The ICT4IAL Project, developed by the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, is presented, outlining its aims, objectives and development of guidelines to implement e-accessibility in educational institutions.
Given at the IAU Seminar on higher education for Education and e-accessibility (IAU HEEFA-ICT4IAL) held on 18-19 November 2014, Ankara, Turkey.
ICDE Policy Forum in partnership with UNESCO: Directions and challenges for g...icdeslides
The annual ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents (SCOP) meeting included the ICDE Policy Forum, co-organized with UNESCO. On the theme of "Directions and challenges for government and institutions when post-secondary education moves into the MOOC territory: public policies and institutional strategies in the digital learning age", the Policy Forum included organizations and key stakeholders including UNESCO, OECD, the European Commission, Open Courseware Consortium and International Association of Universities.
This presentation gives an overview of European Commission policies and initiatives aiming to promote open access to scientific information in the European Research Area (ERA). In this policy area, the Commission acts both as a policymaking and as a funding body. As policymaker, it defines policies within the context of European research and ICT policy. As a funding body, it lays down rules on access to the results of the research it funds within the Framework Programme for research development. This contribution introduces the European Commission's general approach regarding access to scientific information, presents specific initiatives in the field of open access to peer-reviewed scientific publications, and develops a first approach to open access to data.
The power of the three words and one acronym: OER vs OERCarmen Holotescu
The power of the three words and one acronym: OER vs OER. Subtitle: I’m not an Ogre of the Enchanted Realm (of cyberspace). I’m an Omnipresent Educational Rescuer (because I use the OER!)
Presentation at WCES 2014, 6-9 February, Malta
Full paper at http://www.scribd.com/doc/210088165/The-power-of-the-three-words-and-one-acronym-OER-vs-OER-Subtitle-I-m-not-an-Ogre-of-the-Enchanted-Realm-of-cyberspace-I-m-an-Omnipresent-Educati
The ICT4IAL Project, developed by the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, is presented, outlining its aims, objectives and development of guidelines to implement e-accessibility in educational institutions.
Given at the IAU Seminar on higher education for Education and e-accessibility (IAU HEEFA-ICT4IAL) held on 18-19 November 2014, Ankara, Turkey.
ICDE Policy Forum in partnership with UNESCO: Directions and challenges for g...icdeslides
The annual ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents (SCOP) meeting included the ICDE Policy Forum, co-organized with UNESCO. On the theme of "Directions and challenges for government and institutions when post-secondary education moves into the MOOC territory: public policies and institutional strategies in the digital learning age", the Policy Forum included organizations and key stakeholders including UNESCO, OECD, the European Commission, Open Courseware Consortium and International Association of Universities.
This presentation gives an overview of European Commission policies and initiatives aiming to promote open access to scientific information in the European Research Area (ERA). In this policy area, the Commission acts both as a policymaking and as a funding body. As policymaker, it defines policies within the context of European research and ICT policy. As a funding body, it lays down rules on access to the results of the research it funds within the Framework Programme for research development. This contribution introduces the European Commission's general approach regarding access to scientific information, presents specific initiatives in the field of open access to peer-reviewed scientific publications, and develops a first approach to open access to data.
The power of the three words and one acronym: OER vs OERCarmen Holotescu
The power of the three words and one acronym: OER vs OER. Subtitle: I’m not an Ogre of the Enchanted Realm (of cyberspace). I’m an Omnipresent Educational Rescuer (because I use the OER!)
Presentation at WCES 2014, 6-9 February, Malta
Full paper at http://www.scribd.com/doc/210088165/The-power-of-the-three-words-and-one-acronym-OER-vs-OER-Subtitle-I-m-not-an-Ogre-of-the-Enchanted-Realm-of-cyberspace-I-m-an-Omnipresent-Educati
POERUP elevator pitch: 26 countries in 26 minuteswitthaus
Presentation by POERUP team at OER13 in Nottingham - an overview of open educational resources policies worldwide, based on the POERUP project research (http://www.poerup.info)
Building an Open Operations Room for the OER Community #opened16Robert Farrow
Presentation of the OER World Map project from Open Education 2016 held in Richmond, VA (USA) in November 2016. These slides were written by Jan Neumann (lead) and Rob Farrow.
Open Educational Resources: Experiences of use in a Latin-American contextTecnológico de Monterrey
The movement of Open Educational Resources (OER) is one of the most important trends that are helping education through the Internet worldwide, and it’s a term that is being adopted every day in many educational institutions.
