oer research hub overview

Understanding the impact of

open educational resources

Filtering data according to sector, hypothesis & polarity

Framework for comparing disparate evidence types

Collaborative research, analysis & dissemination

Openness in action: openly licensed research instruments, data

Effective evidence-based decision-

making and advocacy

11 HYPOTHESES:

OER improve student performance and satisfaction

Open licensing is important in educational reuse

11 HYPOTHESES:

OER widen participation in education

OER can help at-risk learners to finish their studies

11 HYPOTHESES:

OER use leads educators to reflect on their practice

OER adoption brings financial benefits for

students/institutions

11 HYPOTHESES:

Informal learners select OER in a variety of ways

Informal learners develop their own forms of study support

11 HYPOTHESES:

OER support informal learners in moving to formal study

OER use encourages institutions to change their policies

11 HYPOTHESES:

Informal assessments motivate learners using OER

Creating a network of research through

collaboration

Designing a new evidence model

DesignFiltering / navigation

Diverse, fragmentary

evidence

Encouraging contribution

Metadata specification

Mapping locations

UI / Accessibility

Polarity (+ve/-ve)

K.I.S.S.

• Text Title• Text / HTML• Supports embedding of multimedia contentCopy• Association of evidence with hypothesisHypothesis• Evidence is either +ve/-ve in relation to a hypothesis Polarity• Geotagging / GPSLocation• School (K12) / College / HE / InformalSector• Academic citation• Hyperlink / URLCitation

Evidence FLOW

Survey Data

Anecdotes

Case Study

Institute Metrics

Case Study

YouTube Interview

Academic Papers

Sample Entries

Flexible

Granular

Support comments, sharing

Citations field

Node Examples

Visualizing the Data

Sankey Diagrams track the flow of evidence

Global Evidence Map

Detailed map view

Explore Projects

Summaries of evidence gathered for each hypothesis

http://oerresearchhub.org

http://chaos.open.ac.uk