Category Archives: C-SAP OER cascade project

JISC curriculum programme and OERs

Within the cascade project, we are keen on finding ways in which we can draw on insights developed in the context of previous/on-going JISC projects, not only within the Open Educational Resources programme. Through our programme manager, we started looking … Continue reading

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Our very first project meeting!

Yesterday we finally had a chance to gather our project team in one room and start discussing OER-related issues face-to-face. It is fascinating to see the diversity of perspectives on OERs and to watch the project taking shape. As is … Continue reading

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JISC OER II start-up meeting

The recent JISC meeting on 22 September marked the start of the next round of the JISC/HEA Open Educational Resources programme – or ‘OER II’ as we refer to it. The day was very useful in many ways; introducing new … Continue reading

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Teaching in public

The cascade project is slowly gaining momentum as we are setting up meetings with project partners, talking to our project consultant, trying to finalise the project plan. At the same time, as the conversations about the cascade framework are opening … Continue reading

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Initial thoughts on the cascade support framework

In the midst of sorting out administrivia for the OERII cascade project, we are trying to wrap our heads around the concept of the cascade support framework – after all, this is one of the key tasks for the project … Continue reading

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Welcome to this blog and the Open Cascade project

This blog will support the C-SAP (Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics) project: Cascading Social Science Open Educational Resources. The project seeks to cascade support for embedding Open Educational Resources within the social sciences curriculum, focusing on the … Continue reading

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