May 2008: JIME Special Issue: Researching open content in education

From the Editorial: "Just as open source has had a huge impact on the software we use, the open content approach to releasing material and tools for free use offers great potential for the way we educate. Open Educational Resources (OER) from universities have grown in importance through the action of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in its eight year programme to support projects and initiatives across the world. As the field has developed and significant investment is now planned by organizations and other funders it is clear that there is a need to reflect on results and report on research actions." Edited by Patrick McAndrew, Steve Godwin, Alexandra Okada, and Andreia Santos.

Table of Contents

Articles

JIME Editorial: Researching Open Content for Education HTML PDF
Patrick McAndrew, Stephen Godwin, Andreia I. Santos, Alexandra L. P. Okada
MSG Instant Messenger: Social Presence and Location for the "Ad Hoc Learning Experience" HTML PDF
Alex Little, Chris Denham, Marc Eisenstadt
The TESSA OER Experience: Building sustainable models of production and user implementation HTML PDF
Freda J. Wolfenden
Finding your way into an open online learning community HTML PDF
John van der Baaren, Robert Schuwer, Paul Kirschner, Maaike Hendriks
Using learning design as a framework for supporting the design and reuse of OER HTML PDF
GrĂ¡inne Conole, Martin Weller
Action research as a congruent methodology for understanding wikis: the case of Wikiversity HTML PDF
Cormac Lawler
Building Open Educational Resources from the Ground Up: South Africa's Free High School Science Texts HTML PDF
Lisa Petrides, Cynthia Jimes
Videoconferencing in Open Learning HTML PDF
Eleftheria Tomadaki, Kevin A. Quick, Peter J. Scott
The Open Learning Object model to promote Open Educational Resources HTML PDF
Giovanni Fulantelli, Manuel Gentile, Davide Taibi, Mario Allegra
Knowledge Cartography for Open Sensemaking Communities HTML PDF
Simon Buckingham Shum, Alexandra Okada
The Discourses of OERs: how flat is this world? HTML PDF
Andreia Inamorato dos Santos
Participatory design in open education: a workshop model for developing a pattern language HTML PDF
Yishay Mor, Niall Winters
JIME - The Open Learning Initiative: Measuring the Effectiveness of the OLI Statistics Course in Accelerating Student Learning HTML PDF
Marsha Lovett, Oded Meyer, Candace Thille


ISSN: 1365-893X