Building open bridges: collaborative remixing and reuse of open educational resources across organisations

Authors:
Tim Coughlan;Rebecca Pitt;Patrick McAndrew
Affiliations:
The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK;The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK;The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Venue:
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2013

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Abstract

In this paper we analyse the remixing and reuse of online learning materials offered as Open Educational Resources (OER). We explore the practices that developed as a set of course materials were released as OER from the UK, remixed for a US context by a cross-organisational, cross-cultural team, and then reused in a broad range of educational settings. We analyse the approaches taken during these remixing and reuse activities as novel forms of creative collaboration. As a basis for comparison, we explore similarities and differences with openness in other domains. We identify how openness provoked novel inter-organisational collaboration and forms of ownership; define forms of open practice that need support, and present issues that should be considered in devising and supporting open projects in education and beyond.