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Open policy in Higher Education and beyond
Martin WellerIET
The Open University
Outline• OER policies• Open Access policies• Indirect policies• Factors influencing policy• What role can policy play
Open policy as example
OER Policies
InstitutionalOpenLearn10 years!2m visitors annual10% conversion5% all coursesBetter than MOOCs?
Regional• http://k12oercollaborative.org/• 11 states creating OER supporting K–12 subjects
aligned with state learning standards.• Washington state can afford to update two
books a year. • For same money the open approach could create
open textbooks for ALL subjects for all of US.• In the US K12 textbook spend = $8 billion
K12 OER project estimates = $30 million
Removing barriersLeicester City Council - blanket permission to 84 schools to create open educational resources (OER), by sharing the learning materials they create under an open licencehttp://www.josiefraser.com/2016/03/oer-resources/
BCCampus• BC Ministry of Advanced Education funded –
create openly-licensed textbooks in the highest-enrolled academic subject areas.
• Open textbooks licensed using a Creative Commons license
• e-book formats free of charge, or print on demand books available at cost.
• Student savings $1,431,100 – $1,801,806• 14,311 students using open textbooks• 143 textbooks
Evidence• As good if not better performance• Increased retention• Savings for students• Pedagogical change
“We already have lots of money in education. We’re just really bad at spending it”Cable Green
National• TAACCCT• US Department of Labor grant fund of
$2 billion to expand and improve education programs for employment.
• All content produced released under CC license
But…Little evidence that OER projects led to policy
Open Access
Steady growth of all types of mandate
https://roarmap.eprints.org/
But…• Costs• Double dipping
New models
• OLH• Ubiquity• Knowledge
Unlatched
Open data• Open Data Initiati
ve – theodi.org/• Government data
data.gov.uk/• RCUK -
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/Publications/policy/OpenData/
• Mandates following open access
Indirect policies• www.changingpedagogicallandscape
s.eu/• IT policies• Reward, tenure, promotion• REF• Fees• University tables
The internet weather• Icanhazpdf• Sci-Hub• Social media• Open Access
Citation advantage• Online identity
What’s wrong with this tweet?
The Open FlipCosts move from purchasing copyrighted content to producing openly licensed content
What does it require for a policy to be successful?
• Champions• Evidence• Money!• Lobbyists• A specific problem
Where can policy be useful?• Creating sustainable
OER • An OER critical mass• Establishing new OA
models• Recognising OA/OER
impact• Encouraging
innovation
