Drivers of the OER movement, Sharing economy, OER community, Indian OER initiative, Expectations from OER, Creating an OER ecosystem, Capability maturity model, Research and exploration, Challenge of reading proficiency
This document highlights on the dominant narrative of the more than a decade old story of OERs is the liberation from stringent punitive copyright regime to a Creative Commons licensing system for easily sharing increasingly more educational content. The 3Vs of Big Data, that is variety, volume and velocity make this a very vibrant movement. But running alongside during the same timeline is a track of technological developments of
lighter, portable, low power consuming, access devices such as Tablets, SmartPhones, wearable devices and mobile Internet, and the third track of developments in and adoption of innovative pedagogies of MOOCs, Flipped Classroom, Learning Analytics, Open Badges, Gamification, Storification and others. These three driving forces are enhancing the impact of the OER movement leading to an unprecedented disruptive transformation of education that can deliver massive personalised learning on the move.
Journal or Publication Title
Proceedings of the 2nd Regional Symposium on Open Educational Resources: Beyond Advocacy, Research and Policy (24-27 June 2014; Penang, Malaysia)