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Open Education OER and
Marieke Guy [email protected] OER Schools Conference, 29th January 2015
Around the world
Open Knowledge Promoting open knowledge in a digital age
● A community-based, not-for-profit with projects and partnerships throughout the world
● We build tools, apps and communities to create, use and share open data and content - information that everyone can use, share and build on
● We believe that by creating an open knowledge commons and developing tools and communities around this we can make a significant contribution to improving governance, research and the economy
● Collaboration not control, empowerment not exploitation, open not closed
https://okfn.org/
Open Education
About removing barriers to education https://www.flickr.com/photos/subcircle/500995147/
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Open Education Part of a wave of cultural change
• Long history: Public library movement, state provided education, civil rights movement, open universities
• Next step in the evolution of education: You need to be aware of open education as educators
• Credible global movement: Obama announcement in U.S. Open Government Partnership National Action Plan, European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes Opening Up Education initiative
• Tools are often enablers rather than drivers : “Technology is available to develop either independence and learning or bureaucracy and teaching” (Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society, 1971)
Open Education
A welcoming and accessible community https://www.flickr.com/photos/eelssej_/413385838/ .
Traditional Education More than learning and teaching..
• Learning: whether through instruction, guided activity or self-directed learning;
• Teaching: mentoring and all non-instructivist activities around the deliberate nurturing of knowledge;
• Assessment: any combination of summative, formative and/or diagnostic;
• Accreditation: recognising learner or educator accomplishment; • Policymaking: influencing curriculum, funding and procedures in
education; and • Administration: dealing with recruitment, admissions, retention,
progression, graduation, timetabling, reporting, and management.
• Policy • Open Education
Resources • Accreditation • Licences • Tools • Data • Learning and
teaching practice
Open Education Pie
Open Education Working Group
…established to bring together people and groups interested in open education. Its goal is to initiate global cross-sector and cross-domain activity that encompasses the various facets of open education.
http://education.okfn.org
Open Education Around the World Series of posts • Greenland • Japan • United Kingdom • Scotland • Tanzania • India • South Africa • Rwanda • Holland …
Keyword Hypothesis
Performance OER improve student performance/satisfaction
Openness People use OER differently from other online materials
Access OER widen participation in education
Retention OER can help at-risk learners to finish their studies
Reflection OER use leads educators to reflect on their practice
Finance OER adoption brings financial benefits for students/institutions
Indicators Informal learners use a variety of indicators when selecting OER
Support Informal learners develop their own forms of study support
Transition OER support informal learners in moving to formal study
Policy OER use encourages institutions to change their policies
Assessment Informal assessments motivate learners using OER
From Beatriz de los Arcos, OER Research Hub http://slidesha.re/1xKl7H6
Benefits of OER
From Closed to Open With Open Educational Resources
Closed content is the default and people need compelling reasons to replace it with OER. When the norms have changed, OER will be in the mainstream…. If we want OER to become the default, we need people to use OER and to know that they are using OER.”
TJ Bliss, Williama and Flora Hewlett Foundation http://tjbliss.org/the-doctor-and-the-gym/
Marieke Guy [email protected] Twitter @mariekeguy