Reusing Open Resources

Professor Allison Littlejohn is Director of the Caledonian Academy and Chair of Learning Technology at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.Dr. Chris Pegler is a UK National Teaching Fellow and a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University, UK.

"As the use of open resources and open practices moves from a peripheral interest to mainstream practice, this book provides a timely insight into the issues and debates. It draws together an impressive range of authors to cover learning design, MOOCs, learning networks, learning analytics, OERs, and more. This range demonstrates how the open approach has successfully expanded to touch upon many aspects of academic practice. Understanding these issues is of significance to all those interested in the direction of higher education."--Martin Weller, Professor of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK"In this collection, Allison Littlejohn and Chris Pegler have brought together leading authors in the field of online resources. The different perspectives help to clarify why and how we use and define them, and what they are, as well as the issues involved in implementations. I would recommend this book to educators and administrators interested in reusing online resources."--Rory McGreal, UNESCO/COL/ICDE Chair in OER, Athabasca University, Canada

• INTRODUCTION:Chapter 1: Reusing Open Resources for LearningAllison Littlejohn, Caledonian Academy, Glasgow Caledonian University and Chris Pegler, Open University (UK)SECTION 1: LifeChapter 2: Agoraphobia and the modern learnerJon Dron and Terry Anderson, Athabasca UniversityChapter 3: Open-sourcing personal learningSebastian H.D. Fiedler, Centre for Educational Technology, Tallinn University, EstoniaChapter 4: Open networks and bounded communities: Tensions inherent in releasing Open Educational ResourcesAllison Littlejohn, Isobel Falconer, Lou McGill and Helen Beetham, Caledonian Academy, Glasgow Caledonian University, UKChapter 5: OER: A European policy perspectiveJesús Maria Alquézar Sabadie, Jonatan Castaño Muñoz, Christine Redecker, Yves Punie, Riina Vuorikari, European Commission – Directorate General Education and Culture and Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS)SECTION 2: WorkChapter 6: Workplace Learning in Informal NetworksColin Milligan, Allison Littlejohn, and Anoush Margaryan, Caledonian Academy, Glasgow Caledonian University, UKChapter 7: Challenges of Collaborative Knowledge Creation – Work with Shared ObjectsSami Paavola, University of Helsinki, FinlandChapter 8: Open, lifewide learning: A visionAllison Littlejohn, Isobel Falconer, Lou McGill, Caledonian Academy, Glasgow Caledonian University, UKSECTION 3: EducationChapter 9: Learning across Sites through Learning by Design in UseMarisa Ponti, Department of Applied Information Technology, University of Gothenburg, and Department of Education and InterMedia, University of OsloMagnus Bergquist, Department of Applied Information Technology, University of GothenburgEbba Ossiannilsson, Centre for Educational Development and Evaluation Office, Lund University and Oulu UniversityChapter 10: Massive Open Online Courses: A traditional or transformative approach to learning?Katie Vale, Harvard University and Allison Littlejohn, Caledonian Academy, Glasgow Caledonian University, UKChapter 11: Analytics for EducationSheila MacNeill, Lorna M. Campbell and Martin Hawksey, Centre for Interoperability Standards (CETIS), UK Chapter 12: Applying agile methods in researching open educationPatrick McAndrew, The Open University