The presentation created as part of open education week 2012, gives a focus on the results of two European projects which have been used for mainstreaming open educational practices, namely:
- recommendations to policy makers on Mainstreaming OEP, as a result of the OPAL (www.oer-quality.net) project
- a discussion on recognition and certification of learning done through OER (www.oer-europe.net)
EUCIS-LLL Position on Validation of Non-formal and Informal LearningLLL Platform
EUCIS-LLL position on the Validation of Non-formal
and Informal Learning, Audrey Frith, EUCIS-LLL Director, at
SOLIDAR and Ligue de l’enseignement Seminar on the topic, 13 January 2014, Brussels.
VIsion, Scenarios, Insights and Recommendations on how ICT may help making lifelong learning a reality for all (VISIR)
The aim of the VISIR network is to contribute to the full exploitation of the potential of ICT to transform and innovate European lifelong learning and to equip European citizens with digital competencies and other key transversal competencies for life and employability in Europe.The project will analyse the existing trends on ICT for learning in Europe and draft a long term vision on the contribution of ICT for transforming education and training systems and catalogue successful ICT-for-learning micro-innovation practices. It will facilitate exchange of ideas and concerns around these practices through the organisation of six transnational seminars connected to major conferences focusing on specific “sectors in change” of ICT-for-learning and through a web2.0 “online showcase”. The project also aims to facilitate the mainstreaming of these practices both towards E&T policy makers and towards learning communities and provide research-grounded recommendations for policy making and for innovative practices large scale scalability and transferability.
Moderator: Dr. Andras Szucs, Secretary General, EDEN
Date: 9 November 2016
Recording of the webinar: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p3t8iwfnwz9/
The goal of D-TRANSFORM (http://www.dtransform.eu/) is to implement a training program for leaders of European universities (presidents, vice-presidents) focusing on the major role played by digital technologies and Open Educational Resources (OER) in the necessary transformation of their institutions. The premise is that e-education (digital pedagogy and training) can become a strategic tool for European universities, enabling them to be pedagogically more effective, more cost-effective, more attractive and able to meet the needs of the professional world with regard to youth training and life-long learning.
This webinar focused on a comparative survey between Spain, France, Italy and the United Kingdom on public digital policies and Dr. Szucs presented an overview on the business models for opening up education – Sustainability of MOOCs, OER and related online education approaches in higher education in Europe. The presentation also aimed to answer the question of whether Open Educational Resources are a lever for digital transition of higher education.
EUCIS-LLL Position on Validation of Non-formal and Informal LearningLLL Platform
EUCIS-LLL position on the Validation of Non-formal
and Informal Learning, Audrey Frith, EUCIS-LLL Director, at
SOLIDAR and Ligue de l’enseignement Seminar on the topic, 13 January 2014, Brussels.
VIsion, Scenarios, Insights and Recommendations on how ICT may help making lifelong learning a reality for all (VISIR)
The aim of the VISIR network is to contribute to the full exploitation of the potential of ICT to transform and innovate European lifelong learning and to equip European citizens with digital competencies and other key transversal competencies for life and employability in Europe.The project will analyse the existing trends on ICT for learning in Europe and draft a long term vision on the contribution of ICT for transforming education and training systems and catalogue successful ICT-for-learning micro-innovation practices. It will facilitate exchange of ideas and concerns around these practices through the organisation of six transnational seminars connected to major conferences focusing on specific “sectors in change” of ICT-for-learning and through a web2.0 “online showcase”. The project also aims to facilitate the mainstreaming of these practices both towards E&T policy makers and towards learning communities and provide research-grounded recommendations for policy making and for innovative practices large scale scalability and transferability.
Moderator: Dr. Andras Szucs, Secretary General, EDEN
Date: 9 November 2016
Recording of the webinar: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p3t8iwfnwz9/
The goal of D-TRANSFORM (http://www.dtransform.eu/) is to implement a training program for leaders of European universities (presidents, vice-presidents) focusing on the major role played by digital technologies and Open Educational Resources (OER) in the necessary transformation of their institutions. The premise is that e-education (digital pedagogy and training) can become a strategic tool for European universities, enabling them to be pedagogically more effective, more cost-effective, more attractive and able to meet the needs of the professional world with regard to youth training and life-long learning.
