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Weller, M.; Pitt, B.; Farrow, R. and Bossu, C. (2024). GO-GN Annual Review 2023. Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN), The Open University (UK), Milton Keynes.

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Whitelock, Denise; Goshtasbpour, Fereshte; Pitt, Rebecca; Ferguson, Rebecca and Cross, Simon (2024). Capacity building for digital education. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 39(2) pp. 105–111.

Whitelock, Denise; Goshtasbpour, Fereshte; Pitt, Rebecca; Ferguson, Rebecca and Cross, Simon (2024). [Editorial] Capacity building for digital education. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-learning, 39(2) pp. 105–111.

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Farrow, Robert; Bossu, Carina; Pitt, Rebecca; Weller, Martin; Bozkurt, Aras; Elridge, Bethany; Hayman, Jenni; Iniesto, Francisco; Johnson, Kathryn; Nerantzi, Chrissi; Pete, Judith and Schuwer, Robert (2024). GO-GN at 10: Strategic Review. Global OER Graduate Network.

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Farrow, Robert; Coughlan, Tim; Goshtasbpour, Fereshte and Pitt, Rebecca (2023). Supported Open Learning and Decoloniality: Critical Reflections on Three Case Studies. Education Sciences, 13(11), article no. 1115.

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Iniesto, Francisco; Pitt, Rebecca; Bossu, Carina; Farrow, Robert and Weller, Martin (2023). Community, Fellowship, Openness: Supporting Early Career Researchers through Open Educational Practices. EDUTEC. Revista Electrónica de Tecnología Educativa(85) pp. 136–152.

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Goshtasbpour, Fereshte; Pitt, Beck; Cross, Simon; Ferguson, Rebecca and Whitelock, Denise (2023). Challenges for Innovation and Educational Change in Digital Education in Low Resourced Settings: A Kenyan Example. In: European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) 2023 Annual Conference, 18-20 Jun 2023, Dublin, Ireland.

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Farrow, Robert; Weller, Martin; Pitt, Rebecca; Iniesto, Francisco; Algers, Anne; Almousa, Samia; Baas, Marjon; Bentley, Penny; Bozkurt, Aras; Butler, Walter; Cardoso, Paula; Chtena, Natascha; Cox, Glenda; Czerwonogora, Ada; Dabrowski, Michael T.; Darby, Robert; DeWaard, Helen; Kathy, Essmiller; Johanna, Funk; Jenni, Hayman; Emily, Helton; Huth, Kate; Hutton, Sarah C.; Iyinolakan, Olawale; Johnson, Kathryn R.; Jordan, Katy; Kuhn, Caroline; Lambert, Sarah; Mittelmeier, Jenna; Nagashima, Tomo; Nerantzi, Chrissi; O'Reilly, Jessica; Paskevicius, Michael; Peramunugamage, Anuradha; Pete, Judith; Power, Virginia; Pulker, Hélène; Rabin, Eyal; Rets, Irina; Roberts, Verena; Rodés, Virginia; Sousa, Lorena; Spica, Elizabeth; Vizgirda, Vidminas; Vladimirschi, Viviane and Witthaus, Gabi (2023). The Go-GN Open Research Handbook. Milton Keynes: Global OER Graduate Network.

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Pitt, Rebecca (2023). Open Textbooks in Higher Education Teaching. In: Otto, Daniel; Scharnberg, Gianna; Kerres, Michael and Zawacki-Richter, Olaf eds. Distributed Learning Ecosystems: Concepts, Resources, and Repositories. Springer VA Wiesbaden, pp. 97–113.

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Iniesto, Francisco; Pitt, Beck; Farrow, Rob; Bossu, Carina and Weller, Martin (2023). The Global OER Graduate Network: an example of a Community of Care - La Red Global de Estudiantes de Doctorado en Educación Abierta: un ejemplo de una Comunidad de Cuidado. In: 9° International Conference On Education Innovation, Jan 16-18, Monterrey, Mexico, pp. 287–291.

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Weller, M.; Pitt, B.; Iniesto, F.; Farrow, R. and Bossu, C. (2022). Annual Review 2022. Global OER Graduate Network.

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Farrow, Robert; Baas, Marjon; Cardoso, Paula; Cox, Glenda; Czerwonogora, Ada; DeWaard, Helen; Essmiller, Kathy; Helton, Emily; Huth, Kate; Iniesto, Francisco; Johnson, Kathryn; Peramunugamage, Anuradha; Pitt, Rebecca; Sousa, Lorena; Vizgirda, Vidiminas and Weller, Martin (2022). GO-GN Research Review 2022. Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN). The Open University (UK).

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Goshtasbpour, Fereshte; Ferguson, Rebecca; Pitt, Rebecca; Cross, Simon and Whitelock, Denise (2022). Adapting OER: Addressing the Challenges of Reuse When Designing for HE Capacity Development. In: 21st European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL), 27-28 Oct 2022, Brighton, 21st European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL).

