开放教育资源：创新、研究与实践——访阿萨巴斯卡大学罗里·麦格雷尔教授

Open Educational Resources: Innovation%2C Research and Practice: An Interview with Prof.Rory McGreal of Athabasca University

罗里·麦格雷尔(Rory McGreal)教授是世界上著名的远程教育大学加拿大阿萨巴斯卡大学远程教育中心的教授，也是该校技术促进知识研究所的主任，并曾担任该校主管研究工作的副校长。在国际上，他是联合国教科文组织英联邦学习共同体等多个国际组织开放教育资源的主席，还是无国界高等教育全球顾问委员会成员和澳大利亚远程教育中心顾问小组的成员。他是开放教育资源知识云(OER Knowledge Cloud)的创使人，开放教育资源基金主任。2013年起担任《国际远程教育研究评论》(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning， IRRODL)的合作主编，并兼任多家学术期刊编委和多家学术期刊评审员。他一直致力于远程教育中开放教育资源的研究，由于他在远程教育领域的杰出贡献，于2002年获得在远程教育领域内最具名望的魏德迈奖。其研究兴趣集中在开放教育资源的使用、技术促进学习标准、移动学习以及相关应用的开发等领域。本访谈以“开放教育资源”为核心，对与开放教育资源相关的一系列的研究、创新和实践等进行了深入的访谈，以期为读者呈现一个立体化的、综合的、深入的和最新的国际开放教育资源相关研究与实践的全景图。罗里·麦格雷尔教授首先介绍了MOOCs与开放教育资源的关系，然后深入剖析了开放教育资源之所以要开放的深层次动因；并介绍了在资源泛滥的时代该如何有效地使用和开发开放教育资源以及社会媒体在传播开放教育资源过程中的积极作用；在此基础上介绍了开放教育资源发展过程中面临的阻碍和挑战及其应对策略；并对国际范围内的开放教育资源的最新的实践与创新和研究热点进行了总结。随后，罗里·麦格雷尔教授分享了其需要将开放教育资源与移动学习相结合的原因、阿萨巴斯卡大学在积极参与开放教育资源实践过程中的收获；最后，他推荐了两本开放教育资源相关的著作。

Professor Rory McGreal is a professor in the Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca University which is one of the most famous Open University in the world. He is also the director of the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute (TEKRI). Formerly， he served as the Associate Vice President Research in Athabasca University. Internationally， he is the Open Educational Resource Chair for many orgnizations including UNESCOCoL. He has severed as a member of the Global Advisory Council of the Observatory of Borderless Higher Education. Presently， he is Director of the OER Foundation， and a member of the Distance Education Hub， Advisory Group， Australia. He is also a co-Editor of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL) from 2013， and on the editorial board or a reviewer for a variety of scholarly journals. For his excellent contribution in distance education， he was given the Wedemeyer Award for Distance Education practitioner in 2002.His present research interests include the use of Open Educational Resources and standards in technology assisted learning， particularly in the development and application of learning objects. He is also researching how these would be applied and formatted on mobile devices for M-learning. This interview is focus on the topic of Open Educational Resources (OER)， the research， innovation and practices related to OER are deeply introduced to provide a three-dimensional， comprehensive， in-depth and up to date international research and practice panorama for readers. Professor Rory McGreal first introduced the relationship between MOOCs and OER， then the reason for open of educational resource is in-depth analyzed. And then the following topics also introduced in this interview: how to effectively use and develop OER in the era of rampant of resource， the role of social media in the delivery of OER， the obstacles and challenges it faced and coping strategies; the latest practice and Innovation of OER in international context and researchers most concerns topic. Subsequently， he shared the reasons of why combine the research of OER and mobile learning together， and also the harvest of Athabasca University in its practice of OER. Finally， he recommended two open educational resources for Chinese readers.