quality; and OER that lack clarity of authorship and copyright are difficult to include in courses.
Citation
Marshall, S., Kinuthia, W. & Richards, G. (2012). Open content for elearning: Cross-institutional collaboration for education and training in a digital environment. International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, 8(3), 35-42. Open Campus, The University of the West Indies, West Indies. Retrieved August 10, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/42191/.
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