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Open educational practices in Australia

Index Open educational practices in Australia

Open Educational Practices in Australia refers to the development, implementation and use of Open educational resources (OER), open access (research and data), open learning design, open policies, and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to open up education in Australia. [1]

25 relations: Backing Australia's Ability, Charles Sturt University, Coursera, Curriculum, Curriculum development, Curtin University, EdX, FutureLearn, Information infrastructure, Intellectual property, Learning management system, Massive open online course, Metadata, OER Universitas, Open access, Open data, Open Education Resource Foundation, Open educational resources, Open educational resources in Canada, OpenCourseWare, TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training), University of Canberra, University of Southern Queensland, University of Tasmania, University of Wollongong.

Backing Australia's Ability

Backing Australia's Ability (BAA) was a five-year innovation plan launched by the Howard Government in January 2001.

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Charles Sturt University

Charles Sturt University (CSU) is an Australian multi-campus public university located in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory.

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Coursera

Coursera is an online learning platform founded by Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller that offers courses, specializations, and degrees.

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Curriculum

In education, a curriculum (plural: curricula or curriculums) is broadly defined as the totality of student experiences that occur in the educational process.

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Curriculum development

Curriculum development is a process of improving the curriculum.

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Curtin University

Curtin University (formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology) is an Australian public research university based in Bentley and Perth, Western Australia.

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EdX

edX is a massive open online course (MOOC) provider.

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FutureLearn

FutureLearn is a digital education platform founded in December 2012.

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Information infrastructure

An information infrastructure is defined by Ole Hanseth (2002) as "an awesome shared, evolving, open, standardized, and heterogeneous installed base" and by Pironti (2006) as all of the people, processes, procedures, tools, facilities, and technology which supports the creation, use, transport, storage, and destruction of information.

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Intellectual property

Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, and primarily encompasses copyrights, patents, and trademarks.

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Learning management system

A learning management system (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of educational courses or training programs.

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Massive open online course

A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web.

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Metadata

Metadata is "data that provides information about other data".

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OER Universitas

Open Educational Resource (OER) Universitas is a collaboration of post-secondary educational institutions with the aim of providing opportunities to learn from open educational resources and gain credit at costs lower than traditional degrees.

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Open access

Open access (OA) refers to research outputs which are distributed online and free of cost or other barriers, and possibly with the addition of a Creative Commons license to promote reuse.

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Open data

Open data is the idea that some data should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control.

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Open Education Resource Foundation

The Open Education Resource Foundation is a New Zealand open educational organisation that supports the following projects.

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Open educational resources

Open educational resources (OER) are freely accessible, openly licensed text, media, and other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research purposes.

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Open educational resources in Canada

Open educational resources in Canada are the various initiatives related to open educational resources (OER) and open education established nationally and provincially in Canada, and with international collaboration.

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OpenCourseWare

OpenCourseWare (OCW) are course lessons created at universities and published for free via the Internet.

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TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training)

TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) is education and training which provides knowledge and skills for employment.

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University of Canberra

The University of Canberra (UC) is a public university that is located in Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

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University of Southern Queensland

The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is a medium-sized, regional university based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, with three university campuses at Toowoomba, Springfield and Ipswich.

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University of Tasmania

The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university primarily located in Tasmania, Australia.

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University of Wollongong

The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_practices_in_Australia

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