+ Open Science, Open ResearchOpen

Science, Open

Research & now Open Education

…..nexus between

research led teaching …

Via OERs…

….to .linked through open

access research

…..transforming culture…..as

reflected in the alignment of mandates

.It’s here to stay…so

strap in and enjoy the ride…..

Getting over the “Should

We”…moving to the

Mechanics of “How we do

it”

Lindsay Lohan is our

competitor…. We have

to get her off the

screen and get science

there instead.

Bora

Zivkovic, Founder, Onli

ne Science Conference

moving to a collaborative model……,

“because it works

better in the current ecosystem, in

the Web-connected world.”…….

open access to

research results – both

publications and

research data – is not

just a luxury

Neelie

Kroes, www.surf.nl/open

2011 /“Properly organized open resources can underpin online learning for both private

and public education and ”leisure“ learning…fundamental infrastructure for

learning and teaching…should be supported as such by funders and

policymakers in the education, research, and culture domains

Malcolm Read, Educause Annual Conference, 2011

+ Convergence & Timing2012 and the links to existing Open Access mandates are being joined

upOpen Education

2011(Ghent), 2012 (Paris) Open Education

May 2012 (NDLR FEST)

13 August 2012 to 13 November 2012

Public Consultation "Opening up Education – a proposal for

a European Initiative to enhanceeducation and skills

development through new technologies"

Open Science & Open Research

Moving on from Open Access (BBB) Declarations:

2001 (Budapest), 2003 (Bethesa, Berlin)

ERC Scientific Council Statement on Open Access

(July 2012)

July 2012 (ESOF 2012)

Europen Commission Statement on Open Access

“Scientific data: open access to research results will

boost Europe’s innovation capacity” (July 2012)

UK

UK Innovation Report

David Willets and Andrew Mitchell

UK Research Council

Ireland

Impact studies report prepared for HEA & Dept.

of Education, Skills and Minister of State for

Research and Innovation

The Digital Learning Revolution in Ireland : Case

Studies from the National Learning Resources

Service, Sept 2012

National steering group on Open Access

Announcement expected late 2012

EU Commissioner

clear directive on OER – DG Education & Culture

Review of Education for Europe Horizon 2020

– EC framework programme 8 – c. 80 billion Euro

committed

+Building blocks in place: Ireland

+ Open for Business?

One Stop Shop?

Shop Local?

Local Shop for Local People?

+The rally cry…..

I’ve set out my stall….now

what’s your “shop” going to

look like?

…. galvinising the amazing work

completed to date...against a

timely backdrop of a series of

declarations and mandates...

financial & policy supports are in

place .....so get on with the

business of mechanics of

realising this Open Landscape.....

John “Two-Brains” Willetts, MP,

Minister of State for Universities & Science

“Attends” RSP Autumn School, Wales, 2011