#opened16 live blog: College Affordability and Social Justice

Preston Davis (aka @LazyPhilosopher) invites us to think about the early days of Western civilisation where philosophers like Plato and Aristotle formed educational institutions on the basis of their own privilege. This kind of system persisted into Roman times, where males with the ability to pay could attend organised schools where they would learn to […]

The Open Research Agenda #opened16

Today at Open Education 2016 I presented the provisional results of a research consultation exercise we have been doing at OER Hub over the last year. Several people asked for copies of the slides, which are available here and on the OER Hub SlideShare account. All feedback welcome. You can still take part in the project […]

#opened16 liveblog: OER Research Fellows Update

This session began with an introduction from John Hilton III, who leads the OER Research Fellows programme. The project is intended to build future research capacity in the OER field. Most of the work done by this group uses the COUP framework, which focuses on cost savings and learning outcomes. At present there are: 43 Fellows […]

#opened16 live blog: Gardner Campbell

Kicking things off here in Richmond, VA. we have our first keynote, Gardner Campbell. The presentation began with a video montage featuring (among other things) a young Bob Dylan; quotes and graphs about different educational models; sections of It’s a Wonderful Life; Indie music; and end scenes from One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. We were […]