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Open Education and the Role of the Educator
How an educator's work changes when course materials are open: curator, designer, guide and learner, plus what stays the same and what to watch for.
Learners and Teachers
Teacher and Administrator Roles
How educators and administrators change their work around open materials.
From Theory to Practice: Implementing Open Education in the Classroom
A practical first-term plan for using open resources in one classroom: preparation, choosing materials, a small pilot, gathering feedback and revising.
Open Education and the Role of the Administrator in Supporting Student Success
What administrators control that shapes learners' experience, from timetables and advising to funding and practical obstacles, and how it affects open materials.
Open Education and the Role of the Administrator: A Discussion of the Issues
A balanced look at the pressures administrators face with open education: budgets, staff buy-in, compliance, quality and risk, and how they pull in different directions.
Open Education and the Role of the Educator in Supporting Student Success
Day-to-day practices educators can use with open materials: useful feedback, brief check-ins and early help for students who are starting to struggle.
Open Education and the Role of the Educator: A Discussion of the Issues
A discussion of the tensions educators face with open education: time to adapt materials, recognition for sharing, training needs and where support is lacking.
Open Education and the Role of the Teacher: A Critical Perspective
A critical look at whether open materials give teachers more freedom or add pressure, focusing on control over content, expectations and who decides.
Open Education and the Role of the Teacher: A Shift in the Paradigm
How the teacher's role is described as moving from main source of information to facilitator, and the skills that shift calls for, with honest limits.
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Learners and Teachers What open education means for the people in the classroom. Student Engagement and Motivation How involved and driven learners are when using open resources. Retention and Completion Why students stay, finish and succeed, and what costs have to do with it. Student Outcomes What results are measured for learners and how solid the evidence is. Teacher Burnout and Well-being Workload and wellbeing for teachers who use shared materials. Teacher Professional Growth Training, development and collaboration for teachers. Personalized Open Learning Using open materials to build learning routes around the individual student. Civic and Thinking Skills Critical thinking, global citizenship, culture, lifelong learning and digital literacy gained through open study.