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Pitt, B.; Huynh, T. Q.; Gregson, J.; Seal, T.; Tran, H. H.; Nguyen, H. T.; Bui, T. N. T. and Nguyen, H. M. (2022). Readiness of Digital Transformation in Vietnamese Universities. British Council.

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Mohamud, Khadija; Buckler, Alison; Pitt, Beck and Twining, Peter (2022). Internet kiosks in Uganda: A window of opportunities? In: Rienties, Bart; Hampel, Regine; Scanlon, Eileen and Whitelock, Denise eds. Open World Learning: Research, Innovation and the Challenges of High-Quality Education. Routledge Research in Digital Education and Educational Technology. New York, USA: Routledge, pp. 131–143.

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Iniesto, Francisco; Ferguson, Rebecca; Weller, Martin; Farrow, Robert and Pitt, Rebecca (2022). Introducing a reflective framework for the assessment and recognition of microcredentials. Open Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association (OTESSA) Journal, 2(2) pp. 1–24.

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Iniesto, Francisco; Pitt, Rebecca; Weller, Martin; Farrow, Robert; Cronin, Catherine; Funk, Johanna; Lambert, Sarah; Nerantzi, Chrissi; Paskevicius, Michael; Pete, Judith; Roberts, Verena; Rodes, Virginia and Vladimirschi, Viviane (2022). The GO-GN Fellowship reflections report. Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN). The Open University (UK).

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Weller, Martin; Pitt, Rebecca; Iniesto, Francisco; Farrow, Robert; Bossu, Carina and Vladimirschi, Viviane (2021). GO-GN Annual Review 2021. Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN). The Open University (UK).

Farrow, Robert; Iniesto, Francisco; Weller, Martin; Pitt, Rebecca; Algers, Anne; Bozkurt, Aras; Cox, Glenda; Czerwonogora, Ada; Elias, Tanya; Essmiller, Kathy; Funk, Johanna; Lambert, Sarah; Mittelmeier, Jenna; Nagashima, Tomo; Rabin, Eyal; Rets, Irina; Spica, Elizabeth; Vladimirschi, Viviane and Witthaus, Gabi (2021). GO-GN Guide to Conceptual Frameworks. Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN). The Open University (UK).

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Farrow, Robert; Ferguson, Rebecca; Weller, Martin; Pitt, Rebecca; Sanzgiri, Janesh and Habib, Mustafa (2021). Assessment and Recognition of MOOCs: The State of the Art. Journal of Innovation in Polytechnic Education, 3(1) pp. 15–26.

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Weller, Martin; Pitt, Rebecca; Iniesto, Francisco and Farrow, Robert (2020). GO-GN Annual Review 2020. Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN).

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Gregson, Jon; Pitt, Beck and Seal, Timothy (2020). TIDE Digital Strategy Report. Transformation by Innovation in Distance Education (TIDE), Milton Keynes.

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Farrow, Robert; Iniesto, Francisco; Weller, Martin and Pitt, Rebecca (2020). GO-GN Research Methods Handbook. Milton Keynes: Global OER Gradate Network.

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Pitt, Rebecca; Jordan, Katy; de los Arcos, Beatriz; Farrow, Robert and Weller, Martin (2020). Supporting open educational practices through open textbooks. Distance Education, 41(2) pp. 303–318.

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Farrow, Robert; Pitt, Rebecca and Weller, Martin (2020). Open Textbooks as an innovation route for open science pedagogy. Education for Information, 36(3) pp. 227–245.

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Gregson, Jon; Pitt, Rebecca and Seal, Timothy (2019). Developing a Digital Strategy for Distance Education in Myanmar. In: Pan-Commonwealth Forum 9 (PCF9), 2019, Commonwealth of Learning.

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Coughlan, Tim; Pitt, Beck and Farrow, Rob (2019). Forms of Innovation Inspired by Open Educational Resources: A Post-Project Analysis. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-learning, 34(2) pp. 156–175.

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Pitt, Rebecca; Farrow, Robert; Jordan, Katy; de los Arcos, Beatriz; Weller, Martin; Kernohan, D and Rolfe, V (2019). The UK Open Textbooks Report. Open Education Research Hub.

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Weller, Martin; Farrow, Robert and Pitt, Rebecca (2019). GO-GN: Lessons in Building an Open Research Community. In: Pan Commonwealth Forum 9 (PCF9), 9-12 Sep 2019, Edinburgh, Scotland, Commonwealth of Learning.

Rolfe, Vivien and Pitt, Beck (2018). Open textbooks - an untapped opportunity for universities, schools and colleges. Insights, 31(30) pp. 1–6.

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Pitt, Rebecca (2018). Evaluating the BizMOOC project Learning to Learn MOOC: The OpenupEd Quality Framework in Action. In: International Entrepreneurship | Przedsiębiorczość Międzynarodowa, 4(3) pp. 327–340.

Pitt, Rebecca; Friedl, Christian; Jansen, Darco and Driha, Oana (2017). The MOOC potential to address European challenges in CPD and continuous education. In: Higher Education for the Future: Accelerating and Strengthening Innovation. EADTU Conference Proceedings (Ubachs, George and Konings, Lizzie eds.), EADTU, pp. 369–380.

