Thinking About Open

Opening Educational Practices in
Scotland
Thinking About Open
Glasgow Caledonian University, May 27th, 2016

Opening Educational Practices in Scotland
About us
The Opening Educational Practices in Scotland
project facilitates best practice in Scottish open
education. We aim to enhance Scotland’s reputation
and capacity for developing publicly available and
licenced online materials, supported by high quality
pedagogy and learning technology.
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What does openness mean to you?
“Open,Open,Open.”CC-B&4.0InternationalBeckPitt

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What is open?

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Open Source Software
Open Access
Open Culture
Open Educational Resources
Open Content
Open Data
Open Science
Open Research
Open Licensing
Open Textbooks
Open Courseware
Open Policy
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“Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any type of
educational materials that are in the public domain or
introduced with an open license. The nature of these
open materials means that anyone can legally and
freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. OERs range
from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes,
assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and
animation.” (UNESCO definition)
Source: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-resources/what-are-open-educational-resources-oers/
Open Educational Resources?

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• “Retain – the right to make, own, and control copies of the
content;
• Reuse – the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g.,
in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video);
• Revise – the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content
itself (e.g., translate the content into another language);
• Remix – the right to combine the original or revised content with
other open content to create something new (e.g., incorporate
the content into a mashup);
• Redistribute – the right to share copies of the original content,
your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of
the content to a friend).” (David Wiley, 5 March 2014)
Source: http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/3221
The 5Rs

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Why and how can open make a difference?

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79.8% of educators adapt OER to suit their needs

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OER allow
educators
to better
accommodate
diverse learner
needs

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Open Textbooks
• On average total textbook costs are around $1200 each year in the United
States
• In the United States “…Textbook wholesale prices have risen more than four
times the rate of inflation over the last two decades (1990-2009)” (Student
PIRGs research)
• 63% of respondents to the 2012 Florida Student Textbook Survey
“…reported not having purchased the required textbook because of the
high cost…”
http://openstaxcollege.org/faculty
http://www.tcc.edu/academics/degrees/textbook-free
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“In what ways, if any, has using OpenStax College
textbooks impacted on your own teaching practice?”
“I am teaching the way I want to teach, in the order
and flow that I want. I am free of any text book. The
book is a resource... The book no longer drives
the course. I produce the curriculum. The
book is my servant. I am not its servant.”
Source: Pitt (2015) http://www.slideshare.net/BeckPitt/exploring-the-impact-of-open-textbooks-around-the-world

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“I wanted to make sure that there was dual
attribution, so it wasn’t just attributing to GCU, I
wanted the author to have their name on (…) so
they can take [the resources] and evidence the
development and the work they’ve done, and they
can take them with them through their careers”
Marion Kelt, on Glasgow Caledonian University OER policy

Coffee Break!
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(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)],viaWikimediaCommons

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Barriers to Open

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Which challenges, if any, do you most often face in using OER?

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Making Change Happen

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Sharing practices in Scotland
HE Colleges
I don’t share 6.8% 1.3%
I share through my institution’s VLE 65.5% 69.1%
I share publicly online 9.4% 9.3%
I share in person 37.4% 61.4%
I share via email if asked privately 48.5% 56.4%

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OER Guidance for Schools, DigiLit Project
Leicester
http://schools.leicester.gov.uk/ls/open-education/

OER Impact Map: http://oermap.org
#oermap

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Round-Up

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Thank you!
We’d love your feedback…
Any questions or comments?
@celTatis
B.de-los-Arcos@open.ac.uk
@BeckPitt
Beck.Pitt@open.ac.uk
@OEPScotland
oepscotland@gmail.com
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Further Reading
Z-Degree:
• Lumen Learning Success Story: Tidewater Community College: http://lumenlearning.com/success-story-tidewater/
• The Hewlett Foundation blog: Z as in Zero: Increasing College Access and Success through Zero-Textbook-Cost
Degrees http://www.hewlett.org/blog/posts/z-zero-increasing-college-access-and-success-through-zero-textbook-
cost-degrees
• Tidewater Community College video: Cost Cutting College Education’s Future
https://youtu.be/RdeS2ZUGIsE?list=UUZ8kKg7SydcT1nlBtuaskvg
• CCCOER webinar: Increasing College Access and Success with Zero-Textbook Cost Degree Programs
http://www.slideshare.net/UnaDaly/oew-2015-zero-textbook-cost-degree
• Peer to Peer University (P2PU) School of Open: http://schoolofopen.p2pu.org
• UMUC press release on their move to a 100% e-resources/OER model (Embedded Digital Resources are in,
Traditional Texts out at UMUC): http://www.umuc.edu/globalmedia/embedded-digital-
resources.cfm#sthash.LfjtN2sZ.dpbs
• SPARC on Affordable Textbook Act: http://www.sparc.arl.org/advocacy/national/act
Further Reading on collaborative authorship by Sprint:
• Textbook Writing Sprint with K12 Teachers in South Africa: http://kefletcher.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/textbook-
writing-sprint-with-k12.html
• Clint Lalonde (BCcampus): Reflections on an Open Textbook Sprint: http://oerresearchhub.org/2014/07/02/clint-
lalonde-bccampus-reflections-on-an-open-textbook-sprint/ and http://bccampus.ca/2014/06/20/how-to-turn-a-
great-idea-into-an-open-textbook-in-just-four-days/

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• Creative Commons Choose a License: https://creativecommons.org/choose/
• Watch Paul Stacey (Creative Commons) explain different licenses in this great webinar produced as
part of the Bccampus P2PU Adopting Open Textbooks course:
https://p2pu.org/en/courses/2675/content/5829/
• Understanding Open Licensing leaflet produced by the DigiLit OER for Schools project in Leicester:
http://schools.leicester.gov.uk/ls/open-education/
• Glasgow Caledonian University: Reusing Content https://p2pu.org/en/courses/2675/content/5829/
• Best Practices for Attribution: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/Best_practices_for_attribution
• Flickr CC Attribution Helper http://flickr-cc-helper.surge.sh
• Got a question or issue you want advice on? P2PU have a Creative Commons, Copyright and Other
such Dilemmas forum: http://community.p2pu.org/t/creative-commons-copyright-and-other-such-
dilemmas/1731
• What is open access? http://opensource.com/resources/what-open-access
• How open it it? SPARC produced leaflet on open access:
http://sparc.arl.org/sites/default/files/hoii_guide_rev4_web.pdf
• And finally… test your remix skills with a great Remix Game by David Wiley:
http://opencontent.org/game/betagame.html
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