OpenLearn

Open Content Initiative

OpenLearn is the University's Open Content initiative, making educational resources freely available on the Internet, with state of the art learning support and collaboration tools to connect learners and educators.

How OpenLearn started

The OpenLearn story started in 2005 with a grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (http://www.hewlett.org/). Sharing our aim to open access to education for all, they agreed to help us set up the OpenLearn website....

Okada, A., Scott, P. and Mendonca, M. (2015) Effective web videoconferencing for proctoring online oral exams: a case study at scale in Brazil, Open Praxis International Journal, 7, 3, International Council for Open and Distance Education

Okada, A. and Ferreira, G. (2014) Co-authorship and Colearning through Open Educational Resources at UKOU, ALT-C 2014 Learning technology Conference, Warwick, UK

Okada, A., Buckingham Shum, S., Sherborne, T. and Sanchez Nunez, P. (2014) Knowledge Cartography: Software tools and mapping techniques,, eds. Springer Verlag, 2nd edition

Okada, A. (eds.) (2014) Open Educational Resources and Social Networks, 2nd edition, ISBN 9788582270295, S. Luis: EDUEMA

Okada, A., Meister, I., Mikroyannidis, A. and Little, S. (2013) 'Colearning' - Collaborative Open Learning through OER and Social Media, in eds. Alexandra Okada, Open Educational Resources and Social Networks, ISBN 9788582270226, pp. 368, S. Luis: EDUEMA

Okada, A. and Ferreira, G. (2012) Co-authorship in the age of cyberculture: Open Educational Resources at the Open University of the United Kingdom, Cyberculture, on-line education and professional development JOURNAL

Okada, A. (eds.) (2012) Open Educational Resources and Social Networks: colearning and professional development, 978-0956681041, pp. 368, SCHOLIO EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH & PUBLISHING

Okada, A., Connolly, T. and Scott, P. (eds.) (2012) Collaborative Learning 2.0: Open Educational Resources, IGI Global

Okada, A. (2012) Open Educators and Colearners as DJs: Reuse, Remix and recreat OER collaboratively, in eds. Okada, A.; Connoly, T.; Scott, P., Collaborative Learning 2.0: Open Educational Resources, Hershey: IGI Global

Okada, A. and Barros, D. (2011) Using, adapting and authoring OER with Web 2.0 tools, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 2011), Lisbon, Portugal

Okada, A. (2011) COLEARN 2.0: Refletindo sobre o conceito de COAPRENDIZAGEM via REAs na Web 2.0, in eds. DANIELA BARROS CLAUDIA NEVES FILIPA SEABRA JOSE MOREIRA SUSANA HENRIQUES, Educacao e tecnologías: reflexao, inovacao e praticas, 1, 978-989-20-2329-8, pp. 18, Lisbon: Universidade Aberta de Portugal

Okada, A. (2011) Coaprendizagem via comunidades abertas de pesquisa, praticas e recursos educacionais, ecurriculum, 7, 1, Pontificia Universiade Catolica PUC-SP

Okada, A. (2011) ICOPER Project - Deliverable 4.3 ISURE: Recommendations for extending effective reuse, embodied in the ICOPER CD&R

Okada, A. and Barros, D. (2010) Ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem aberta: bases para uma nova tendencia, Revista Digital de Tecnologias Cognitivas, 3, Pontificia Universidade Catolica PUC-SP

Tractenberg, L., Struchiner, M. and Okada, A. (2009) A case of web-based collaborative inquiry learning using OpenLearn technologies, m-ICTE2009 V International Conference on Mulimedia, Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Lisbon, Portugal

McAndrew, P., Santos, A., Lane, A., Godwin, S., Okada, A., Wilson, A., Connolly, T., Ferreira, G., Buckingham Shum, S., Bretts, J. and Webb, R. (2009) OpenLearn Research Report 2006-2008