We are very pleased to release our final Synthesis & Evaluation Report for phase 3 of the UKOER Programme. http://bit.ly/UKOER3SynthesisReport It has been hard work collating the excellent work of the phase 3 projects. Their work with so many diverse stakeholders has made it very challenging to synthesise key lessons – these included private bodies … Read more
We are delighted to launch our new Evaluation Tookit which aims to benefit UKOER projects by providing a structured way to collate their findings and observations and can also be used in the reporting process. It also provided lots of information, advice, examples and videos, on evaluation, sources of evidence, and buddying. To help projects … Read more
To conclude our posts for open education week, I’ve been asked to introduce our new briefing paper on open educational practices. I think we’ve been talking about open practices since the pilot phase of UK OER – you can find it in some of our recommendations. When we set out, I for one had the … Read more
We are currently going through UKOER3 project plans and drawing out key themes and areas of activity to map these against our synthesis and evaluation framework. We use the framework as an iterative tool to support both evaluation activities of projects and synthesis activities of our team. It highlights core areas of inquiry and identifies … Read more
The evaluation and sythesis team took part in the UKOER3 startup event in Birmingham on November 14th 2011. The event brought together the 18 projects in UKOER3 with the programme leaders and relevant support groups, including CETIS, JISC Legal, JorumOpen and the E&S team. I (Allison Littlejohn)was representing the E&S team, while the others from … Read more