A crash course on open educational resources which covers the 4 'R's of Openness, access based on ALMS analysis, sustainability models and copyright. It further discusses the current state of OER in Asia. The last part provides a case study for reuse of OER in ODL courses.
EdMedia Conference 2019, Amsterdam - Paper by Guntram Geser, Sandra Schön (both Salzburg Research) and Martin Ebner (TU Graz), Presentation by Martin Ebner, TU Graz
Keynote held at the International ICDE-MESI conference "Connecting the World through Open, Distance and e-Learning" in Moscow, Russia, 25 September 2014. The conference had about 200 participants from about 40 countries.
EU4ALL presentation at OER-HE workshop 2011lmontandon
Presentation of the EU4ALL project at the Open Education Resources - Higher Education Workshop hosted by the Katholieke University in Leuven, 4th of March 2011.
An Expert Survey on the Barriers and Enablers of Open Educational PracticeseLearning Papers
Author: Stefanie Panke
This paper is a report on the findings of a literature review and an expert survey conducted in December 2010 with a self-selected panel. A total of 19 participants were recruited through the UNESCO OER mailing list and the Educational Technology and Change Journal.
Make the difference: ICDE Featured session at the Annual Online Learning Cons...icdeslides
While education is more popular than ever, huge gaps have to be tackled to achieve quality education for all, Trends and cases in different parts of the world will be highlighted. What is the impact of Open Education Resources, OER, and ODE? And how ICDE can contribute to a future oriented, collaborative platform for global educational achievements? MOOCs is discussed as a possible enabler for a new pedagogy.
Education and learning is probably that single phenomenon that has the greatest impact on humans and societies, in particular in a long-term perspective (OECD 2014).
Grand challenge number one is to breach the trend preventing developing countries, in particular South of Sahara, taking part in the global knowledge revolution. Everyone aspiring for higher education should have the right to affordable access. This is grand challenge number two. And it cannot be met without open education and technology enhanced learning.
Three messages:
• Senior management in education needs to innovate from within to open up education.
• Governments must take firm decision on holistic policies for open and distance education.
• Stakeholders should team up meeting the two grand challenges through open education and technology enhanced learning.
Presentation of Anka Mulder for the Open Education Event in Delft on March 7th 2012. More information about the event: http://opencourseware.eu/OpenEducationEvent2012
POERUP elevator pitch: 26 countries in 26 minuteswitthaus
Presentation by POERUP team at OER13 in Nottingham - an overview of open educational resources policies worldwide, based on the POERUP project research (http://www.poerup.info)
Building an Open Operations Room for the OER Community #opened16Robert Farrow
Presentation of the OER World Map project from Open Education 2016 held in Richmond, VA (USA) in November 2016. These slides were written by Jan Neumann (lead) and Rob Farrow.
Open Educational Resources: Experiences of use in a Latin-American contextTecnológico de Monterrey
The movement of Open Educational Resources (OER) is one of the most important trends that are helping education through the Internet worldwide, and it’s a term that is being adopted every day in many educational institutions.
A crash course on open educational resources which covers the 4 'R's of Openness, access based on ALMS analysis, sustainability models and copyright. It further discusses the current state of OER in Asia. The last part provides a case study for reuse of OER in ODL courses.
EdMedia Conference 2019, Amsterdam - Paper by Guntram Geser, Sandra Schön (both Salzburg Research) and Martin Ebner (TU Graz), Presentation by Martin Ebner, TU Graz
Keynote held at the International ICDE-MESI conference "Connecting the World through Open, Distance and e-Learning" in Moscow, Russia, 25 September 2014. The conference had about 200 participants from about 40 countries.
EU4ALL presentation at OER-HE workshop 2011lmontandon
Presentation of the EU4ALL project at the Open Education Resources - Higher Education Workshop hosted by the Katholieke University in Leuven, 4th of March 2011.
An Expert Survey on the Barriers and Enablers of Open Educational PracticeseLearning Papers
Author: Stefanie Panke
This paper is a report on the findings of a literature review and an expert survey conducted in December 2010 with a self-selected panel. A total of 19 participants were recruited through the UNESCO OER mailing list and the Educational Technology and Change Journal.
Make the difference: ICDE Featured session at the Annual Online Learning Cons...icdeslides
While education is more popular than ever, huge gaps have to be tackled to achieve quality education for all, Trends and cases in different parts of the world will be highlighted. What is the impact of Open Education Resources, OER, and ODE? And how ICDE can contribute to a future oriented, collaborative platform for global educational achievements? MOOCs is discussed as a possible enabler for a new pedagogy.