This webinar focused on a comparative survey between Spain, France, Italy and the United Kingdom on public digital policies and Dr. Szucs presented an overview on the business models for opening up education – Sustainability of MOOCs, OER and related online education approaches in higher education in Europe. The presentation also aimed to answer the question of whether Open Educational Resources are a lever for digital transition of higher education.
Quality in e-learning - a view for ENQAPaul Bacsich
A view from a benchmarking e-learning perspective of how to initiate a synthesis of approaches to quality in e-learning for use Europe-wide within the ENQA Standards and Guidelines
Opening up Education: a Support Framework for Higher Education Institutions b...EduSkills OECD
This presentation was given by the Joint Research Centre – the European Commission’s in-house science service at the international seminar “Opening higher education: what the future might bring” 8-9 december 2016, in Berlin, Germany, jointly organised by OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) and Laureate International Universities (LIU).
Presentation by Andreia Inamorato Dos Santos, JRC Seville, European Commission for the European Distance Learning Week's fourth day webinar on "Validation and recognition of non-formal open learning" - 10 November 2016
Recording of the discussion is available here: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p4zf2rzb8gr/
The presentation reveals those key skills which PhD students/researchers acquire (sometimes unbeknowingly) during their period of study. The presentation highlights the explosive growth of the ‘PhD market’ especially in China and looks at two basic scenarios – those graduands who will continue in research and perhaps a majority who will not. Attention is drawn to the Vitae Organisation researcher development framework and in particular the Employability Lens for careers outside academia. The skills (knowledge, behaviour & attitude) which are highlighted in the lens are possibly better expressed in the form of an outer circle of key transferrable skills which all PhD students should be capable acquiring during their PhD studies. However it is the inner circle of complex interactive and intellectual skills which will be those most sought after by future employers and these will be the skills that that will take graduates the furthest in careers outside academia. Ray Wallace has coined the term ‘EPIMERIC’ for these skills. Not everyone will have these skills and attention should be given by graduate schools to investigating how students might acquire these skills during their studies. One suggestion is a secondment to industry/commerce for a short period. The transformation of undergraduate students taking internships as part of their degree programmes is well documented.
Despite requirements for constant innovation in Higher Education, the application of
knowledge management constitutes a recent research field in this sector while a wide range of e-learning
tools - like open source learning management systems (LMS) - constitute a basic part of universities
infrastructures at present. As knowledge derived from direct experiences is one of the most important
sources for innovations, this paper presents two approaches for experiential knowledge production in the
Higher Education teaching-learning processes: (1) the managerial production approach and (2) the open
production approach. In accordance with these approaches, the paper also describes how Moodle and Sakai -
two of the most widely used open source LMS - support experiential knowledge production and concludes
that: (1) these LMS don’t have first class constructs to manage experiential knowledge production related
concepts; (2) experiential knowledge related constructs can be represented through existing artifacts included
in these LMS but this approach presents many limitations to support explicit connections between these
constructs and; (3) LMS can extend current capabilities of tags or similar artifacts to represent high level
meaning structures that link content from different LMS tools.
Presentation by Margarita Teresevičienė, Lithuanian Distance and eLearning (LieDM) association for the European Distance Learning Week's final day webinar on "Digital skills in teaching and learning – are we on the right track?" - 11 November 2016
Recording of the discussion is available here: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p80lg2b5akr/
The recording of Deirdre Hodson's presentation is available here: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p9bqnf9swq2/
This sessiongave delegates an overview of the five challenges that Jisc is addressing via research and development effort.
You will hear what the challenges are and learn how you can get involved in developing solutions to address the challenges.
How to Guide Innovation in a Changing Education Ecosystem?Andreas Meiszner
As part of the Learning@Work Exploratorium Lab that is run by the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) within the FP7 funded HoTEL research project we have been running a joint ELIG / Pearson interactive Learnshop that aimed at critically reflecting on how to innovate in a profoundly changing education ecosystem.
