JIME Editorial

Martin Weller
2018 Journal of Interactive Media in Education  
Brazil. Although the contexts are quite different, both universities are engaged in attempts to recognise the potential of OEP to meet some of their government agendas. The paper by Diego Barreiro and colleagues provides an account of the OpenFING project in Uruguay, which is a digital video library of standard lectures or master classes. This can be seen as an intersection between the OER world and many of the lectures capture debates that are currently being conducted in universities
more » ... . The paper by Alexandra Okada and Tony Okada Sherborne takes a global perspective by analysing the results of the ENGAGE project which provides an overview of the Student Support area of the EMPOWER project, focusing on the Brazilian participants. This project seeks to establish an integrated model that combines OER, MOOC, Communities of Practice (CoP) and Open Schooling to promote open education and foster inquiry skills. These papers cover emerging OER and OEP practice in three countries, illustrating diverse practices, and a range of needs that OER can
doi:10.5334/jime.496 fatcat:cxbehezmirfhvloo32ujrvfyaq