This document summarizes Ebba Ossiannilsson's presentation on Nordic OER (open educational resources) at the OER14 conference. It discusses the Nordic OER network and position paper recommending ways to promote OER through policy changes, institutional support, and engagement of individuals. It also describes international workshops on OER and less commonly taught languages as well as ongoing and future initiatives in Sweden to increase collaboration and awareness of OER through improved online support for teachers and students.

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EBBA OSSIANNILSSON, PHD, LUND UNIVERSITY, SE, NORDICOER
OER14 29TH APRIL 2014

2. BIS RESEARCH PAPER NUMBER 130
The Maturing of the MOOC

3. Ebba Ossiannilsson, PhD Lund University

4. 50 shades of openness
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5. Nordic
cooperation in
open education
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6. Nordic OER #nordicoer
Network and project
Recommendations in 7
languages
Position paper
Cooperation with other
projects
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8. Nordic OER position paper
Barriers
Actions
Recommendations
• Policy
• Institutions
• Individuals
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9. International workshop on policy
for OER and less used languages
28 April, Oslo
OER and challenges and opportunities for
less used languages in a global, European,
Nordic and national perspective
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• Increase national
collaboration in OER
• Create effective
online methods to
support teachers
and students
• Raise awareness of
OER
• Contribute to the
creation of a national
structure for
tagging, distribution
and storage of OER

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14. Quality – in the eye of the beholder?
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15. Where are we now?
• We’ve solved most of the technical problems
• We now have is the human issues*
* Hm. Would money or
recognition or reward
(technical) or greater clarity
about copyright (technical)
solve these problems?
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16. A quick tour through some acronyms
RBL - resource based learning
RLO – reusable learning object
OER – open educational resource
OEP – open educational practice
OEC – open edcuational culture
OEI – open education idea*
MOOC- massive open online courses (c and x,and a lot in between)
MOBL-massive open blended learning
TLA – three letter acronymn
* Source: http://www.idea-space.eu/open-educational-ideas-a-new-approach-for-open-education/ - 31 Jan 2014
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17. Opportunities for OER
Culture of openness and
transparency
Catalyst for innovation
New models for education
New publishing models
Quality focus
Language and culture
Reputation, branding,
marketing
Business models
Charing culture
Awareness raising
Involvement
Incentives
Peer-review
Teacher training
Education /research
Student invovement
Publisher
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18. Barriers to OER
No national policies or
incentives
Low level of coordination
between sectors
Lack of sharing culture
Lack of recognition
Suspicion of openness
Hard to find resources
Not invented here…
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19. Caring is sharing, sharing is caring
• Footprints
• W:www.lu.se/ced
• E:Ebba.Ossiannilsson@ced.lu.
se
• FB:Ebba Ossiannilsson
• T:@EbbaOssian
• Phone: +4670995448
• S:http://www.slideshare.net/
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