There's much discussion about being open, with topics such as open source software, open innovation, open research, and open education. Will the whole world be open, and, if so, what was all closed in the past? The authors analyze the similarities and differences between the open movements they've been …

Toekennen van studiepunten aan het succesvol volgen van een MOOC. Dit onderwerp is in de afgelopen jaren al meermalen aan bod gekomen bij discussies over mogelijke effecten van MOOC’s op het reguliere onderwijs. Medio 2014 verscheen een verkenning hierover van de NVAO (NVAO, 2014). Eén van de constateringen …

Rede uitgesproken bij aanvaarding van lectoraat Open educational resources.

Deze uitgave is een eerste verkenning van de mogelijkheden om learning analytics in te zetten bij open en online onderwijs en de Grand Challenges die daarbij spelen. Vijf experts uit de special interest groups Open Education en Learning Analytics identificeerden daartoe de uitdagingen in één van beide …

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have continued to attract considerable media coverage as governments and universities respond to the open and online education movement. Three years after the MOOCs began its rise, it is clear that the HE institutions in the EU are gaining speed in this movement. This …

Author supplied: Within the Netherlands the interest for sustainability is slowly growing. However, most organizations are still lagging behind in implementing sustainability as part of their strategy and in developing performance indicators to track their progress; not only in profit organizations …

Higher and advanced vocational education prepare young adults for a career and enhance their life goals.The onset of mental illness generally occurs between 17 and 25 years. For young adults with psychiatric disabilities, educational resources are largely unavailable.

De vraag die we in dit artikel adresseren is: in hoeverre hebben de verschillen tussen hbo en wo invloed op didactische vraagstukken en aanpakken bij het ontwerp van vormen van open en online onderwijs? Om daar meer inzicht in te krijgen schetsen we in dit artikel een hbo- en een wo-casus. In deze …

Since independence in 1961, Tanzania’s political ideology (known as Ujamaa-familyhood) has gone hand in hand with the country’s education philosophy. The most important feature of this combination is that people should be educated to fit in Tanzania’s environment and culture. Education should emancipate …

One of the claims the OER movement makes is that availability of (open) digital learning materials improves the quality of education. The promise is the ability to offer educational programs that take into account specific demands of the learner. The question is how to reach a situation where a customized …