Open Learning Network (OLnet)

Five key areas

Management

Fellowships

Infrastructure

Research

Dissemination

Supported by the Flora and William Hewlett Foundation, Partnership between the Open University, UK and Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Professor Patrick McAndrew

Educational details

Degree in Mathematics

PHD in computer vision

Work experience

Research Associate at Heriot-Watt University in 1986

Lecturer in the Computer Science department at Heriot-Watt University

System Manager at ICBL in 1991

Manager at ICBL from 1995

Professor of Open Education in the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) at The Open University

Head of Centre for Information Technology in Education (2002-2005)

Associate Director (Learning and Teaching) (2009-2011)

Chair in Open Education in 2012

Professional details

Researching and evaluating learner and provider issues in the use of open content and free educational resources

Programme Lead for the learning in an open world research

He designed web-based courses

Main research interests

Ways to structure material for reuse and approaches to enabling learning and sharing knowledge using networks through the enabling action of openness

Other OER projects

Open Learn

Provides open and free learning

Bridge to Success

Offers free, open educational resources

OLnet Teacher Education from across Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA)

To find evidence on how openess work across the world

OER research hub

Authored

Books

Book chapter

Conference item

Jounal articles

Aims

Tackles gathering evidence for effective OER

Gathering methods on research and learning in an open world

Looks at other influences

Offers

A website to share information about OER research

Numerous tools

A collective intelligence tool

A social networking tool

A visual tool

An international research hub for aggregating, sharing, debating and improving OER

Countries affiliated

Rwanda

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Ghana

Kenya

Malawi

Mauritius

Nigeria