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Economics Network

Economics Network. Open Educational Resources TRUE. TRUE. HEFCE allocated £5 million funding for OER projects in different disciplines Encouraging academics to share teaching and learning resources Three levels of bid – Individual, Institutional & Subject

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Economics Network

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  1. Economics Network Open Educational Resources TRUE

  2. TRUE • HEFCE allocated £5 million funding for OER projects in different disciplines • Encouraging academics to share teaching and learning resources • Three levels of bid – Individual, Institutional & Subject • Each subject strand project is developing an OER project using a different model of engagement and dissemination • The Economics Network was awarded £218,000 to develop a model based on the development of 14 individual subject specific wikis

  3. Health Economics • The 14 wikis will be developed in the same format as the wiki that already exists for health economics • Encouraged those working in the field of health economics to share resources • Highlights events, encourages communication • A simple, inclusive structure • http//www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/health

  4. TRUE • The 14 sub-discipline included in the TRUE project cover typical level 2 and 3 undergraduate options on Economics degrees. • Resources in the public domain are quite limited in most of these areas • There are many high quality resources accompanying modules in specific universities, many within a VLE. • Resources will be organised by specialism and, within each specialism, they will be catalogued according to resource type.

  5. Teaching Resources • These resources will include • syllabus outlines • reading lists • assessment materials • seminar and workshop materials • lecture slides • handouts • case studies • electronic reusable learning objects • Web 2.0 tools • other innovative teaching materials that have been developed by individual lecturers.

  6. Specialist Areas • Development Economics – University of Southampton • Environmental Economics – University of Portsmouth • Experimental Economics – University of Exeter • Labour Economics – University of Dundee • International Economics – UWE • Monetary Economics – Cardiff University • Regional and Local Economics – University of Portsmouth

  7. Econometrics – Kingston University • European Economics – University of Birmingham • Heterodox Economics – City University • Law and Economics – University of Hull • Industrial Economics – University of Nottingham • Public Sector Economics – University of Durham • Risk and Uncertainty – University of Nottingham

  8. FAME • 4 FDTL5 funded projects • Final stage of evaluation • Lecturer experience/feedback • Student engagement/feedback • September 2009 - December 2009 • £500 per evaluation

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