Barriers against Open Educational resources (OER), the perspective of school teachers. ICERI conference 2013

1. ICERI
2013
BARRIERS AGAINST OPEN EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
ICERI 2013, SEVILLE
Thomas
Richter,
Alan
Bruce,
Ildiko
Mazar,
Elina
Megalou,
Nektarios
Moumoutzis,
Sofoklis
SoCriou,
ChrisCan
M.
Stracke

2. ICERI
2013
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Thomas
Richter,
Alan
Bruce,
Ildiko
Mazar,
Elina
Megalou,
Nektarios
Moumoutzis,
Sofoklis
SoCriou,
ChrisCan
M.
Stracke
We
need
more
free
learning
resources!
Is
that
what
we
meant
with
Openness?
Introduc)on
Barriers
against
OERs
and
possible
soluCons:
Teachers
perspecCves
and
recommendaCons

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2013
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Thomas
Richter,
Alan
Bruce,
Ildiko
Mazar,
Elina
Megalou,
Nektarios
Moumoutzis,
Sofoklis
SoCriou,
ChrisCan
M.
Stracke
• Just
providing
educaConal
resources
did
not
work!
• OPAL
2010-­‐2012:
“There
are
masses
of
free
high
quality
educa4onal
resources
available
but
the
cri4cal
extent
of
usage
is
not
yet
met!”
à
We
need
to
foster
Open
EducaConal
PracCces
in
order
to
overcome
barriers
Openness
in
Educa)on
Barriers
against
OERs
and
possible
soluCons:
Teachers
perspecCves
and
recommendaCons

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2013
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Thomas
Richter,
Alan
Bruce,
Ildiko
Mazar,
Elina
Megalou,
Nektarios
Moumoutzis,
Sofoklis
SoCriou,
ChrisCan
M.
Stracke
…
is
more
than
availability
of
tangible
resources,
it
is
also
about
à
sharing
experiences
à
sharing
knowledge
…
however,
mainly
reduced
to
success
stories
Openness
…
Barriers
against
OERs
and
possible
soluCons:
Teachers
perspecCves
and
recommendaCons

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2013
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Thomas
Richter,
Alan
Bruce,
Ildiko
Mazar,
Elina
Megalou,
Nektarios
Moumoutzis,
Sofoklis
SoCriou,
ChrisCan
M.
Stracke
In
order
to
learn
lessons,
overcome
individual
barriers
and
support
users,
we
need
to
à
share
problems
&
challenges
à
commonly
develop
soluCons
The
step
forward:
Open
Discovery
Space
Openness
…
Barriers
against
OERs
and
possible
soluCons:
Teachers
perspecCves
and
recommendaCons

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2013
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Thomas
Richter,
Alan
Bruce,
Ildiko
Mazar,
Elina
Megalou,
Nektarios
Moumoutzis,
Sofoklis
SoCriou,
ChrisCan
M.
Stracke
• Licensing
Issues
• Up-­‐to-­‐date
materials
• Adaptablility
(to
edit
and
change)
• IdenCfy
fi_nging
OERs
• Curriculum
percepCons
and
incompaCbility
• Time:
Lack
of
insCtuConal
compromise
and
constraint
• Lack
of
interdisciplinary
support
• Quality
of
ressources
Barriers
(1)
Barriers
against
OERs
and
possible
soluCons:
Teachers
perspecCves
and
recommendaCons

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2013
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Thomas
Richter,
Alan
Bruce,
Ildiko
Mazar,
Elina
Megalou,
Nektarios
Moumoutzis,
Sofoklis
SoCriou,
ChrisCan
M.
Stracke
• ReputaConal
risk
• LocalizaCon
and
varying
stakeholder
perspecCves
• Appropriateness
of
use
and
applying
OERs
• Will
to
sharing
own
resources
• “Phlegm”
of
educators
(ICT
in
general
and
OER
in
parCcular)
Barriers
(2)
Barriers
against
OERs
and
possible
soluCons:
Teachers
perspecCves
and
recommendaCons

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2013
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Thomas
Richter,
Alan
Bruce,
Ildiko
Mazar,
Elina
Megalou,
Nektarios
Moumoutzis,
Sofoklis
SoCriou,
ChrisCan
M.
Stracke
• Largest
E-­‐Learning
Project
ever
launched
by
EU
(ICT-­‐PSP)
• 52
partners
• 21
European
countries
• 15,3
Mio
Euro
budget
• April
2012-­‐March
2015
– Make
1,5
Mio
Learning
Resources
available
– Involve
2000
schools
– &
10.000
school
teachers
in
Europe
Open
Discovery
Space
Barriers
against
OERs
and
possible
soluCons:
Teachers
perspecCves
and
recommendaCons

9. ICERI
2013
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Thomas
Richter,
Alan
Bruce,
Ildiko
Mazar,
Elina
Megalou,
Nektarios
Moumoutzis,
Sofoklis
SoCriou,
ChrisCan
M.
Stracke
Main
Objec)ve:
Support
individual
requirements
of
stakeholders
• Build
European
meta
repository
for
educaConal
resources
for
the
school
sector
as
centralized
access
point
to
the
several
European
OER
Repositories
• Extend
original
funcConaliCes
of
embedded
repositories
by
implemenCng
mulC-­‐language
vocabulary
and
search
funcCons
• design
and
develop
innovaCve
learning
methodologies
by
providing
Best
pracCces,
Lesson
plans,
Learning
pathways,
and
EducaConal
scenarios
as
examples
for
usage
Open
Discovery
Space
Fostering
the
Joy
of
Learning
and
Teaching
through
OEPs

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2013
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Thomas
Richter,
Alan
Bruce,
Ildiko
Mazar,
Elina
Megalou,
Nektarios
Moumoutzis,
Sofoklis
SoCriou,
ChrisCan
M.
Stracke
• Provide
access
to
various
Open
tools
for
creaCon,
change,
adaptaCon
and
publishing
of
OERs
• Foster
exchange
of
experiences
and
knowledge
through
social
plaform
on
European,
naConal,
local
levels
• Provide
a
set
of
supporCve
tools
to
foster
pracCces
and
overcome
barriers
à We
invite
you
as
general
users,
community
members,
parCcipants
for
trials!
à We
further
on
invite
you
to
become
ODS
Affiliated
Partners!
Open
Discovery
Space
Fostering
the
Joy
of
Learning
and
Teaching
through
OEPs

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2013
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Thomas
Richter,
Alan
Bruce,
Ildiko
Mazar,
Elina
Megalou,
Nektarios
Moumoutzis,
Sofoklis
SoCriou,
ChrisCan
M.
Stracke
In
case
of
any
quesCons
or
requests,
please
contact
us
through
the
ODS
project
website:
hjp://www.opendiscoveryspace.eu
We
thank
you
very
much
for
your
aGen)on!
Please
visit
our
OER
plaKorm
at
hGp://portal.opendiscoveryspace.eu/
Barriers
against
OERs
and
possible
soluCons:
Teachers
perspecCves
and
recommendaCons