A key focus on this Learnshop had been to further advance on the question of how the Pearson efficacy framework might be best scoped, structured and contextualized [e.g. as a part of a larger model] so as to foster its usefulness and applicability as a tool to support TEL for individuals / institutions, through the practical application of the framework with real-life ‘cases’
This document provides an overview on the Learnshop structure and might be of use to those that intend to organize similar activities.
Innovation in Education: Tools and methods for success (Session 2)Andreas Meiszner
Innovation in Education
Tools and methods for success
Session 2: Tools and techniques
Joint Pearson and ELIG workshop at the Escola Superior de Educação do Porto.
The Future of Tertiary Education in the Digital Era by Jamil SalmiEduSkills OECD
This presentation was given by Jamil Salmi at the international seminar “Opening higher education: what the future might bring” 8-9 december 2016, in Berlin, Germany, jointly organised by OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) and Laureate International Universities (LIU).
Using OER and MOOCs for education and training - leadersPaul Bacsich
This presentation provides a 12-slide snapshot in March 2016 of the D-TRANSFORM project funded under Erasmus+ to develop leadership training in e-learning (digital learning) for senior leaders (Rectors, Vice-Rectors, Board Directors) in universities and other higher education institutions across Europe. It was presented virtually to the workshop "Open Education - concepts, tools, resources, practices" in Timisoara, Romania, on 11 March 2016 - which was also streamed
Presentation of a new initiative called VMPASS which will test practical tools to enable recognition of learning enabled by OER, virtual mobility and/or learning, by and between European universities.
Presentation delivered at EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2013 in Barcelona.
Alan Tait is the Director of International Development and Teacher Education at The Open University in United Kingdom. See his presentation at the #EDEN2015 Annual Conference here. His talk is captured on video and will be published on the EDEN Youtube channel.
Read about EDEN: http://www.eden-online.org
Pre-incubation program @ Tallinn University of TechnologyCaroline Rute
"Pre-incubation program @ Tallinn University of Technology" was presented on 2 March 2016 at the Startup Estonia's office by Anu Oks. The presentation was part of the "Community Meeting on Startup Education". More information about Startup Estonia can be found at http://startupestonia.ee/ and https://www.facebook.com/startupestonia
ELIG-Pearson Interactive Learnshop: How to Guide Innovation in a Changing Education Ecosystem?
Case: EFQUEL
Online Educa Berlin 2013; Friday 6th December 2013: 11:45 - 13:30
Facilitators: Kelwyn Looi, Vaithegi Vasanthakumar, Fadi Khalek, Dr. Adam Black, Dr. Andreas Meiszner, Elmar Husmann
The presentation looks at the successes of QA approaches in diverse educational sectors, particularly Higher Education, and how these might be applied to the implementation of EQAVET in Europe.
Delivered at the EQAVET seminar in Vienna, July 2011.
Mainstreaming Open Educational Resources - General Conclusions of the Policy ...Anthony Fisher Camilleri
The powerpoint summarises the general conclusions of the Seminar organised by the OPAL and CONCEDE Projects, held at UNESCO on 18th November 2011, on the topic of Mainstreaming Open Educational Practices.
Quality in e-learning - a view for ENQAPaul Bacsich
A view from a benchmarking e-learning perspective of how to initiate a synthesis of approaches to quality in e-learning for use Europe-wide within the ENQA Standards and Guidelines
Opening up Education: a Support Framework for Higher Education Institutions b...EduSkills OECD
This presentation was given by the Joint Research Centre – the European Commission’s in-house science service at the international seminar “Opening higher education: what the future might bring” 8-9 december 2016, in Berlin, Germany, jointly organised by OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) and Laureate International Universities (LIU).
