Short presentation to welcome delegates to the OER16 Open Culture Conference at the University of Edinburgh, 19th/20th April 2016

1. Open Culture

2. The value proposition of embedding
open culture in the context of
institutional strategies.

3. OER16: Open Culture
Conference themes:
• The strategic advantage of open, creating a culture of
openness, and the reputational challenges of
openwashing.
• Converging and competing cultures of open
knowledge, open source, open content, open
practice, open data and open access.
• Hacking, making and sharing.
• Openness and public engagement.
• Innovative approaches to opening up cultural
heritage collections for education.

4. OER16: The Numbers
119 sessions over 2 days including:
• 1 Gala dinner
• 2 Community sessions (Open Education & ALT
Scotland SIGs)
• 4 Wikimedia sessions
• 5 Keynotes
• 6 Workshops and panels
• 10 Lightning talks
• 11 Posters
• 73 Presentations

5. Delegates from 29 countries
Image by Martin Hawksey, CC BY.

6. OER16: Gender balance
49% :
Female :
51%
Male
Based on all conference submissions were authors chose to record their gender.

7. OER16: Gender balance
#allmalepanel
Image credit: allmalepanels.tumblr.com

8. OER16: Keynotes
Catherine Cronin,
National University of
Galway, Ireland
Emma Smith,
University of Oxford
John Scally,
National Library of Scotland
Jim Groom,
Reclaim Hosting
Melissa Highton,
University of Edinburgh

9. Wikimedia UK at OER16
• Wikipedia editing training
• Wikisource demonstration
• Ask a Wikimedian drop in clinic
• Wikipedia Editathon on Women in Art, Science
and Espionage
Image credit: Ewan McAndrew,
http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/

10. Remote Participation
• Free and open online participation for all
• Keynote livestream on ALT youtube channel
• Internet radio broadcasts from Radio EDUtalk
• Virtually Connecting
• Blog posts from
ALT Open Ed SIG
• #OER16
Image credit: Virtually Connecting,
http://virtuallyconnecting.org/

11. Action Bound Challenge
OER 16 will be taking
delegates, both present and
remote, on a real-world
mission using the Actionbound
app.
• Take pictures based on a
specific task/activity
• Record videos / vox pops
• Answer quiz questions
• Be creative with poetry and
images
• Prizes!

12. Open Culture
#OER16
https://oer16.oerconf.org/