Based in: University of Southampton, School of Electronics & Computer Science. My channels: @KellyATerrell Personal Blog site: Digital Education KAT Passionate about: open educational resources, digital education, technology innovation A bit about me: I am the strategy and technical lead for EdShare – an open digital content platform for teaching and learning materials built on […] View Article
Leave a commentAn opportunity to hear about open practices in education and to discuss barriers to adoption as part of Open Education week 2019. We will be joined by Shona Whyte, Associate Professor of English at Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France who will share her findings from research into teacher adoption of open practices. Her presentation is […] View Article
Leave a commentBased in: Open Universiteit, Netherlands – see below for update. Passionate about: Intercultural Learning, Open Virtual Mobility, Virtual Exchanges, Collaborative Open Learning, and Open Educational Practices Open network: My channels Recommends: Trying connecting courses through virtual exchange with an international course. Instructors and administration learn so much about themselves, students, the educational systems in both countries, […] View Article
Leave a commentBased in: University of Warwick School of Modern Languages and Cultures Passionate about: Learning through connected practice, languages and communication, fixing copyright, the open web, opening doors! Open network: My channels Recommends: Using social media to meet new and interesting folk with a passion for learning. When I first heard about open education at […] View Article
Leave a commentBased in: The Open University, UK Open network: @crumphelen helencrump. Passionate about: critical education, walking and camping. I’m currently in my second year of a PhD. I’m investigating the idea of selfOER that Suzan Koseoglu and Maha Bali proposed at OER16. Basically, it sees openness as a way of being or as a […] View Article
Leave a commentInstitution in betweeny Role committee member – temporarily taking a break from Co-Chair role Passionate about being open, medical science, jazz Connect @VivienRolfe vivrolfe.com I’m a gut physiologist who has wandered through my working life looking for new gigs. I’ve worked in hospitals, universities and industry. This blog post finds me at […] View Article
2 CommentsAt a time when social media is playing an important role in mediating opportunities for professional development, dissemination of practice and international, intra-institutional collaboration, this tweet chat will share examples of what it means to support learning and collaborate in the open. It will be part of the activities in the #altc winter conference and […] View Article
Leave a commentMessage from Teresa The committee members of the Open Education Special Interest group would like to get to know you. In the coming months we will each post a profile to tell you more about who we are and why we support opening up education. Here’s our first fabulous post! Name Debbie Baff Institution Senior […] View Article
Leave a comment2017/18 ( Alphabetical Order) Look out for our new series of blog posts highlighting members of our lovely committee … Coming Soon Debbie Baff ( Co-Chair and Secretary) Terese Bird ( Influencing Champion) Alastair Clark (Advisory Capacity) Helen Crump Teresa MacKinnon (Chair) Ella Mitchell ( Open Practice Champion) Thomas Palmer ( ALT) Paul Richardson Vivien […] View Article
Leave a comment“Destroying open ed” That was the title of the workshop I attended virtually at #opened17 this year. Taking place in California, the timing in the UK was a challenge as it would start at 11.30pm on a Friday night. Would I manage to stay awake sufficiently to take part? The format was experimental based […] View Article
Leave a commentThis summer the Open Ed Sig is hosting a webinar which brings together people from across the many Open Education communities in order to facilitate a discussion of our shared values. The Open Ed Sig, having attempted to make the many facets of open communities visible through this “Joining the dots” initiative, invited representatives from […] View Article
2 CommentsThis ALT Open Education SIG webinar is shared with FELTAG SIG and is part of a series of webinars ALT is organising in support of the FELTAG Movement. Thursday 15th June, 1pm View recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2017-06-15.0531.M.39572659483D2F3A05887B43B73705.vcr&sid=7565 The promise of open educational resources is attractive – a cornucopia of free resources, alternative explanations, different media, different […] View Article
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