Open educational resources – Rethink Learning Design

Open Pedagogy in Trades Education

Trades education lends itself nicely to the philosophy of OER and OEP. Students are involved in the creation of their own hands-on skills from many sources during their apprenticeships. However, some apprentices pursue a life in trades due to difficulties they may have had in standard formal education. By utilizing the same model of an […]

Designing Open Educational Resources (OER) Using a Paid Platform

The development/design of Open Educational Resources (OER) requires an intensive and broad array of support, training, and preparation. In this perspective, we will take a closer look at why we decided on a hybrid approach – design an OER course on a paid web-authoring application in a world of freely licensed materials. The Problematic Reality […]