OpenScout

A book edited by Dr. Alexandra Okada, Ms. Teresa Connolly and Dr. Peter Scott
Knowledge Media Institute - The Open University UK  

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposals Submission Deadline: May 15, 2010

Web 2.0 based technologies have been changing the ways we communicate with other people, how we acquire and assimilate information as well as how we produce knowledge. This networked world creates a sense of “always being in touch or reachable” for “sharing, remixing and reusing information”. Users, both organizations and individuals, can now create their own communities, construct content together and enable formal or informal learning collaboratively.

As a result, this mixed economy of ‘official’ open content from organisations and open content coming from learning communities through Web 2.0 plays an important role in widening participation in Higher Education.  Understanding the creation of these interactive experiences will be essential for producing significant Open Educational Resources (OERs) and helping learners become more active and able to manage their learning by themselves.

In order to obtain all the benefits that these “open and user-generated content, resources and tools” promise, this book investigates how OERs can be deployed successfully to enrich the collaborative formal and informal learning experience. Our aim is to offer a solid theoretical foundation and precise guidelines on how to produce and use OERs to ensure positive outcomes in terms of “user-generated knowledge”.

More about detailed objectives of the book, recommended topics, publisher and submission procedure at http://books.kmi.open.ac.uk/cl2oer/

Important Dates

Proposal Submission Deadline: May 15, 2010
Full chapter Submission: September 15, 2010
Review Results to Authors: November 30, 2010
Revised Chapter Submission: January 15, 2011
Final Deadline: February 15, 2011

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to:
Dr. Alexandra Okada & MS Teresa Connolly
Knowledge Media Institute - The Open University UK
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