The view from Scotland: What can Germany learn from OER initiatives in the UK?

The view from ScotlandWhat can Germany learn from OER initiatives in

the UK?

Lorna M. Campbell

Lorna M. Campbell, CC BY SA 3.0.

The Outer Hebrides

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right. CC BY SA 3.0

Lorna M. Campbell, CC BY SA 3.0.

Glasgow

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Lorna M. Campbell, CC BY SA 3.0.

Cetis

• Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and

Standards http://www.cetis.ac.uk/

• A national UK technology advisory centre providing

strategic, technical and pedagogical advice on

educational technology and standards to funding bodies,

standards agencies, government, institutions and

commercial partners.

About Cetis

Partnership between:

• University of Bolton.

• Heriot Watt

University.

Areas of expertise

• Learning analytics

• Course data standards

• Assessment standards

• eTextbook standards

• ePortfolios

• Enterprise architecture

• Open educational resources

• MOOCs

• Vocabulary management

• Metadata & resource

description

• Digital repositories

• Standards development

• Interoperability testing

• Horizon scanning

• Technical advisory &

strategic consultancy

Who does Cetis work with?

UKOER Programme

• Funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for

England (HEFCE) between 2009 – 2012.

• Only English Higher Education institutions could bid.

• Managed by Jisc and HEA and supported by Cetis.

• Invested over £10 million.

• Funded over 80 individual projects.

• Aimed at releasing OERs and embedding sustainable

open practice in institutions.

David Kernohan, CC BY, http://followersoftheapocalyp.se/what-i-talk-about-when-i-talk-about-ukoer/

Many people,

many practices,

one community.

UKOER, David Kernohan, http://followersoftheapocalyp.se/?attachment_id=984

#UKOER

Into the Wild: Technology for Open Educational Resources

By Amber Thomas, Lorna M. Campbell, Phil Barker and Martin Hawksey

http://publications.cetis.ac.uk/2012/601

Open Nottingham is designed to foster increased use, reuse and publication of open educational resources (OER) by staff and students across the university and beyond.There are four strategic drivers guiding Nottingham’s involvement in OER activities:

1. Social Responsibility2. The Student Experience3. Cost Efficiencies4. Promotional Opportunities

Open Nottingham, http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/open/opennottingham.aspx

Open Learn, http://www.open.edu/openlearn/, launched in 2006.

OER at the OU, http://www.open.ac.uk/about/open-educational-resources/

Meanwhile in Wales…

Lorna M. Campbell, CC BY SA 3.0.

Wales Open Education Declaration of Intent, http://www.hew.ac.uk/welsh-universities-sign-declaration-of-intent-embedding-open-education-at-the-heart-of-their-strategies/, 2013

“We believe embedding Open Educational Practice across the Welsh higher education community will facilitate an improved, quality educational experience for students through OER…We believe that we have a responsibility to the next generation of scholars, whether they are based within our own universities or further afield, because they are the innovators of tomorrow. ”

Wales Open Education Declaration of Intent

http://www.hew.ac.uk/wp/media/OER-Declaration-of-Intent-Sept-2013.pdf

OER Cymru, http://www.oerwales.ac.uk/

Andy K, CC BY NC SA, https://www.flickr.com/photos/declarationend/5539844578/

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff14-15 April 2015

Open & online: Wales higher education and emerging modes of learning, http://wales.gov.uk/docs/dcells/publications/140402-online-digital-learning-working-group-en.pdf

To the Minister for Education and Skills:

1. Widening access to higher education to those with low participation backgrounds.

2. Developing skills for the workplace and the Welsh economy

3. Developing Welsh language skills for employment

To the higher education institutions:

4. Reviewing institutional policies, monitoring developments and exploiting opportunities

5. Strengthening institutional reputation and brand

To the Minister and the higher education institutions:

6. Improving the skills of higher education staff

7. Licensing and sharing open educational resources

Open & online: Wales higher education and emerging modes of learning, http://wales.gov.uk/docs/dcells/publications/140402-online-digital-learning-working-group-en.pdf

Open and online resources: Implications for practice for higher education institutions in Wales by Dr Paul Richardson, http://wales.gov.uk/docs/dcells/publications/140402-online-digital-learning-working-group-en.pdf

North of the border…

Lorna M. Campbell, CC BY SA 3.0.

The University of Edinburgh Coursera, https://www.coursera.org/edinburgh

SQA Open Badges announcement, http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/67688.html

Open Scotland

Open Scotland

Open Scotland is a cross

sector initiative that aims to

raise awareness of open

education, encourage the

sharing of open educational

resources, and explore the

potential of open policy and

practice to benefit all

sectors of Scottish

education.

Lorna M. Campbell, CC BY SA 3.0.

Open Scotland

Summit

Brought together senior

managers, policy makers

and key thinkers

to explore the

development of open

education policy and

practice in Scotland.

Martin Hawksey, CC BY SA 3.0.

Scottish Open Education Declaration

http://declaration.openscot.net/

Open Scotland blog, http://openscot.net/

#OpenScot

Opening Educational Practices in Scotland

• Open University project funded by the Scottish Funding

Council (SFC).

• £1.27 million allocated over 3 years.

Opening Educational Practices in Scotland, http://oepscotland.org/

• Analysis of current open educational practices.

• Events programme across Scotland to raise awareness of OEP.

• Development of an online hub to encourage and share best practice in open education.

• Development of a small number of high quality OERs of particular benefit to Scotland.

• Badging of informal learning.

• Learning design for widening participation.

• Research and evaluation building strong evidence base.

• Evaluation of various economic models of openness.

“In the long term the project plans to leverage more funding and ensure future sustainability of open educational practices in Scotland.”

Opening Educational Practices in Scotland

Opening Educational Practices in Scotland, http://oepscotland.org/

“Open education can promote knowledge transfer while at the same time enhancing quality and sustainability, supporting social inclusion, and creating a culture of inter-institutional collaboration and sharing. In addition, open education can expand access to education, widen participation, create new opportunities for the next generation of teachers and learners and prepare them to become fully engaged digital citizens.”

Open Scotland Declaration

http://declaration.openscot.net/

Many people,

many practices,

one community.

UKOER, David Kernohan, http://followersoftheapocalyp.se/?attachment_id=984

Lorna M. Campbell, CC BY SA 3.0.

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What can Germany learn from OER initiatives in the UK?

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