Opportunties for change – support for flexible and distance learning Photo by A.Hickey
Flexible and innovative learning models and also CPD are actively supported by Salford University as outlined in the teaching and learning strategy (The University of Salford, 2013, p.13). On a wider level, QAA (2010, p.63) also supports the quality facilitation of collaborative learning in HE. (more…)
MOOC screenshot – Search and Social Media Marketing for International Business
Open educational practises (OEP) generally include the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and are usually free to access, open licensed documents and media that are useful for teaching, learning, assessment and research. The exact definition varies, but the concept of opening out education is increasingly popular with the UK government investing £15m on open resource projects since 2009 (Jisc, 2013). One of these projects is Jorum, a resource based at Manchester University allowing people to freely share learning and teaching resources. An example at Salford is USIR our open paper repository, I use this to share my papers with the world and look for other useful papers. (more…)