This document discusses enhancing openness within universities by increasing their capacity for open practices. It presents the Open Educators Factory (OEF) definition and framework for identifying open educators. A pilot project using the OEF platform mapped the openness capacities of educators at Politecnico di Torino university based on 181 replies. The future of the project includes fostering use of the OEF platform, translating it to other languages, and conducting qualitative research on how open culture and networking impact teaching practices. It is presented as an open research project seeking to build an "army of Open Educators" who can drive change towards openness from within universities.

1. Enhancing openness from within: a new
approach to increase universities capacity in
open practices
Daniel Burgos, Fabio Nascimbeni
UNIR iTED

2. Question 1: do you consider yourself an open
educator?

3. Let’s see if you are….

4. The OEF definition and framework
Nascimbeni, Burgos (2016). In search for the Open Educator, IRRODL, 17 (6)

5. Question 2: would you like to know who are the Open
Educators in your university?

6. Openness in a university revealed

7. Pilot: openness capacity in Politecnico di Torino
181 replies in total, data available through the OEF platform
Nascimbeni, Burgos, Campbell, Tabacco, Mapping openness capacities beyond OER: a ase study (under publication)

8. Future of the project
1. Foster the use the OEF platform: the more data we get, the more
useful the tool will be for the community
2. Translate the platform into other languages (RU, CH)
3. Next phase: qualitative research on relation between Openness
and Collaboration, investigating the impact of Open Culture
(sharing) on teaching practices: “If you cannot convince teachers to
be open, teach them how to network”

9. This is an open research project
http://wikieducator.org/Research/open_educators_factory
http://rd.unir.net/pub/oef
fabio.nascimbeni@unir.net

10. We need a peaceful army of Open Educators
Educators (professors, tutors, lecturers) are the ones who should drive
the change towards openness, they must must transform from agents
of resistance into agents of change.
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