PRAXIS: Open Educational Practices and Open Science to face the challenges of critical Educational Action Research

Ada Czerwonogora; Virginia Rodés

doi:10.5944/openpraxis.11.4.1024

PRAXIS: Open Educational Practices and Open Science to face the challenges of critical Educational Action Research

Open Praxis

Volume 11 (2019): Issue 4

By: Ada Czerwonogora and Virginia Rodés

Open Access

|Dec 2019

Abstract

The paper presents the findings from PRAXIS, an educational action research project developed within academic professional learning communities (PLC) in the context of public higher education in Uruguay. As a strategy towards fostering teaching innovation, we explored the potential and benefits of academic PLC for the reflection and transformation of teaching practices, and the integration of digital technologies in a meaningful way into teaching. The approach was based on Open Science (OS) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) as foundational frameworks to face the challenges of critical Educational Action Research. Key findings of the project emphasise the impact of PRAXIS framework combining OEP, OS, and academic PLC, as well as collaborative and participatory technologies for the transformation of teaching and educational research practices.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.11.4.1024 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X

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Language: English

Page range: 381 - 396

Submitted on: Jul 28, 2019

Accepted on: Oct 7, 2019

Published on: Dec 31, 2019

Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Educational action research (EAR),

professional learning communities (PLC),

teacher training,

digital technologies (DT),

open educational practices (OEP),

open science (OS)

© 2019 Ada Czerwonogora, Virginia Rodés, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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