Presentation by Andreia Inamorato Dos Santos, JRC Seville, European Commission for the European Distance Learning Week's fourth day webinar on "Validation and recognition of non-formal open learning" - 10 November 2016
Recording of the discussion is available here: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p4zf2rzb8gr/
The presentation reveals those key skills which PhD students/researchers acquire (sometimes unbeknowingly) during their period of study. The presentation highlights the explosive growth of the ‘PhD market’ especially in China and looks at two basic scenarios – those graduands who will continue in research and perhaps a majority who will not. Attention is drawn to the Vitae Organisation researcher development framework and in particular the Employability Lens for careers outside academia. The skills (knowledge, behaviour & attitude) which are highlighted in the lens are possibly better expressed in the form of an outer circle of key transferrable skills which all PhD students should be capable acquiring during their PhD studies. However it is the inner circle of complex interactive and intellectual skills which will be those most sought after by future employers and these will be the skills that that will take graduates the furthest in careers outside academia. Ray Wallace has coined the term ‘EPIMERIC’ for these skills. Not everyone will have these skills and attention should be given by graduate schools to investigating how students might acquire these skills during their studies. One suggestion is a secondment to industry/commerce for a short period. The transformation of undergraduate students taking internships as part of their degree programmes is well documented.
Despite requirements for constant innovation in Higher Education, the application of
knowledge management constitutes a recent research field in this sector while a wide range of e-learning
tools - like open source learning management systems (LMS) - constitute a basic part of universities
infrastructures at present. As knowledge derived from direct experiences is one of the most important
sources for innovations, this paper presents two approaches for experiential knowledge production in the
Higher Education teaching-learning processes: (1) the managerial production approach and (2) the open
production approach. In accordance with these approaches, the paper also describes how Moodle and Sakai -
two of the most widely used open source LMS - support experiential knowledge production and concludes
that: (1) these LMS don’t have first class constructs to manage experiential knowledge production related
concepts; (2) experiential knowledge related constructs can be represented through existing artifacts included
in these LMS but this approach presents many limitations to support explicit connections between these
constructs and; (3) LMS can extend current capabilities of tags or similar artifacts to represent high level
meaning structures that link content from different LMS tools.
Presentation by Margarita Teresevičienė, Lithuanian Distance and eLearning (LieDM) association for the European Distance Learning Week's final day webinar on "Digital skills in teaching and learning – are we on the right track?" - 11 November 2016
Recording of the discussion is available here: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p80lg2b5akr/
The recording of Deirdre Hodson's presentation is available here: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p9bqnf9swq2/
This sessiongave delegates an overview of the five challenges that Jisc is addressing via research and development effort.
You will hear what the challenges are and learn how you can get involved in developing solutions to address the challenges.
How to Guide Innovation in a Changing Education Ecosystem?Andreas Meiszner
As part of the Learning@Work Exploratorium Lab that is run by the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) within the FP7 funded HoTEL research project we have been running a joint ELIG / Pearson interactive Learnshop that aimed at critically reflecting on how to innovate in a profoundly changing education ecosystem.
A key focus on this Learnshop had been to further advance on the question of how the Pearson efficacy framework might be best scoped, structured and contextualized [e.g. as a part of a larger model] so as to foster its usefulness and applicability as a tool to support TEL for individuals / institutions, through the practical application of the framework with real-life ‘cases’
This document provides an overview on the Learnshop structure and might be of use to those that intend to organize similar activities.
Innovation in Education: Tools and methods for success (Session 2)Andreas Meiszner
Innovation in Education
Tools and methods for success
Session 2: Tools and techniques
Joint Pearson and ELIG workshop at the Escola Superior de Educação do Porto.
The Future of Tertiary Education in the Digital Era by Jamil SalmiEduSkills OECD
This presentation was given by Jamil Salmi at the international seminar “Opening higher education: what the future might bring” 8-9 december 2016, in Berlin, Germany, jointly organised by OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) and Laureate International Universities (LIU).
Using OER and MOOCs for education and training - leadersPaul Bacsich
This presentation provides a 12-slide snapshot in March 2016 of the D-TRANSFORM project funded under Erasmus+ to develop leadership training in e-learning (digital learning) for senior leaders (Rectors, Vice-Rectors, Board Directors) in universities and other higher education institutions across Europe. It was presented virtually to the workshop "Open Education - concepts, tools, resources, practices" in Timisoara, