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