Access to education with online
learning and open educational
resources: can they close the GAP?
- Dr. Christine Geith, Karen Vignare
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One of the key concepts in the right to education is access: access to the means to fully develop as human
beings as well as access to the means to gain skills, knowledge and credentials. This is an important
perspective through which to examine the solutions to access enabled by Open Educational Resources
(OER) and online learning. The authors compare and contrast OER and online learning and their potential
for addressing human rights “to” and “in” education. The authors examine OER and online learning
growth and financial sustainability and explore potential scenarios to address the global education gap.
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online learning, Open Educational Resources, OER, OpenCourseWare, sustainable business models, innovation
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Open educational resources for
blended learning in high schools:
overcoming impediments in developing
countries
- Richard C. Larson, M. Elizabeth Murray
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With today’s computer and telecommunications technologies, every young person can have a quality
education regardless of his or her place of birth. This is the dream that Open Educational Resources
(OERs), when viewed as a right rather than a privilege, are directed to realize. For developing countries,
we propose a type of OER initiative that leverages not only technology but also the skills of the in-class
teacher, that utilizes not only the Internet but also lower-tech delivery platforms, and that is created not
only by developed countries of the West but also by educators in many countries worldwide. We outline
the design of a cross-border, collaborative learning and teaching system called the Blended Learning
Open Source Science or Math Studies Initiative (BLOSSOMS), with an associated partnership network
established for its implementation in developing countries. BLOSSOMS is to develop a large, free
repository of blended-learning video modules for high school math and science classes, created by gifted
volunteer educators from around the world and designed to offer potentially transformative learning
exercises that will enhance critical thinking skills and retain students’ interest in math and science. The
initiative has been designed and developed within a multinational network of partner organizations in the
developing world, a characteristic that distinguishes it from many other OER projects.
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Open Educational Resources, OER, blended learning, online repository, international collaboration, high school education, mathematics and science, critical thinking
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