http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org A curated database and repository to identify, collect, preserve and disseminate documents related to open educational resources. en-ca The OER Knowledge Cloud database is made available under https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/. Site content and materials shared by the community are licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:21:25 GMT Reference/Education/Methods_and_Theories https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html dwilton@athabascau.ca (Dan Wilton) dwilton@athabascau.ca (Dan Wilton) 60 http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/interface/images/logosmall.okc.jpg http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org 144 144 http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2907 The rapid emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has ignited profound legal and ethical debates within open and online education. At the heart of these debates lies a critical question: who owns AI-generated content, and is it protected by copyright? For educators and content developers, GenAI presents both a remarkable opportunity and a significant source of anxiety. It offers access to a vast commons of digital material for inspiration and use, yet many feel they are navigating a legal... Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:06:20 GMT http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2907 http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2906 Reading informational text is a critical skill across most professions. Unfortunately, students are less likely to purchase the required course materials now compared to 2010. A free, interactive text was developed for an introductory chemistry course for non-STEM majors. This involved remixing existing texts and incorporating interactive activities to engage students during the learning process and provide opportunities for them to gauge their learning. Based on the results of a student survey, 82% of... Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:58:06 GMT http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2906 http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2905 Die Technische Universität Graz (TU Graz) und die Kirchliche Pädagogische Hochschule (KPH) Wien/Niederösterreich positionieren sich klar im Bereich der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) und den Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), insbesondere auch durch den Einsatz von Open Educational Resources (OER). Beide österreichischen Hochschulen haben sich ambitionierte Nachhaltigkeitsziele gesetzt, wie etwa die Klimaneutralität der TU Graz bis 2030, und verfügen über eigene OER-Policys sowie... Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:49:50 GMT http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2905 http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2904 In order to conduct effective research in open education, one needs skills in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. To address this need, a DEIA expert provided consultation to the members and mentor of a fellowship for open education researchers. After completing the fellowship, the researchers were asked to complete a survey about DEIA research skill development during the fellowship and their perceived challenges in DEIA research. Fellows (N = 42) across cohorts indicated growth in DEIA... Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:34:13 GMT http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2904 http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2903 Open Educational Resources (OER) are widely promoted as mechanisms for expanding access to knowledge and supporting sustainability in higher education. Yet their long-term viability remains constrained by fragmented governance, unstable funding arrangements, weak faculty incentives, policy gaps, and uneven digital infrastructure. This article develops a conceptual and policy-oriented framework that reconceptual-izes OER as sustainable knowledge commons embedded within higher education sys-tems rather than... Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:18:36 GMT http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2903 http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2902 The COVID-19 pandemic was a pivotal, high impact period in the history of modern education. Seemingly overnight, institutions, programs, and classes around the world moved from being in-person to being online. The amount of individual and collective effort required for this to happen was tremendous. As a result, the pandemic forced both K-12 and post-secondary education systems globally to view the purpose and provision of education, including open education, in different ways. At the same time, social... Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:36:44 GMT http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2902 http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2901 Open educational resources (OER) are widely recognized for improving access to education and enabling the sharing of knowledge. However, in the context of European university alliances such as Unite!, OER offer additional, often underappreciated benefits that are crucial for cross-border collaboration and sustainable development in higher education. This paper explores three key aspects of OER that are particularly relevant to European alliances. First, OER enable the legally secure use of educational... Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:30:33 GMT http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2901 http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2900 Many participants in online courses struggle to remain engaged and complete the course, often due to a lack of perceived accountability. This study experimentally tested the effects of accountability interventions designed to encourage learners to discuss their progress with someone either inside or outside the course who could help hold them accountable. In a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Environmental Education Outcomes, developed for a global audience of environmental educators, 1,259... Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:20:06 GMT http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2900 http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2899 Educational Resource repositories are a common tool used by institutions and organizations – public and private – to provide spaces to gather and access resources. We conducted a historical review of 152 OER repositories from the past two decades, identified through a comprehensive review of academic literature. This revealed that a large proportion of formerly acclaimed OER platforms are now inactive or defunct – some even by the time of publication of the papers that cite them – raising questions... Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:16:08 GMT http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2899 http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2898 Limited resources and learning facilities remain a major challenge in the implementation of inclusive education, especially in special schools located in areas with limited institutional support. In this context, Open Educational Resources (OER) offer an alternative learning resource that is open, flexible, and adaptable to the needs of students with special needs. This study aims to describe the practice of utilizing OER and analyze the managerial strategies that support its integration into inclusive... Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:10:20 GMT http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/record2898