Open Education, Open Educational Practice and the concept of Openness: issues and challenges

Authors

  • Anne Gaskell Independent

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56059/jl4d.v5i2.302

Author Biography

Anne Gaskell, Independent

Independent Distance Education Consultant, after working for the OU UK for 36 years in a range of roles from tutor to Assistant Director, Learning and Teaching. Editor of Open Learning, the Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning for eight years. Author of numerous papers on open distance and e-learning.

References

Bonk, C.J., Lee, M.M., Reeves, T.C, & Reynolds, T.H. (Eds.). (2015). MOOCs and Open Education around the world. Routledge, New York & London.

Kidu, C. (2018). Informal Lifelong Learning for Development in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study from the Margins into The Mainstream. Journal of Learning for Development, 5(1), 13-22. Retrieved from http://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/275/299

Lane, A. (2016). Emancipation through Open Education: Rhetoric or Reality? In P. Blessinger & T. J. Bliss (2016). Open education: Perspectives in higher education. Cambridge UK: Open Book Publishers. Retrieved from https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/531/open-education--international-perspectives-in-higher-education

Vaai, E.K. (2016). Learning for Development from Within and Beyond the Reef: Early implementations of Open Distance Learning and Use of Open Educational Resources (OER) for the Teaching of English in a Small Island State. Journal of Learning for Development, 3(3), 22-27. Retrieved from http://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/171/174

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Published

2018-07-18

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Gaskell, A. (2018). Open Education, Open Educational Practice and the concept of Openness: issues and challenges. Journal of Learning for Development, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.56059/jl4d.v5i2.302

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2018): ISSUE 2

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Editorial

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Received 2018-07-01
Accepted 2018-07-01
Published 2018-07-18