The presentation created as part of open education week 2012, gives a focus on the results of two European projects which have been used for mainstreaming open educational practices, namely: - recommendations to policy makers on Mainstreaming OEP, as a result of the OPAL (www.oer-quality.net) project - a discussion on recognition and certification of learning done through OER (www.oer-europe.net)

1. Policy Actions for OER
and a focus on recognition
Anthony F. Camilleri Open Education Week Webinar
Hosted by University of Leicster – 6 March 2012
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2. Introductory
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3. EFQUEL
• Membership Organisation focusing on
Quality in e-Learning and Innovation in
Learning more generally
• Primarily European Membership –
expanding globally quickly
• Main Activities
– Quality certifications for e-learning and
excellent TEL Institutions
– Advancing the state-of-the-art through
research / promotion projects
– EFQUEL Innovation Forum
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4. OER Policy
Roadmap
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http://www.efquel.org/downloads/Policy_Support_OEP.pdf
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5. A Cynic‘s (but not
View of OER
inaccurate)
• OERs are not used anywhere near as
much as is their potential
• A mainstream economic-sustainability
model has yet to emerge for OER
• OEP is still a niche activity in the majority
of educational institutions
• The proof that OERs increase access is
too anecdotal
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6. Creating new life requires a
perfect combination of
elements
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7. To flourish OEP needs:
held together by
a community
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8. Our recommendations
Enabling Incentivise OEP through Legislation
Legislation to Reduce Legislative Burdens through Harmonisation
Facilitate OEP
Rethink Intellectual Property Law for the 21st Century
Suggested Measures:
Open Access Mandates, Cost-Efficiency Rules for Teaching Resources,
Harmonised EU Open Access Licenses, major consultation exercise on ‚IP for
Innovation‘
Empowering Addressing Fragmentation and Trust Issues in Learning
Learners to take Resources
up OEP Promoting the provision of Open Educational Assessment
Suggested Measures:
Creating Learning Exchanges or ‚Trusted Repositories‘; Unbundling course
design, provision and certification
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9. Our recommendations
Strengthening Helping Institutions nurture OEP
the Evidence Addressing Sustainability concerns (finance, governance
Base for OEP & technical)
Making the Societal Benefit Explicit
Suggested Measures:
best practice-exchange, feasibility analysis of provision models, policy-level
peer-learning events, indicators for impact of open access on society
Culturing Supporting Truly Open Collaboration
Innovation Build a Coalition of Stakeholders aroud Principles of
through Openness
Networks
Suggested Measures:
Create formal multi-stakeholder consultative body on OER, increase diversity
of stakeholders engaged in the discussion.
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10. Our recommendations
Improving Trust Integrate OEP into Institutional Quality Procedures
in OEP Create Open Academic / Scientific Trust Infrastructures
Suggested Measures:
Find ‚launch partners‘ to mainstream quality pilots, support the creation of an
independent and non-profit academic impact service (pilots & implementation)
A la carte adoption of recommendations
is not an option
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11. Some thoughts
on recognition
More information available from:
http://www.oer-europe.net
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12. Different Approaches Emerging
MITx
OER university
Stanford Engineering Everywhere
Recognition of Prior Learning
Traditionally Assessed OERs
Peer to Peer University
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13. The one problem....
Please just give me a simple
certificate I actually understand!
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14. A Possible Solution
Leverage existing Tools
ECTS, EQF and Recognition of Prior Learning (e.g. Ireland, France)
give us an existing framework to work with
Take advantage of the possibilities
of Open Provision
Open Licenses Allow Unlimited Unbundling of Course Design,
Provision, Certification and Recognition. Imagine each stage offered by
a different or even by a multitude of institutions.
Provide an Easy-to-Use Translation Tool
OERTest is creating a simple recognition and transparency tool
modelled on the European Diploma Supplmenet
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15. In Conclusion
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16. we need to reach out to achieve our
ideal of openness
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17. Credits for this presentation...
www.oer-quality.net
www.oer-europe.net
both projects financed by the Lifelong Learning Programme
of the European Commission
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18. „Policy Actions for OER, and a focus on
recognition“
THANK-YOU
for your attention
Anthony F. Camilleri
anthony@camilleri.com
http://www.slideshare.net/anthonycamilleri/
Feedback is welcome!
Presentation delivered at Open Education Week Webinar
06.03.2012 Hosted by University of Leiceter
www.efquel.org
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