This document discusses open education and outlines the National Forum's work in Ireland to promote open educational practices. It provides background on open education concepts, defines open educational resources, and references international agreements supporting open education. The document then outlines key challenges to open education adoption and the National Forum's role in developing resources and training to build awareness and capacity for open practices in Irish higher education.

2. Slides and references:
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3. We are…
the national body responsible for leading and advising on the enhancement of
teaching and learning in Irish higher education
Our mission…
lead the enhancement of teaching and learning in partnership with students,
staff & leaders in Irish HE to develop an inclusive, collaborative and innovative
culture that maximises learning impact for the success of all students
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4. Teaching and Learning
Within and Across
Disciplines
Professional
Development of All
Those Who Teach
Student Success
Teaching and Learning
in a Digital World

5. Open Education
goal  philosophy  values
resources, tools and practices
that employ a framework of open sharing
to improve educational access
and effectiveness worldwide
- The Open Education Consortium
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6. Ljublijana OER Action Plan 2017
“OER are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium
–digital or otherwise– that reside in the public domain or have been
released under an open license that permits no-cost access,
use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited
restrictions.”
“Toward the realization of inclusive knowledge societies, Open
Educational Resources (OER) support quality education that is
equitable, inclusive, open and participatory.”
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7. Paris OER Declaration 2012
calls upon states to:
“Promote and use OER to widen access to education…
contributing to social inclusion, gender equity, special needs
education… cost-efficiency and quality of teaching and learning
outcomes.”
“Governments/competent authorities can create substantial benefits
for their citizens by ensuring that educational materials developed
with public funds be made available under open licenses (with
any restrictions they deem necessary)”
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8. OpenEdu Framework
A Support Framework for Higher Education Institutions
Inamorato, Punie & Muñoz (2016) and Inamorato (2019)
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9. Use of open educational practices (OEP):
Complex
Personal
Contextual
Continually negotiated
Cronin (2017)
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12.  Awareness & knowledge of OER and OEP (concepts and
value)
 Training re: how to use, create and share OER
 Institutional strategies & policies (including metrics, rewards,
recognition)
 Culture & values – sectoral, institutional, disciplinary, etc.
Key challenges re: open education (2019)
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13. www.teachingandlearning.ie/index
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14.  National Forum Open Licensing Toolkit cc
 Webinar: Introduction to OER and Open Licensing
 Ongoing consultation, development/sharing of resources
 Future plans include OER/OEP badge(s) as part of the National
Professional Development Framework
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18. All Aboard (2017) CC-BY-NC 4.0
www.allaboardhe.ie
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19.  Building on the National Forum’s published (2018)
Guide to Developing Enabling Policies for Digital Teaching & Learning
 2019-20 series of Regional policy workshops
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20.  Repositories don’t really work… but
 Ongoing work is required to build an understanding of Open – and
also to build personal and institution capabilities
 It’s hard
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