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Macdonald, Janet; Campbell, Anne – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
The introduction of new online technologies in Higher Education brings many challenges for staff, not only in learning new functionality, but in deciding how to use tools in pedagogically effective ways. This case study describes an initiative at the Open University (UK), which set out to provide professional development in the use of an online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Online Courses, Teacher Collaboration
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Lane, Andy; McAndrew, Patrick – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
Open educational resources (OER) raise many similar issues for education to those that have surrounded Learning Objects (LO). However the greater use and availability of digital technologies and open licensing seems to be enabling OER to have wider acceptance into individual and institutional teaching practice. While the need for appropriate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Change Agents, Educational Technology