Research project

OpenLives

Project overview

The project aimed at creating open educational resources (OERs) with research data documenting Spanish migrant experiences. The project embedded these OERs into teaching and learning confirming that data collected for research in one discipline could be used in an array of ways by different disciplines within humanities and social sciences. The project envisaged the students as collaborators in creating OERs by modifying and recreating more language learning materials.
Published article: Nelson, Irina & Pozo-Gutiérrez, Alicia. (2013). The OpenLIVES Project: Alternative Narratives of Pedagogical Achievement. 10.14705/rpnet.2013.000118.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Kate Borthwick MA (Hons), MA, PHD, FHEA, SCMALT

Professorial Fellow of Enterprise

Research interests

  • Massive Open Online Courses (and Language MOOCs)
  • Open educational practices and resources
  • Blended learning for languages
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Other researchers

Ms Irina Nelson

Senior Language Teaching Fellow
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs