European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education
An introduction to Open Educational Resources and Innovation Welcome to the sixth ENCORE+ Innovation Briefing! The purpose of this stakeholder report is to provide an accessible introduction to the innovation potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Europe. This report is compiled from a series of briefings aimed at professionals and leaders from higher education […]
OER in the age of AI Welcome to the fifth ENCORE+ Innovation Briefing! The purpose of this series is to provide an accessible introduction to the innovation potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Europe. These briefings are aimed at professionals and leaders from higher education and business. This edition provides an overview of how […]
OER for Social Impact and Business Models Welcome to the fourth ENCORE+ Innovation Briefing! The purpose of this series is to provide an accessible introduction to the innovation potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Europe. These briefings are aimed at professionals and leaders from higher education and business. This edition provides an overview of […]
This document provides a conceptual framework for the evaluation of examples of innovation which uses the affordances of open educational resources (OER). OER are teaching and learning materials that are either in the public domain or published on an open licence which permits various forms of redistribution, reuse and repurposing. Many organisations and higher education […]
Drivers, Barriers, Challenges and Enablers Welcome to the first ENCORE+ Innovation Briefing! This document provides a conceptual framework for the evaluation of examples of innovation which uses the affordances of open educational resources (OER). OER are teaching and learning materials that are either in the public domain or published on an open licence which permits […]
Drivers, Barriers, Challenges and Enablers Welcome to the first ENCORE+ Innovation Briefing! This report focuses on improved understanding of stakeholders for whom innovation with and through open educational resources (OER) is relevant, and uses desk research to provide an analysis of the opportunities presented by OER to a range of stakeholders, including educational institutions, faculty, […]
Policy and practice report This report brings together the analysed good practices on integrating OER into Higher Education and business. From our analysis of OER integration best practices, this report sets out guidelines for higher education institutions and businesses about how to develop policies & strategies to foster the integration of OER into their organisations. […]
Policy and practice report The aim of this report is to explore how businesses are integrating openness into their strategies. We use openness as an umbrella term to include Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP), this reflects the wider goals of creating more open educational and organisational cultures that support more diverse, […]
The digital era has democratized the creation and sharing of educational content, but the ecosystem remains fragmented. The H5P OER Content Hub aims to streamline this landscape by providing a unified platform and a format that can handle any type of content and opens up for anyone to contribute new forms of content. Building on […]
Building the European Network for Catalysing open Resources in Education Integration of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Europe remains nascent despite its accessibility and potential (Inamorato et al., 2018; UNESCO, 2019; Zawacki-Richter et al., 2020). While OER have been part of educational discourse for nearly thirty years, their adoption has been limited (Zawacki-Richter et al., […]
New report from the ENCORE+ project, focused on Quality in OER. This report introduces quality concepts and approaches related to OER. It provides an overview of definitions of quality for OER and suggests a conceptual mapping as well as an overview of major issues related to quality for OER. It also identifies recommendations for policymakers […]
This document describes scenarios for an integrated European OER ecosystem. Following what is described in 3.1 POC, this document takes into consideration the latest innovation examples, connected about technology advancements using AI and the possibility of integrating modules, features, etc. from 3rd party developers to share relevant learning resources. The landscape of Open Educational Resources […]
This report Innovation success features in OER repositories, provides an analysis of emerging technologies in the OER ecosystem and identifies some sustainable business models to provide recommendations to different stakeholders. Read the full report below:
This report provides the results of the evaluation of the ENCORE+ Quality Transparency Framework (ENCORE QTF). The QTF enables repositories to make their quality practices visible and explicit, and is described in ENCORE+ deliverable D5.2. The QTF was developed through extensive consultation with the OER community as part of the activities of the ENCORE+ project. […]
Giving a better understanding of OER’s policy initiatives This study provides a detailed analysis of policy measures, including OER policy initiatives from European universities in France, the UK, Greece, the Netherlands, and Ireland. The aim is to give a better understanding of OER’s policy initiatives from the perspectives of challenges, impacts, implementation, and sustainability. Specifically, […]
Formulating a Positive Vision for the Future of OER in Europe In order to build an European OER ecosystem, the ENCORE+ project seeks the assessment of experts in the field of OER to map out a probable and positive vision for OER in Europe in 2030. To undertake this initiative, a hybrid Delphi study has […]
Building the ENCORE+ Quality Transparency Framework (ENCORE QTF) The workshops and expert consultations conducted by ENCORE+ initiative during 2022 concluded that practices which OER repositories employ to develop the quality of the repository – called “quality approaches of repositories” – have to be made transparent. Transparency would allow users to understand upfront or in the […]
Innovation, Quality, Success Welcome to the second ENCORE+ Innovation Briefing! The goal of this series is to provide an accessible introduction to the innovation potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Europe. These briefings are aimed at professionals and leaders in higher education and business. This issue provides updates on some interesting projects, reports and […]
New report from the ENCORE+ project, focused on Quality in OER. This report titled “Credentialing learning in the European OER Ecosystem“, based on expert interviews, has been produced by the ENCORE+ project to examine credentialing methodologies in the European OER ecosystem. It is intended to provide impetus to discussion, and so to move forward both […]
Policy and strategy report no. 1 The aim of this report is to explore how stronger relationships between higher education and business can address barriers to mainstream adoption and development of innovative and sustainable models and policies for Open Educational Practices (OEP).In this report, we explore how educational institutions and business interests can work together […]
Roadmap towards building the POC of key features of OER infrastructure The aim of the activity within the ENCORE+ project that brought to this Proof of Concept is to investigate and identify success criteria for a robust, sustainable and quality assured OER repository.The investigation has taken into account not only EU examples, but also the […]
Data analysis of different attitudes and preferences Current research is lacking to provide such individual target profiles representing subjective preferences of usage as well as awareness and expectations (Mishra et al. 2016). One crucial factor in the uptake of OER in higher education and business are the different preconditions that various stakeholders bring to the […]
OER Technology Focus Welcome to the second ENCORE+ Innovation Briefing! The purpose of this series is to provide an accessible introduction to the innovation potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Europe. These briefings are aimed at professionals and leaders from higher education and business. This edition provides an overview of technologies used to support […]
State of Play for an Emerging European OER Ecosystem Stakeholders, drivers and challenges in European OER Currently, the potential of open educational resources (OER) in Europe in higher education and business is not fully harnessed. The European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education (ENCORE+) responds to this by building the foundation of a European […]
Understanding Open Educational Resources and Innovation Welcome to the first ENCORE+ Innovation Briefing! The purpose of this series is to provide an accessible introduction to the innovation potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Europe. These briefings are aimed at professionals and leaders from higher education and business. Coordinator of this work: The Open University […]
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