Open Educational Resources in Support of Science Learning: Tools for Inquiry and Observation

Autor/in	Scanlon, Eileen
Titel	Open Educational Resources in Support of Science Learning: Tools for Inquiry and Observation
Quelle	In: Distance Education, 33 (2012) 2, S.221-236 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-7919
DOI	10.1080/01587919.2012.692053
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Community Development; Observation; Science Instruction; Educational Resources; Environmental Education; Open Universities; Elementary Secondary Education; Adult Education; Higher Education; Science Education; Inquiry; Citizen Participation; Informal Education; Web 2.0 Technologies; Web Sites; Computer Uses in Education; Open Source Technology; Educational Technology; Social Networks; Case Studies; Program Descriptions; Access to Education; Inclusion; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Beobachtung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Bildungsmittel; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Offene Universität; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Web-Design; Computernutzung; Unterrichtsmedien; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Inklusion; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	This article focuses on the potential of free tools, particularly inquiry tools for influencing participation in twenty-first-century learning in science, as well as influencing the development of communities around tools. Two examples are presented: one on the development of an open source tool for structured inquiry learning that can bridge the formal/informal spaces for inquiry learning. This is contrasted with an example of the use of free tools and community development for observation of scientific phenomena supported by open educational resources (OER) with a citizen science perspective. The article provides an assessment of how the availability of the resources has a potential for shaping the communities using OER for science learning and a discussion of the means of supporting inquiry. (Contains 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10