Abstract
AbstractThis paper draws on initial findings of a project âDigital Futures in Teacher Educationâ (DeFT) undertaken in 2011â12 as part of the third phase of the JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) UK Open Educational Resources (OER) programme. It discusses issues emerging from the claim that the open source movement is a form of collaboration and considers this in the context of attempts to embed OER practice in the UK within the teacher education sector and to develop guidance on practice in teaching and learning in the school sector involving digital literacy. Accordingly, the project team, based at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) and The University of Sheffield (TUOS), worked towards release of OERs, in the form of an Open Textbook (Connexions 2009: What are open textbooks? Available from: http://cnx.org/content/m15226/latest/), which address the opportunities and challenges of creative and innovative uses of digital literacy in the context of the school and teacher education sectors. Working w...
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