Post on 06-May-2015
description
Understanding the impact of
open educational resources
Filtering data according to sector, hypothesis & polarity
Framework for comparing disparate evidence types
Collaborative research, analysis & dissemination
Openness in action: openly licensed research instruments, data
Effective evidence-based decision-
making and advocacy
11 HYPOTHESES:
OER improve student performance and satisfaction
Open licensing is important in educational reuse
11 HYPOTHESES:
OER widen participation in education
OER can help at-risk learners to finish their studies
11 HYPOTHESES:
OER use leads educators to reflect on their practice
OER adoption brings financial benefits for
students/institutions
11 HYPOTHESES:
Informal learners select OER in a variety of ways
Informal learners develop their own forms of study support
11 HYPOTHESES:
OER support informal learners in moving to formal study
OER use encourages institutions to change their policies
11 HYPOTHESES:
Informal assessments motivate learners using OER
Creating a network of research through
collaboration
Designing a new evidence model
DesignFiltering / navigation
Diverse, fragmentary
evidence
Encouraging contribution
Metadata specification
Mapping locations
UI / Accessibility
Polarity (+ve/-ve)
K.I.S.S.
• Text Title• Text / HTML• Supports embedding of multimedia contentCopy• Association of evidence with hypothesisHypothesis• Evidence is either +ve/-ve in relation to a hypothesis Polarity• Geotagging / GPSLocation• School (K12) / College / HE / InformalSector• Academic citation• Hyperlink / URLCitation
Evidence FLOW
Survey Data
Anecdotes
Case Study
Institute Metrics
Case Study
YouTube Interview
Academic Papers
Sample Entries
Flexible
Granular
Support comments, sharing
Citations field
Node Examples
Visualizing the Data
Sankey Diagrams track the flow of evidence
Global Evidence Map
Detailed map view
Explore Projects
Summaries of evidence gathered for each hypothesis
http://oerresearchhub.org
http://chaos.open.ac.uk