The document discusses open educational practices (OEP) and quality initiatives. It notes that while OER initiatives focus on increasing access to content, there needs to be more focus on how this supports educational practices, promotes quality and innovation in teaching and learning. The Open Educational Quality Initiative aims to address this by studying 60 OEP case studies and developing supporting strategies, policies, tools and skills to help implement high quality OEP. The initiative will launch its first tools in December 2010.

1. OPAL Research Workshop Ulf-Daniel Ehlers University Duisburg-Essen

2. No time to think!

3. Will learning improve when resources are available?

4. UNESCO OER Discussion 23—30 OCT 2010

5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mamk/587941395/ The OER story

6. Initiatives (Stacey 2010) MIT OpenCourseware Rice University Connexions UK Open University’s OpenLearn Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative Commonwealth of Learning Teachers Without Borders Yale University Open Yale Courses Monterey Institute for Technology and Education Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education BCcampus OER (Canada) Southern Regional Education Board SCORE (US) AEShareNet & Education Network Australia (edna) (Australia) OERNZ (New Zealand) JISC JORUM & JISC OER (UK) Wikiwijs (Netherlands) Open High School of Utah (US) Utah State Wide OCW (US)

7. Phase 1: OER

8. Phase 2: OEP Builds on OER Goes beyond access into open learning architectures Focuss: learning as construction + sharing Quality improvement through external validation Change of educational cultures OER as value proposition for Institutions

9. OER and OEP: Provocation?

10. Open Educational Pratices Learning Resources Pedagogies Learning paths Learning Contexts (allow autonomy) Learning Opportunties Objectives, Goals and Aims (LLL agenda) Co-Creation of knowlegde Openess ?

11. Changing Cultures

13. Open Educational Quality Initiative The current focus in OER Initiatives is mainly on building more access to digital content Too little consideration is given to how this will support educational practices, promote quality and innovation in teaching and learning.

14. Open Educational Quality Initiative UNESCO, International Council for Distance Education, European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning, Open University UK, Aalto University Finland, University Catolica Lisbon, University Duisburg-Essen Germany + Consultative Group for Open Educational Practices

15. OEP: Quality and Innnovation

16. 60 case Studies Can be obtained here… Screenshot from Cloudworks 60 OER/ OEP Case Studies http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2085

17. OEP Supporting Dimensions Strategies & Policies Barriers and Success Factors Tools Skills Development & Support QD models Partnership Models Business Models Sustainability Strategies Barriers Success Factors Tools Tool Practices Digital Literacy Support structures and processes

18. OEP Supporting Dimensions Strategies & Policies Barriers and Success Factors Tools Skills Development & Support QD models Partnership Models Business Models Sustainability Strategies Barriers Success Factors Tools Tool Practices Digital Literacy Support structures and processes

19. OEP Governance Community

20. Example for Educational Professionals Strategies & Policies Barriers and Success Factors Tools Skills Development & Support QD models Partnership Models Business Models Sustainability Strategies Barriers Success Factors Tools Tool Practices Digital Literacy Support structures and processes

21. Evolutionary Approach

22. OEP Quality Guide Strategies & Policies Barriers and Success Factors Tools Skills Development & Support QD models Partnership Models Business Models Sustainability Strategies Barriers Success Factors Tools Tool Practices Digital Literacy Support structures and processes

24. OPAL OPAL Research Workshop @ UNESCO: 8-9 NOV 2010 Launch of first OPAL Tools @ Online Educa Berlin: 1 DEC 2010

25. Thank you for your attention! www.oer-quality.org OPAL on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/opal2010 Ulf-Daniel Ehlers University Duisburg-Essen