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The Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks invites submission of papers for a special issue focusing on Open Educational Resources (OERs). OERs are learning materials that are made publically available for free to be used, modified, and redistributed in original or modified form. Online education and Open Educational Resources are strongly interconnected developments that have both have been driven by the growth of connectivity and content on the Web. In addition, online education is a natural environment for both creation and use of OERs. The growing collection of OERs provides an extensive and varied source of educational material that has great potential to enrich online education. But OERs are not without issues and challenges. Reward systems for instructors do not usually encourage broad sharing of instructional resources. Finding the right resource, at the right level, and with the right packaging can be difficult. Quality is uneven, and quality control is not well-developed. Intellectual property issues are complex and not always well understood. In spite of these and other issues, the same forces that are carrying online education forward also seem to be creating momentum for OERs and it seems clear that developments in this area have just begun. As the era of social media unfolds, the nature of OERs will change. The notion of an educational resource as static and having a single author seems likely to fade away. In the era of Wikipedia, the notion of large scale collaborative construction and sharing of OERs seems likely rather than far-fetched. This special issue will explore the phenomenon of Open Educational Resources. Papers should present a research study, an analysis, or detailed case study of OERs, including data where possible. Papers might focus on the evolution, present situation, or expected future of OERs including implications for online education where appropriate. Greg Hislop will serve as guest editor for this special issue. Submission Deadline: June 15, 2010. To submit a paper, please review JALN guidelines and submit papers to http://jaln.sloanconsortium.org/. Greg Hislop of Drexel University and Heidi Ellis of Western New England College will serve as guest co-editors for this special issue. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
