Keeping the doors of learning open COVID-19
With an increasing number of states, provinces and even whole countries closing institutions of learning as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, 363 million learners…
Tag: OER
Six Nigerian states to pilot open schooling system
Image: Dr Tony Mays – Education Specialist: Open Schooling – Commonwealth of Learning The Federal Government has selected six northern states for the pilot phase…
Webinar: UN UNESCO OER Recommendations, the Way Forward for Member Countries
195 UNESCO member states adopted the UNESCO Recommendation for Future International Collaboration in the field of Open Educational Resources (OER) in November 2019. This is…
Reflection on Creative Commons and OER: Namibia
My first introduction to the use of Creative Commons (CC) licenses and the development of Open Educational Resources (OER) was with the involvement of the…
World’s Largest Lesson in 2017
World’s Largest Lesson introduces the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to children and young people everywhere and unites them in action. 17 Global Goals to achieve…
Notesmaster: Open Educational Resources 4 Open Schools
Click on the link below or scan the code to access this resource: https://goo.gl/6ICMcq The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Open Schools Initiative launched an…
Open Textbooks: The Current State of Play
This short paper focuses on the use of open textbooks, one form of OER, and highlights the trend of increase use across different types of…
A Review of the Effectiveness & Perceptions of Open Educational Resources vs Commercial Textbooks
Parents and students spend a lot of money on commercial textbooks. Alternatives to the expensive textbooks that come from commercial publishers include open textbooks and…