Wikiwijs: An unexpected journey and the lessons learned towards OER | Zendy

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Wikiwijs: An unexpected journey and the lessons learned towards OER

Author(s) -

Robert Schuwer,

Karel Kreijns,

Marjan Vermeulen

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

open praxis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2304-070X

pISSN - 1369-9997

DOI - 10.5944/openpraxis.6.2.116

Subject(s) - open educational resources , mainstreaming , directive , government (linguistics) , political science , christian ministry , work (physics) , open education , public relations , psychological intervention , public administration , pedagogy , sociology , special education , psychology , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , psychiatry , law , programming language

The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has funded a five years program to encourage the use, creation and sharing of Open Educational Resources (OER) by teachers from various types of education. This program is known as Wikiwijs. Ultimo 2013, the program has come to an end. As some of the assumptions at the start of Wikiwijs proved to work out in unexpected ways the lessons learned could fuel the next steps in developing Wikiwijs. Besides, other national initiatives on opening up education may also benefit from the lessons learned reported here.

The main conclusion from five years Wikiwijs was that to accomplish mainstreaming OER, the Wikiwijs program should go along with other interventions that are more oriented toward prescriptive policies and regulations. In particular: the Dutch government should be more directive in persuading executive boards and teachers on schools to adopt OER as an important part of educational reform and the acquisition of 21st century skills.

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