Bea de los Arcos, Martin Weller, Rob Farrow, Beck Pitt

1. Researching Open Education: A Systematic
Review of GO-GN Theses
Bea de los Arcos, Martin Weller, Rob Farrow, Beck Pitt
@GOGN_OER

2. Global
OER
Graduate
Network
Photo CC BY 2.0, Mike Beauregard https://flic.kr/p/eVKoh5

3. 50 PhD researchers in 14 countries
8 alumni
CC BY 4.0, Open Education Consortium http://www.oeconsortium.org/at-a-glance/global-oer-graduate-network/

4. To raise the profile of research into open education
To support those conducting PhD research in this area
To develop openness as a process of research
Aims

5. PhotosCCBY2.0GO-GNhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/go-gn/

7. @GOGN_OER #GO_GN

9. Photo CC BY 2.0 Alan Levine, https://flic.kr/p/dtBSgg

10. What is Open Research?
“Open research is the process of conducting and sharing research in which a
selection of research proposals, work-process documents, literature reviews,
methodologies, research instruments, analytical frameworks, findings and/or
data are intentionally shared on publically-accessible platforms in order for
others to freely access, use, modify, and share them subject to measures that
preserve ethical practice and legal provenance.”
(Hodgkinson-Williams & King, 2015:5)

11. researching
open education

12. Categories (1)
Project case study – on findings of a particular case study, or
implementation of a project.
Technical – focus on the technical specification of a particular project i.e. an
OER repository.
OER as subject – focus on OER field itself, nature of openness, direction for
OER, suggestions for adoption, etc.
Research with impact data – evaluation of the impact of OER
implementation, using educational research methodology such as control
groups, pre and post test, etc.
Policy - on existing OER policies, the need for policy or standardized
approaches, national frameworks, etc.
Martin Weller, Different Aspects of the Emerging OER Discipline http://www.slideshare.net/mweller/emerging-oer-discipline

13. Categories (2)
Practitioner – use of OER by practitioners in a particular context, i.e.
teachers or librarians.
OER in developing nations – use of OER in the context of developing
nations i.e. TESSA.
MOOCs – an emerging field of its own, or MOOCs interpreted as OER and
reclassified under other categories.
Pedagogy – on the possible impact of OER on pedagogy, or as a vehicle for
change in teaching practice.
Open data/practice/access – an intersection with other aspects of open
practice that have varying degrees of relevance to the OER community.
Martin Weller, Different Aspects of the Emerging OER Discipline http://www.slideshare.net/mweller/emerging-oer-discipline

14. Photo:CCBY-NC-ND2.0Doranhttps://flic.kr/p/aykCu1
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15. b.de-los-arcos@open.ac.uk
@celTatis
go-gn.net
@GOGN_OER