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Geesje van den Berg; Patience Kelebogile Mudau; Cosmas Maphosa; Samuel Amponsah; Blandina Manditereza; Jennifer van der Merwe; Stephen Mongwe – Journal of Learning for Development, 2023
This study explored learning which occurred when mature distance education students co-developed an open educational resource (OER) with their lecturers using Smith's critical reflection as a method to guide reflection on their learning. This study is significant since student learning on the co-development of an open educational resource could…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Distance Education, Masters Degrees, Education Majors
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Morgan, Tannis – Journal of Learning for Development, 2019
This study examined a Canadian post-secondary institution in the period between 2010 and 2014, with a follow-up assessment in 2018 in order to understand its evolution with open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP). In the first timeline, the study looked at drivers that contributed to the uptake of OER in relation to…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Sustainability, Postsecondary Education, Case Studies
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Buckler, Alison; Stutchbury, Kris; Kasule, George; Cullen, Jane; Kaije, Doris – Journal of Learning for Development, 2021
Tutors working in colleges of education in sub-Saharan Africa are responsible for teaching, and inspiring hundreds of thousands of aspiring teachers. Yet they have received little attention in the literature, often being depicted as a conservative cohort of professionals, unprepared for their role, yet resistant to change. This study reports on…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teacher Education, Tutors, Professional Development
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Law, Patrina – Journal of Learning for Development, 2019
The OpenLearn platform was launched in 2006 with the aim of delivering excerpts of the Open University's (UK) (OU) curriculum as open educational resources (OER). Now reaching over 9m learners a year, the platform delivers free courses, educational interactives, videos and articles across a broad range of subjects reflecting what is delivered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Open Educational Resources, Open Universities, Undergraduate Students
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Ewing, Helen; Chickering, Miriam; Burner, Lindsay; Keating, Stacen A.; Berland, Alex; Frank, Erica – Journal of Learning for Development, 2020
Educating nurses in developing countries is challenging due to limited resources. Nurses International advances nursing education through the use of Open Educational Resources, which provide a unique model to teach and mentor nurse educators globally. Using current resources and materials that are free online and teacher-facing, an innovative…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Open Educational Resources, Instructional Materials, Teaching Methods
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Wolfenden, Freda; Adinolfi, Lina; Cross, Simon – Journal of Learning for Development, 2020
This case study concerns findings from a workshop with senior teacher educators from three Indian states as part of the TESS-India teacher professional development initiative. The workshop explored how open digital badges might be used to support, capture and validate changes in teachers' classroom practice. Workshop participants drew on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Technology
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Butcher, Neil; Moore, Andrew; Hoosen, Sarah – Journal of Learning for Development, 2014
The Ministry of Education in Guyana has prioritised increasing the number of qualified teachers by providing opportunities to both pre- and in-service teachers to gain relevant qualifications. This paper describes the process used to redesign the teacher training curriculum in Guyana to achieve the goals of a newly-developed ICT Professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services