LEARNING FROM ADVOCACY: A CASE OF OER POLICY

IMPLEMENTATION IN THE WAWASAN OPEN

UNIVERSITYProfessor Dr Mohandas Menon,

Assistant Vice-chancellormohandasbm@wou.edu.my

&Puan Kamsiah Mohd. Ali,

Director, Library and Learning Services Unitkamsiahmdali@wou.edu.my

This Case Report is based on the work

related to OER done in Wawasan Open University in the last over one and a half years

The authors are presenting the WOU experience on OER policy formulation and implementation- Work in Progress

Developments in OER Adoption WOU Council asking the University to consider the

use of available OER materials in its Course Development- December 2010

Launch OER-Asia-May 2011 WOU strengthening its human resources to take up

the Challenge- April 2011 Internal discussions on OER use begins towards

formulation - from June 2011 Moodle based WOU LMS upgraded- March 2012

Developments in OER Adoption Two pilot courses taken up for development

with OER use- with the purpose of model building in OER integration in WOU learning designs June 2011-June 2012

Individual initiatives among academics OER-Steering Committee Constituted Schools initiating OER integration in selected

courses WOU-OER Policy approved-July 2012

Developments in OER Adoption OER Capacity Building Plan approved and

training of different groups initiated- March 2012

WOU Open License policy formulated- August 2012

Preparations for developing OER Repositories- both external and internal resources- March-September 2012

WOU-OER-Policy

POLICY DECLARATION WOU will promote and implement the

creation, reuse, remix, repurpose and redistribution of Open Educational Resources (OER) within an Open Licensing framework

WOU-OER Policy Commitments Top management will promote, foster and

reward all efforts towards OER creation and use Academic staff will be committed to the OER

philosophy and practice of in their professional engagements

Academic and academic support staff will support creation and use of OER by learners thereby helping them to be prepared for the knowledge society.

WOU-Open License Policy

POLICY DECLARATION Wawasan Open University (WOU) is

committed to share its intellectual property with the education and learning community within the framework of its Open Educational Resources (OER) Policy

WOU Open License

OER Integrated Pilot Courses Launched: Jan 2012 & July 2012

.

TCC 242/05 Web database application: introduction to Web development and PHP.

School specific OER Integration Plans Each School developed plans for OER

Integration Newly approved Course Development

Models ‘Wrap-around model’ with only OER ‘Stand-alone model’ based on OER and other

resources

WOU- OER LOGO

WOU-OER ADVOCACY POSTERS

OER Capacity Building ActivitiesOER ConceptsOER SearchOpen LicensingIntegration OER in Course DevelopmentDesigning Learning in an OER environmentOER Integration and QA

Professor Dr Mohandas Menon, Assistant Vice-chancellormohandasbm@wou.edu.my &Puan Kamsiah Mohd. Ali, Director, Library and Learning Services Unit

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