Education and learning is probably that single phenomenon that has the greatest impact on humans and societies, in particular in a long-term perspective (OECD 2014).
Grand challenge number one is to breach the trend preventing developing countries, in particular South of Sahara, taking part in the global knowledge revolution. Everyone aspiring for higher education should have the right to affordable access. This is grand challenge number two. And it cannot be met without open education and technology enhanced learning.
Three messages:
• Senior management in education needs to innovate from within to open up education.
• Governments must take firm decision on holistic policies for open and distance education.
• Stakeholders should team up meeting the two grand challenges through open education and technology enhanced learning.
Presentation of Anka Mulder for the Open Education Event in Delft on March 7th 2012. More information about the event: http://opencourseware.eu/OpenEducationEvent2012
"Moodle Empresarial - Open Source Learning para Negocios y Gobierno" - Jason...Nivel 7
Mientras Moodle en un principio comenzó como un LMS para los profesores y las
escuelas, ha habido un crecimiento significativo de la cuota de mercado de las
empresas y el gobierno. Moodle, con extensiones empresariales como ELIS,
proporciona una solución rentable para impartir formación a múltiples audiencias
dentro de una organización. En esta presentación, vamos a explorar cómo se utiliza
Moodle a través de una amplia gama de organizaciones, los beneficios del código
abierto y la forma en que Moodle se puede utilizar para cumplir con los objetivos de
rendimiento de negocio.
Jabes 2008 - Le JISC, son rôle dans l'organisation et la structuration de l'I...ABES
Session plénière : le JISC, son rôle dans l'organisation et la structuration de l'IST au Royaume-Uni - Catherine Grouts dans le cadre des Journées Abes 2008
Make the difference - at the UNESCO IITE Conference 2014icdeslides
Education and learning is probably that single phenomenon that has the greatest impact on humans and societies, in particular in a long-term perspective (OECD 2014).
Grand challenge number one is to breach the trend preventing developing countries, in particular South of Sahara, taking part in the global knowledge revolution. Everyone aspiring for higher education should have the right to affordable access. This is grand challenge number two. And it cannot be met without open education and technology enhanced learning.
Three messages:
• Senior management in education needs to innovate from within to open up education.
• Governments must take firm decision on holistic policies for open and distance education.
• Stakeholders should team up meeting the two grand challenges through open education and technology enhanced learning.
Open Education Resources - a game changer!icdeslides
Open Education Resources are becoming increasingly popular and a number of significant developments have taken place the last year, showing that OER delivers what it promises. This presentation takes you through this development from introducing the term OER to November 2015 showing the latest and ground breaking development. Take part!
Slides from the workshop with universities' executives from 18 European countries held at the European Commission's IPTS on the 26-27th December 2015. The slides bring partial results from the OpenCred and OpenCases studies of the OpenEdu project.
Slides from the workshop with universities' executives from 18 European countries held at the European Commission's IPTS on the 26-27th December 2015. The slides bring partial results from the OpenCred and OpenCases studies of the OpenEdu project.
Policy imperatives driving open educational resources (in universities in the...Paul Bacsich
This presentation introduces Release 1 of the "Policies for OER Uptake" developed by the POERUP project (part-funded by the EU Lifelong Learning Programme) for universities across the European Union and indeed the European Higher Education Area
Innovating Open Education: Critical Pathways and Communities of PracticeRobert Farrow
This presentation from Open Education Global 2021 provides an overview of the ENCORE+ project (https://encoreproject.eu/) and discusses the relationship between open educational resources (OER) and innovation, identifying strategies for knowledge exchange.
Openness in Education: Exploring the Benefits and Challengestelshef
In this session, we will discuss how our academic content can be shared with our colleagues, and the wider community. How and why should we be collaborative in an increasingly competitive environment? What are the benefits of an open attitude to our resources and approaches, how can we reach a wider and meaningful audience, and what licensing issues and opportunities exist? Are the potential threats of openness perceived, or real? This session will look at these issues and more.
Nations and regions using less used languages - sidelined in open education?icdeslides
While production and use of Open Education Resources are coming closer to a tipping point, in particular in english speaking areas - nations and regions using less used languages seem to by bypassed by development - and potential not in the position to share the benefits from modern education and learning. However, good examples exist, as the Netherlands. Which policies might be necessary to change the situation in areas lagging? Reviewing policy advices in light of the recent development - this presentation and action lab will consider policy advices to be released now. This is a LangOER action, presented and supported by LangOER, Open Education Consortium and ICDE in partnership.
