webinar oer as boundary objects anne algers
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OER as boundary objects – for dialogue between academia and
society about food
GO-GN-Webinar 10/12 2015Anne Algers ([email protected])
Boundaries
• Boundaries are social constructions that define who are included and excluded from interactions (Edwards & Kinti, 2010).
Boundaries
Boundary crossing
Boundary crossing can be seen as horizontal movementsof knowledge between multiple parallel activity contexts (Engeström etal., 1995).
Photo: Alex Marsh
Boundary objects
• Introduce an object to achieve boundary activities and to connect actors from different worlds (Star & Griesemer, 1989)
• Focus on the process when generating a boundary object through boundary activities (Engeström et al., 1995)
OER can support collaboration in academia
Underlying dimensions for the motives to adopt OER:
1. Individual (e.g. altruism - outreach), 2. Institutional (e.g. collaboration with peers - collective),
3. Societal (e.g. reaching beyond borders of the academy - expansive).
Human motivations for OER adoption
Challenges – Problems and barriers
• Quality assessment• Accuracy and legitimacy• Adopt new technologies and pedagogies• Sustainability• Share – participate
OER as an instrument for negotiationson what can be done with our animals
My thesis and the 5 papers• Algers, A. (2015). Open learning in life sciences – Studies of open educational resources in animal welfare and work-based learning in food science. Diss. University of Gothenburg. http://hdl.handle.net/2077/40580• 1) Algers, A., Svensson, L. and Lindström, B. (2015). Work-based learning through negotiated projects – Exploring boundary crossing. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 6(1), 1-19. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/HESWBL-01-2015-0003• 2) Algers, A., Lindström, B. and Pajor, E.A. (2011). A New Format for Learning about Farm Animal Welfare. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 24(4), 367-379. http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/11219/• 3) Algers, A., Silva-Fletcher, A., Gregory, N. and Hunt, M. (2013). The development of a new methodology for knowledge sharing in the interface between university and society - an example from the meat sector. Journal of Meat Science, 95, 672-678. http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/11160/• 4) Algers, A. and Silva-Fletcher, A, (2015). Teachers’ perceived value, motivations for and adoption of open educational resources in animal and food sciences. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 10(2), 35-45. http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/12549/• 5) Algers, A. and Ljung, M. (2015). Peer reviewing of OER in a contested domain – an activity theoretical analysis. Journal of Interactive Online learning, 13(4), 21-39.http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/issues/pdf/13.4.2.pdf
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