Weller, Martin; de los Arcos, Beatriz; Farrow, Robert; Pitt, Rebecca and McAndrew, Patrick (2017). What Can OER Do for Me? Evaluating the Claims for OER. In: Jhangiani, R. S. and Biswas-Diener, R. eds. Open: The Philosophy and Practices that are Revolutionizing Education and Science. London, UK: Ubiquity Press, pp. 67–78.

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Weller, Martin; de los Arcos, Beatriz; Farrow, Rob; Pitt, Rebecca and McAndrew, Patrick (2016). Identifying Categories of Open Educational Resource Users. In: Blessinger, Patrick and Bliss, TJ eds. Open Education: International Perspectives in Higher Education. Open Book Publishers, pp. 73–92.

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Farrow, Rob; Perryman, Leigh-Anne; de los Arcos, Beatriz; Weller, Martin and Pitt, Rebecca (2016). OER Hub Researcher Pack. Milton Keynes, UK: OER Hub.

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Pitt, Rebecca; de los Arcos, Beatriz; Farrow, Rob and Weller, Martin (2016). Open Research. Milton Keynes, UK: OER Hub.

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de los Arcos, Beatriz; Farrow, Robert; Pitt, Rebecca; Weller, Martin and McAndrew, Patrick (2016). Adapting the Curriculum: How K-12 Teachers Perceive the Role of Open Educational Resources. Journal of Online Learning Research, 2(1) pp. 23–40.

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Jhangiani, Rajiv; Pitt, Rebecca; Hendricks, Christina; Key, Jessie and Lalonde, Clint (2016). Exploring Faculty Use of Open Educational Resources at British Columbia Post-Secondary Institutions. BCcampus, Victoria, British Columbia.

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Farrow, Robert; de los Arcos, Beatriz; Pitt, Rebecca and Weller, Martin (2015). Who are the Open Learners? A Comparative Study Profiling non-Formal Users of Open Educational Resources. EURODL (European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning), 18(2) pp. 50–74.

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Weller, Martin; de los Arcos, Bea; Farrow, Rob; Pitt, Beck and McAndrew, Patrick (2015). The Impact of OER on Teaching and Learning Practice. Open Praxis, 7(4) pp. 351–361.

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Pitt, Rebecca (2015). Mainstreaming Open Textbooks: Educator Perspectives on the Impact of OpenStax College open textbooks. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 16(4) pp. 133–155.

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Farrow, Robert; Pitt, Rebecca; de los Arcos, Beatriz; Perryman, Leigh-Anne; Weller, Martin and McAndrew, Patrick (2015). Impact of OER use on teaching and learning: data from OER Research Hub (2013–2014). British Journal of Educational Technology, 46(5) pp. 972–976.

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Pitt, Rebecca (2015). What does it mean to transform the world: Ron Aronson, Hope and Revolution. Sartre Studies International, 21(2) pp. 33–58.

de los Arcos, Beatriz; Farrow, Robert; Pitt, Rebecca; Perryman, Leigh-Anne; Weller, Martin and McAndrew, Patrick (2015). OER Research Hub Data 2013-2015: Educators. Open Education Research Hub.

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de los Arcos, Beatriz; Farrow, Robert; Pitt, Rebecca; Perryman, Leigh-Anne; Weller, Martin and McAndrew, Patrick (2015). OER Research Hub Data 2013-2015: Formal Learners. Open Education Research Hub.

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de los Arcos, Beatriz; Farrow, Robert; Pitt, Rebecca; Perryman, Leigh-Anne; Weller, Martin and McAndrew, Patrick (2015). OER Research Hub Data 2013-2015: Informal Learners. Open Education Research Hub.

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de los Arcos, B.; Farrow, R.; Perryman, L.-A.; Pitt, R. and Weller, M. (2014). OER Evidence Report 2013-2014. OER Research Hub.

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Pitt, Rebecca; Ebrahimi, Nassim; McAndrew, Patrick and Coughlan, Tim (2013). Assessing OER impact across organisations and learners: experiences from the Bridge to Success project. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, article no. 17.

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Pitt, Rebecca (2013). Who is the revolutionary in Being and Nothingness? In: O'Donohoe, Benedict ed. Severally Seeking Sartre. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 154–170.

Coughlan, Tim; Pitt, Rebecca and McAndrew, Patrick (2013). Building open bridges: collaborative remixing and reuse of open educational resources across organisations. In: 2013 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ‘changing perspectives’ (CHI 2013), 29 Apr - 02 May 2013, Paris, France, pp. 991–1000.

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Coughlan, Tim; Ebrahimi, Nassim; McAndrew, Patrick and Pitt, Rebecca (2013). Assessing OER impact across varied organisations and learners: experiences from the "Bridge to Success" initiative. In: OER13: Creating a Virtuous Circle, 26-27 Mar 2013, Nottingham, UK.

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Pitt, Rebecca (2013). Play and being in Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and Nothingness. In: Ryall, Emily; Russell, Wendy and MacLean, Malcolm eds. The Philosophy of Play. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 109–119.