Presented by Peter Burnhill, Director of EDINA, Beyond Books: What STM & Social Science publishing should learn from each other, London. Conference programme. 22 April 2010.
Bridging the gap: OER for increasing access, openness and performanceRamesh C. Sharma
"Bridging the gap: OER for increasing access, openness and performance"
Presentation at University of Mumbai on 10th March,2016 during Open Education Week 2016, Organized by Department of Education, Department of Computer Science & Department of Information Technology
Sharing innovation practices around OER: theory, practice, examples and debatesRobert Farrow
This ENCORE+ Network Event focuses on Innovation & Business Models - preliminary results for the ENCORE+ OER Innovation Evaluation Framework and associated case studies are presented.
We will be taking a look at the results of more than two years of research and networking activity, including outcomes from the OER Innovation Survey; and desk research into the essential factors relating to OER innovation.
An expert panel provided responses and reflections, and looked ahead to a packed final year of ENCORE+ including our integration events and final conference.
Presentation of Cynthia Yuan Gao, OER Lab, Smart Learning Institute, Beijing Normal University, for the European Distance Learning Week's fifth day webinar on "International Experiences with OER" - 10 November 2017
Recordings of the discussion are available: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/prh2gk2m3q7b/
The Future of Higher Education, the Future of Learningicdeslides
Presentation given at Higher Education Leadership Forum
Dubai, 12 – 13 November 2013 by Gard Titlestad, Secretary General, International Council For Open and Distance Education, ICDE
JRC-IPTS presentation at VISIR Seminar - 25-26 March 2014, Committee of Regio...Panagiotis Kampylis
This is the JRC-IPTS invited presentation on policy recommendations for mainstreaming ICT-enabled learning innovations at VISIR International Seminar (25-26 March, Committee of Regions, Brussels). Short description: Technologies for learning are considered as key enablers of educational innovation. However, their full potential is not being realised in formal education settings and major questions are being asked about the sustainability, systemic impact and mainstreaming of ICT-enabled learning innovations (ICT-ELI) in Europe. This presentations focuses on recommendations for immediate strategies and actions to be undertaken by policy-makers at local, regional, national, and EU level to further develop and mainstream ICT-ELI with systemic impact, contributing to the modernisation of Education and Training systems in Europe. The recommendations were developed in the context of the 'Up scaling Creative Classrooms in Europe (SCALE CCR) project, carried out by JRC-IPTS on behalf of the European Commission, DG Education and Culture, based on desk research; case reports from Europe and Asia; continuous stakeholders consultations; and in-depth expert interviews. The final set of recommendations was further validated and prioritised through an online consultation with 149 educational stakeholders. The recommendations were clustered into seven areas presenting a holistic agenda to guide the further development and mainstreaming of ICT-ELI: Content and Curricula; Assessment; School Staff Professional Development; Research; Organisation and Leadership; Connectedness; and Infrastructure. The number and variety of the recommendations provided depict the complexity of ICT-ELI and the systemic approach needed for their mainstreaming across Education and Training systems in Europe.
Starting where we are, moving through changes open education is bringing at institutional, national, regional and international levels, and how we can continue to strengthen open education and its positive impacts
Collaborating across borders: OER use and open educational practices within the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (OE Global 2015)
1. OER and the Open Agenda
Dr Malcolm Read, JISC Executive Secretary
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research research
Supporting education and | Slide 1
2. English higher education sector
130 institutions (88 universities plus 42 specialist institutions and general
colleges)
123 directly funded FE colleges providing HE courses
Total HEFCE funding: £7.6 billion
1.04 million full time equivalent students*
International students make up about 15 per cent of the student
population
* Home and EC HEFCE-fundable students
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 2
3. English higher education sector (continued)
Overseas student fee income: £1.6 billion
England remains the favourite destination of international students after
the much larger US university system **
Research productivity: International Benchmarking Study of UK Research
Performance report puts the UK second only to the USA on leading
scientific indicators***
Open University: 180,000 students (150,000 undergraduate and more
than 30,000 postgraduate)
** Student Pulse: i-graduate, Jan 08
*** Department for Business Innovation and Skills 2009
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4. About JISC
Standing committee of the UK higher and further education funding councils
Strategic mission for 2010-2012: “To provide world-class leadership in the
innovative use of ICT to support education, research and institutional
effectiveness”
JISC provides:
– A world-class network (JANET)
– Access to electronic resources
– Innovation in research, learning and teaching, and HE management
– Guidance on institutional change
– Advisory and consultancy services
– Regional support
www.jisc.ac.uk
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 4
5. Three aspects of OER
OER is part of a wider “open agenda”
OER works across educational sectors
OER is a global movement
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 5
6. “Open” – What? Why?
