Open education
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Not to be confused with Open educational resources
Open education is a collective term that refers to educational organizations that seek to eliminate barriers to entry
. Such institutions, for example, would not have academic admission requirements. Such universities include Open University
in Britain and Athabasca University
in Canada. Such programs are commonly distance learning programs, but not necessarily.
Open educational resources
Open educational resources are digital materials that can be re-used for teaching, learning, research and more, made available for free through open licenses, which allow uses of the materials that would not be easily permitted under copyright alone...
Open education is a collective term that refers to educational organizations that seek to eliminate barriers to entry
Barriers to entry
In theories of competition in economics, barriers to entry are obstacles that make it difficult to enter a given market. The term can refer to hindrances a firm faces in trying to enter a market or industry - such as government regulation, or a large, established firm taking advantage of economies...
. Such institutions, for example, would not have academic admission requirements. Such universities include Open University
Open University
The Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom...
in Britain and Athabasca University
Athabasca University
Athabasca University is a Canadian university in Athabasca, Alberta. It is an accredited research institution which also offers distance education courses and programs. Courses are offered primarily in English with some French offerings. Each year, 32,000 students attend the university. It offers...
in Canada. Such programs are commonly distance learning programs, but not necessarily.
See also
- Cape Town Open Education DeclarationCape Town Open Education DeclarationThe Cape Town Open Education Declaration is a major international statement on open access, open education and open educational resources. It emerged from a conference on open education hosted in Cape Town on 14 and 15 September 2007 by the Shuttleworth Foundation and the Open Society Institute...
- Free educationFree educationFree education refers to education that is funded through taxation, or charitable organizations rather than tuition fees. Although primary school and other comprehensive or compulsory education is free in many countries, for example, all education is mostly free including...
- Open educational resourcesOpen educational resourcesOpen educational resources are digital materials that can be re-used for teaching, learning, research and more, made available for free through open licenses, which allow uses of the materials that would not be easily permitted under copyright alone...
- Open source curriculumOpen source curriculumAn open source curriculum is an online instructional resource that can be freely used, distributed and modified. OSC is based on the open source practice of creating products or software that opens up access to source materials or codes...
- OpennessOpennessOpenness is the quality of being open. It sometimes refers to a very general philosophical position from which some individuals and organizations operate, often highlighted by a decision-making process recognizing communal management by distributed stakeholders rather than a centralized authority...
- Open textbookOpen textbookAn open textbook is an openly-licensed textbook offered online by its author or through a non-profit or commercial open-licensed publisher. The open license sets open textbooks apart from traditional textbooks by allowing users to read online, download, or sometimes print the book at no additional...
s - Virginia Open Education FoundationVirginia Open Education FoundationVirginia Open Education Foundation is a not-for-profit 501 corporation dedicated to bringing curriculum and educational content resources to the K-12 students of the Commonwealth of Virginia through open education...
- SLOOP ProjectSLOOP ProjectSLOOP - Sharing Learning Objects in an Open Perspective - is an eLearning and open content project started in 2005 thanks to a European project co-funded within the Leonardo da Vinci programe...
- GleducarGleducarGleducar is a free educational project emerged in Argentina in 2002. It is also an important NGO from Argentina in the field of education and technology....
External links
- The Cape Town Open Education Declaration
- The Open Textbooks Statement of Intent
- Connexions - Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities
- Open Learning Initiative Open and free courses from Carnegie Mellon UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityCarnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
- openSpace- Free specialist Art, Design, Media & Performance courses Open Education from University College FalmouthUniversity College FalmouthUniversity College Falmouth is a British university college in Falmouth, Cornwall. Founded in 1902, it had previously been the Falmouth School of Art and then Falmouth College of Arts until it received taught degree-awarding powers in March 2005...
- Wikiversity
- Wikibooks
- WikiEducator Free Elearning Content
- Creative Commons OER
- Creative Commons Education
- Saylor Foundation Free Education Initiative