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Willingness & challenges of open learning

Posted on by Chun Ping Liu

Our university National University of Singapore has offered MOOC – Massive Open Online Courses on two platforms on edX ( https://www.edx.org/school/nus) and Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/nus).  The courses are from different schools and faculties and are offered for free to all. I believe the courses were selected or have some process of approval procedure to publish on […]

BP2 – Sharing and Openness

Posted on by Augusto Cannone Falchetto

I am working in civil engineering education and research and within this field in a small area concerning highway engineering. That means road, street, materials. etc. I am highlighting this as my field of expertise is almost a niche with all the consequences associated with it, also in teaching and learning. As a teacher (and […]

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Topic 2 Open Learning – Sharing and Openness

Posted on by Susanna Fabricius

Openness is a noble word. This topic is indeed very actual not least due to the two years Covid-19 isolation. This is a very complex topic, we seem to relate to it through our own (cultural background) lenses. What are the motivators of being open? What about the quality of open education? These are matters […]

Open Learning – Sharing & Openness

Posted on by Melissa May

When the discussion around what “open” really means in an educational context, I found myself constantly renegotiating (and admittedly grappling) with my own understanding of it. Open education and Open Educational Resources (OER) to me have always (sort of) been synonymous with “free”. Right? In South Africa (SA), the concept of Open Access was only […]

Filter-bubbles and academics trying to make their voices heard

Posted on by Johan Högman

Reflecting on the purpose of making an effort to open up education I came to think about another important aspect. Today more than ever, the quality of information and knowledge is key to a functional democratic society. Online there is an abundance of information. Information that has been created for various reasons. Lobbyists, political groups, […]