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Open educational practices for curriculum enhancement

Armellini, A. and Nie, M. (2013) Open educational practices for curriculum enhancement. Open Learning. 28(1), pp. 7-20. 0268-0513.

Item Type: Article
Abstract: Open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP) are relatively new areas in educational research. How OER and OEP can help practitioners enhance curricula is one of a number of under-researched topics. This article aims to enable practitioners to identify and implement appropriate open practices to enhance higher education curricula. To that aim, we put forward a framework of four open educational practices based on patterns of OER reuse (‘as is’ or adapted), mapped against the processes of curriculum design and delivery. The framework was developed from the in-depth analysis of 20 cases of higher education practitioners, which revealed patterns of OER reuse across disciplines, institutions and needs. For each open practice we offer evidence, examples and ideas for application by practitioners. We also put forward recommendations for institutional policies on OER and OEP
Uncontrolled Keywords: Open educational resources, open educational practices, openness, curriculum design, curriculum delivery, higher education
Creators: Armellini, Alejandro and Nie, Ming
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: Research Institutes > Institute of Learning & Teaching
Date: 22 May 2013
Date Type: Publication
Page Range: pp. 7-20
Journal or Publication Title: Open Learning
Volume: 28
Number: 1
Number of Pages: 14
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02680513.2013.796286
ISSN: 0268-0513
Status: Published / Disseminated
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/10566

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