Guide to Blended Learning
The Guide to Blended Learning is an introduction using technology and distance education teaching strategies with traditional, face-to-face classroom activities. This Guide has been designed to assist teachers adopt blended learning strategies through a step-by-step approach taking constructivist and design-based approach and reflecting on decisions taken to provide authentic learning... more
UNESCO Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER)
UNESCO members states unanimously approved the OER Recommendation on November 29, 2019. It is the first international normative instrument to embrace the field of openly licensed educational materials and technologies in education and builds on almost two decades of UNESCO work on OER. The Recommendation pinpoints five essential areas of action to build and sustain a worldwide OER ecosystem... more
Management Accounting - Kenyatta University
This course has been designed to equip you with necessary knowledge, skills and attitude to effectively use resources and become an effective decision maker in an organizational context in the modern business environment. Moodle backup avilable here [1] [1] https://www.oerafrica.org/resource/management-accounting more
Management Accounting
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Learning for Development in the Context of South Africa: Considerations for Open Education Resources in Improving Higher Education Outcomes
Education is at the core of South Africa’s national development. The National Development Plan recognizes the potential of education to transform individuals and drive attainment of other development goals. The country’s higher education system is characterized by low participation and high attrition. This presents challenges for the attainment of targets set by the NDP. A number of Open... more
Exploring the Business Case for Open Educational Resources
This study was commissioned by the Commonwealth of Learning as an input to the World OER Congress organized by UNESCO in June 2012. The authors, Neil Butcher and Sarah Hoose situate the contribution of OER in the wider context of the challenges facing education at all levels in an era of economic stringency. They relate OER to the realities of the teaching-learning process, arguing that... more
Open Educational Resources (OER): Guidance for Institutional Decision Makers in Developing an OER Strategy
In the hope of reducing ever-rising educational costs, more universities are turning to open educational resources (OER) as a means of minimizing the financial burden on students. Although initially a transition to OER may seem like a quick economic fix for reducing costs and increasing resource accessibility, it brings with it a variety of multi-layered issues - e.g., copyright and... more
Open educational resources and college textbook choices: A review of research on efficacy and perceptions
Textbooks are a vital component in many higher education contexts. Increasing textbook prices, coupled with general rising costs of higher education have led some instructors to experiment with substituting open educational resources (OER) for commercial textbooks as their primary class curriculum. This article synthesizes the results of 16 studies that examine either (1) the influence of... more
Open Educational Practices: A Literature Review
Despite the benefits to the adoption of open textbooks, other OER, and open educational practices, there has not yet been widespread uptake of these materials and methods. (Paradis, 2014) This paper will serve as a review of existing literature, exploring: ● what open education means in current contexts ● what problems the integration of open educational materials may help negate... more
Open Pathways to Student Success: Academic Library Partnerships for Open Educational Resources and Affordable Course Content Creation and Adoption
This paper explores the current state of open educational resources (OER) including notable library-lead and multi-institutional programs. The potential for OER and affordable course material creation and adoption programs to impact student retention and persistence is examined. Potential additional partnerships and future directions for library-lead programs are discussed as well as the... more
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