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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
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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
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
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/
#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?
By Lorna M Campbell, [email protected]
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