Open informational ecosystems: The missing link for sharing resources for education

Open educational resources are not available “as such”. Their provision relies on a technological infrastructure of related services that can be described as an informational ecosystem. A closed informational ecosystem keeps educational resources within its boundary. An open informational ecosystem...

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Autores principales:	Michael Kerres, Richard Heinen
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2015
Materias:	Informational Infrastructure Ecosystems OER Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/044f3b0262c14955a59a32a302233f03
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:044f3b0262c14955a59a32a302233f032021-12-02T18:03:24ZOpen informational ecosystems: The missing link for sharing resources for education10.19173/irrodl.v16i1.20081492-3831https://doaj.org/article/044f3b0262c14955a59a32a302233f032015-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2008https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Open educational resources are not available “as such”. Their provision relies on a technological infrastructure of related services that can be described as an informational ecosystem. A closed informational ecosystem keeps educational resources within its boundary. An open informational ecosystem relies on the concurrence of independent stakeholders that jointly provide (meta-) information also beyond its boundaries. Mechanisms of open informational ecosystems are described and how they contribute to the delivery of educational resources and to opening education. The paper describes the case of the German Bildungsserver that aims at establishing a federated network of providers of open and closed educational resources. It points out that the design of (inter-)national informational ecosystems has a major influence on the future of open educational resources in education.Michael KerresRichard HeinenAthabasca University PressarticleInformational InfrastructureEcosystemsOERSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 16, Iss 1 (2015)
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description	Open educational resources are not available “as such”. Their provision relies on a technological infrastructure of related services that can be described as an informational ecosystem. A closed informational ecosystem keeps educational resources within its boundary. An open informational ecosystem relies on the concurrence of independent stakeholders that jointly provide (meta-) information also beyond its boundaries. Mechanisms of open informational ecosystems are described and how they contribute to the delivery of educational resources and to opening education. The paper describes the case of the German Bildungsserver that aims at establishing a federated network of providers of open and closed educational resources. It points out that the design of (inter-)national informational ecosystems has a major influence on the future of open educational resources in education.
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Open informational ecosystems: The missing link for sharing resources for education

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