The internet is changing the nature of information,
processes and institutions
Higher education is rooted in information
• its creation, analysis, and transmission
• the development of the skills required to utilize it
for the benefit of individuals and society.
"Harnessing Openness to Improve Research, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education,"
a report by the Digital Connections Council of the Committee for Economic Development
http://www.ced.org/images/library/reports/digital_economy/dcc_opennessedu09.pdf
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 6
7. The Openness Agenda
Open Source – software
Open Standards – interoperability
Open Access – research outputs
Open Data – research data, public data, others
Open Educational Resources – course material
Open Science – and open innovation
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8. Academia and Openness
Collegiality
Communities of scholars
Building on the work of others
Consensus decisions
Collaboration
Reputation built by attribution – and more valuable than material reward
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 8
9. The Business of Academia
Institutional competition (for students, grants, projects…)
Multiple sources of funding
The Enterprise Office – knowledge exploitation and transfer
Employer links and employer “ownership” of information
Short term staff contracts – need to “build a profile”
All these activities can benefit from openness
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 9
10. The OER use case
For prospective learners – to get a sense of what studying a particular
course at a particular institution is like
For formal and informal learners – to get access to a range of material
to complement and inform their studies
For institutions – to allow the world to see the quality of their learning
resources and the learning experiences they offer
For academics – to reuse and repurpose material rather than creating
new material, saving time and leading to higher quality material
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 10
11. And for…
Learners in compulsory schooling
Learners in adult education
Learners in industry
Informal Learners
...
All can benefit from the “taste of HE” that OER in HE can offer.
And other sectors release OER!
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 11
12. The UKOER pilot programme
• HEFCE funded one year programme – run by JISC
with the Higher Education Academy.
subject institution individual
Programme Management
14 projects 7 projects 8 projects
support function – covering technical, legal, strategic
advice, workshops, support for deposit and aggregation
of materials, communities of practice. Based around
existing JISC services and the OU “SCORE” project.
OER infokit – a “how to” guide for future work
13. Unique aspects of UKOER
A collection of small pilot studies
Low level of funding
Embraces plurality of release models
Focus on building sustainable practice
Low (technical) barriers to participation
Projects promoting themselves to their key audience
Rather release than not release, even if only a more
restrictive license is possible
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 13
14. UKOER: new challenges
Need to focus on the discovery and use of OER
Is there a benefit to the learning processes from OER?
Can we use OER availability to support the needs of the sector?
How can we learn from the experiences of the pilot (and other projects)?
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 14
15. UKOER: new funding
£4m from HEFCE over one further year
Will incorporate:
– Cascade model of project support
– New release projects around sector priorities
– Aggregation of OER around thematic areas
– Examination of the effects of OER on pedagogy
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 15
16. Discoverability
A Library Way – a directory/database which uses a common
hierarchical set of vocabularies.
Great when…
you know exactly what you are looking for
Great when…
your conception of what something should be categorised under
matches that of the person who filed it
A Web Way – powerful (and unrestricted) free text search.
Great when…
you are looking for information rather than a particular item
Great when…
you are capable of validating the quality and utility of material for
yourself
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 16
17. Another way?
Minimal metadata (tagging)
Multiple places to deposit material
Multiple methods of finding material (including common search engines)
Recommendations (from peers? from experts?)
Aggregations and collections of material around particular themes
OER as one component of what is available (alongside research outputs,
news stories, websites, people…)
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 17
18. A wider context
OER should be seen as one part of a "layer" of open academic and
scholarly content, alongside:
– research outputs (journal articles, monographs etc)
– research data
– on-line text books
and organised as an international resource to benefit society, education,
research and culture
Resources will be world wide or regional/local depending on language
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 18
19. OER worldwide
Thousands of institutions worldwide are involved in the creation or reuse
of OER
Millions of people
Millions of potential use cases
How can the world’s open educational resources best be exploited for the
good of mankind and society?
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 19
20. Conclusions
OER should be seen as a part of a wider movement making information
and tools widely available for the greater good.
There is unlikely to be one way of organising or discovering OER – we
need to consider multiple structures and working with users.
The “user” experience of OER is under-researched – some work is
ongoing (eg. OlNet) but there is a need for much more.
And we need to identify and replicate low-cost, sustainable models of
release.
Joint Information Systems Committee 19/05/2010 | Supporting education and research | Slide 20