olnet one year on
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A summary of the thoughts and directions for the work on researching Open Educational Resources after one year of the Hewlett Foundation supported work on OLnet - The Open Learning network.Original content CC-BY. Some images CC-BY-NCTRANSCRIPT
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OLnet one year on: Blending evidence for collective intelligence
Patrick McAndrew and the OLnet research team:
Giota Alevizou, Anna de Liddo, Kasia Kozinska, Elpida Makryannis, Pauline Ngimwa,
Andreia Santos, and Tina Wilson
“OER is a catalyst for Deeper Learning”
Barbara Chow, Hewlett Foundation
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The tools for us and for others
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Attracts• Quality• Unique• Fresh• Fast• Small• Relevant
Global intitiativesGlobal intitiatives
OER AfricaUK
NetherlandsNew Zealand
Brazil
Goals
Find evidence to support OER policy
Provide design support for OER
Build an infrastructure that works
Show how free resources work for learning
Provide access to the lessons of content
Understand what transfers across context
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OER breaks down barriers between contexts
Indicators
+ Extension of model into new countries
+ Use of materials across levels
+ Attraction of specialist content
+ Rise of OER stars
Contra-indicators
- Culturally related content
- Dominance of “West”
- Different approaches at different levels
Evidence
The approaches that are taken in different subject areas and the types of learning that occur
Understanding reuse across sectors in education
Role of OER as a change agent
External sites building on existence of OER content
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Goal: Understand what transfers across context
Provide lessons from contexts:
Africa, South America, Asia, … Develop fellowships for sharing
Disseminate results and give guidence
Define levels of interest among stakeholders Increase our knowledge of
policy differences Identify guidance needed Join in with work on
advocacy Work with influence
organisations
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OER in different contexts
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Community building on OpenLearn
Motivational AspectsInstitutionalEducatorsPolicy makers
Experimental pedagogiesTeaching & Learning2.0De-schooling society?
Challenges:Awareness and granularity Quality & sustainabilityLearning Design and the reusability Paradox AccreditationMentorshipVolunteerism Participatory expertise and literacies
Collaboration cycle
OpenLearn Research Report, 2006-2008
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Taking OER beyond the university “+ in June” Programme 2009:
• The Concept of Innovation (215 students)• Designing the User Interface (136 students)• TOTAL = 351 students enrolled.
“+ in June” Programme 2010:• Digital literacy initiative: basic computer skills +
“Information on the Web” (taken from OpenLearn).• Aimed at UnisulVirtual students’ friends
and/or relatives (30,853 students at UV).
Tutor + friend/relative support widening participation participatory culture social inclusion fulfilment of university mission.
Explore, Filter and Makesense
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Open Future?
Embrace openness: operation, teaching & research
OER as the catalyst for change
Work across boundaries
Open research as a new approach
McAndrew, P., Scanlon, E., Clow, D. (2010) “An Open Future for Higher Education”http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/AnOpenFutureforHigherEducation/199388
Goals
Find evidence to support OER policy
Provide design support for OER
Build an infrastructure that works
Show how free resources work for learning
Provide access to the lessons of content
Understand what transfers across context
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