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Open Educational Resources: A regional university’s journey
Koroivulaono, Theresa

PublishedJuly 2014
JournalRUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 91–107
Original PublicationRecursos educativos abiertos: el viaje de una universidad regional
RegionOceania

ABSTRACT
In a region of geographically scattered, small island states, developing quality-enhanced learning materials across the hugely diverse, predominantly ocean-based learning and teaching environments, continues to present new challenges. This paper explores the potentially transformative nature of Open Educational Resources (OER) in a regional university. Against the backdrop of the bold, new Strategic Plan 2013–2018, University of the South Pacific (USP) educators are faced with transforming learning systems, practices and pedagogy to achieve excellent standards in learning teaching and knowledge creation. Selected case studies are provided to support the discussions for the application and development of OER at USP and the integration of Open Learning Design (OLD) principles and practices. In the drive to enhance the quality of learning and teaching through integrating OER and OLD, research provides the most compelling results for informing practice to achieve effective and sustainable responses to the achievement of the Strategic Plan objectives.

En una región de pequeños estados insulares geográficamente diseminados, el desarrollo de materiales didácticos
de calidad en entornos de aprendizaje y enseñanza de alcance oceánico y extraordinariamente diversos no deja de
plantear nuevos retos. Este artículo explora la naturaleza potencialmente transformadora de los recursos educativos
abiertos (REA) en una universidad regional. En el contexto del nuevo y audaz Plan Estratégico 2013-2018 (Strategic
Plan 2013-2018), los educadores de la Universidad del Pacífico Sur (USP) se enfrentan a la transformación de sistemas,
prácticas y pedagogías de aprendizaje para alcanzar niveles de excelencia en la enseñanza del aprendizaje y
la creación de conocimiento. Una selección de estudios de casos ilustra las discusiones en torno a la aplicación y el
desarrollo de REA en la USP y la integración de los principios y las prácticas del diseño de aprendizaje abierto (DAA).
En la campaña de mejora de la calidad del aprendizaje y la enseñanza a través de la integración de REA y DAA, la
investigación arroja resultados convincentes para orientar la práctica, con el fin de obtener respuestas efectivas y
sostenibles a la consecución de los objetivos del Plan Estratégico.

Keywords diseño de aprendizaje abierto · Open Educational Resources · open learning design · Pacífico Sur · plan estratégico · recursos educativos abiertos · South Pacific · strategic plan

Published atBarcelona, Spain; Australia
ISSN1698-580X
Other number3
RefereedYes
Rightsby/3.0/es/deed.en
DOI10.7238/rusc.v11i3.2121
URLhttp://journals.uoc.edu/index.php/rusc/article/view/v11n3-koroivulaono
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