• Impact of COVID-19 on Formal Education: An International Review of Practices and Potentials of Open Education at a Distance 

      Stracke, Christian M.; Sharma, Ramesh Chander; Bozkurt, Aras; Burgos, Daniel; Cassafieres, Cécile Swiatek; dos Santos, Andreia Inamorato; Mason, Jon; Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Santos-Hermosa, Gema; Shon, Jin Gon; Wan, Marian; Agbu, Jane-Frances Obiageli; Farrow, Robert; Karakaya, Oezlem; Nerantzi, Chrissi; Ramírez-Montoya, María Soledad; Conole, Grainne; Cox, Glenda; Truong, Vi (International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022)
      In terms of scale, shock, and disenfranchisement, the disruption to formal education arising from COVID-19 has been unprecedented. Anecdotally, responses from teachers and educators around the world range from heightened ...
    • Responding to the Initial Challenge of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of International Responses and Impact in School and Higher Education 

      Stracke, Christian M.; Burgos, Daniel ; Santos-Hermosa, Gema; Bozkurt, Aras; Sharma, Ramesh Chander; Swiatek Cassafieres, Cecile; Inamorato dos Santos, Andreia; Mason, Jon; Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Shon, Jin Gon; Wan, Marian; Obiageli Agbu, Jane-Frances; Farrow, Robert; Karakaya, Oezlem; Nerantzi, Chrissi; Ramirez-Montoya, Maria Soledad; Conole, Grainne; Cox, Glenda; Truong, Vi (Sustainability, 2022)
      This paper presents and analyses solutions where open education and open science were utilised to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education. The COVID-19 outbreak and associated lockdowns created huge challenges ...
    • The UNESCO OER Recommendation: Some Observations from the ICDE OER Advocacy Committee 

      Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Ulloa Cazarez, Rosa Leonor; Gomes de Gusmão, Cristine Martins; Zhang, Xiangyang; Blomgren, Constance; Chaplin-Cheyne, Trish; Burgos, Daniel (International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2023)
      In this article, ambassadors of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Open Educational Resources (OER) Advocacy Committee (OERAC) provide a snapshot of regional and global Open Educational Resources ...