Atenas, J. and Havemann, Leo and Priego, E. (2015) Open Data as Open Educational Resources: Towards transversal skills and global citizenship. Open Praxis 7 (4), pp. 377-389. ISSN 2304-070X.
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Abstract
Open Data is the name given to datasets which have been generated by international organisations, governments, NGOs and academic researchers, and made freely available online and openly-licensed. These datasets can be used by educators as Open Educational Resources (OER) to support different teaching and learning activities, allowing students to gain experience working with the same raw data researchers and policy-makers generate and use. In this way, educators can facilitate students to understand how information is generated, processed, analysed and interpreted. This paper offers an initial exploration of ways in which the use of Open Data can be key in the development of transversal skills (including digital and data literacies, alongside skills for critical thinking, research, teamwork, and global citizenship), enhancing students’ abilities to understand and select information sources, to work with, curate, analyse and interpret data, and to conduct and evaluate research. This paper also presents results of an exploratory survey that can guide further research into Open Data-led learning activities. Our goal is to support educators in empowering students to engage, critically and collaboratively, as 21st century global citizens.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Open Data, Open Educational Resources, Research based learning, Critical Thinking, Global Citizenship, Higher Education |
| School: | Birkbeck Professional Services > IT Services |
| Depositing User: | Leo Havemann |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Nov 2015 13:46 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jul 2025 18:56 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/13608 |
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