This presentation discusses supporting open educational practices through an institution-wide approach. It defines key terms like open educational resources and open education. It explores the value propositions of open educational practices for institutions, academic staff, and students. These include increased collaboration, innovation, and access. The presentation reviews frameworks and guidelines for open education and the process undertaken, which involves analyzing policies and identifying standards. It proposes developing strategies for open resources, providing incentives, recognizing the role of resources in quality assurance, considering copyright policies, undertaking advocacy, and ensuring technology access.

1. SUPPORTING OPEN EDUCATIONAL
PRACTICES: AN INSTITUTION-WIDE
APPROACH
Dr Carina Bossu – University of Tasmania, Australia
Professor Mike Keppell – Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

3. This Presentation
TASMANIAN INSTITUTE OF LEARNING AND TEACHING 3
– Institutional framework
– Working definitions
– Value propositions
– Theoretical foundations
– Process and activities undertaken
– Draft framework
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4. Working Definitions
Open Educational Resources – OER
Open Educational Practices – OEP
Open Education - OE
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5. Value Proposition
At an organisational level:
– Reputation – OEP institutions can market and showcase educational
content, raise their profile and attract more students
– Collaboration - OEP provide opportunities for national and
international collaboration with other universities
– Access - OEP can be aligned with the institution’s agendas for social
inclusion and widening participation
– Innovation – OEP promote innovation and quality in teaching and
learning

6. Value Proposition
For Academic staff:
– OEP can promote collegial and subject level
collaboration
– OEP can assist the development of a ‘quality
agenda translated into better teaching practice’
– OER and OEP create efficiency in content
development
– OEP create more opportunities for flexible and
personalised learning
– OEP enhance existing pedagogical approaches to
learning and provide the basis for new ones
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7. Value Proposition
For students:
– Enhance learning through networked and collaborative learning;
– Promote richer learning experiences through access to learning
resources available outside institutional boundaries;
– Meets students’ different needs and learning styles; and
– Promote and enhance lifelong learning.
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8. Frameworks and Guidelines
– Guidelines for open educational resources in
higher education (Commonwealth of Learning,
2011).
– Open Educational Quality Initiative (OPAL, 2011)
– Feasibility Protocol (Bossu, Brown & Bull, 2014)
– The 2012 Paris Declaration (UNESCO, 2012)

9. Process and Activities
Undertaken
– Conduct analysis of relevant institutional
policies
– Meet with key university stakeholders
– Identify existing standards,
recommendations, frameworks and
guidelines for open education at institutional
levels
– The results will inform the institutional
framework for open education practices at
the institution.
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10. A) Develop institutional strategies for the integration of OER
◦ Why, how, benefits for staff, students, institution
B) Provide incentives to support investment in the
development, acquisition and adaptation of high quality
learning materials
◦ Teaching standards, policies on learning and teaching
C) Recognise the important role of educational resources
within internal quality assurance processes
◦ Reuse quality resources
Guidelines for OER in Higher
Education

11. D) Consider creating flexible copyright policies
◦ Creative commons, IP, licensing
E) Undertake institutional advocacy and capacity building
◦ Part of blended learning and learning design
F) Ensure ICT access for staff and students
◦ Digital literacies
Guidelines for OER in Higher
Education

12. Thank you
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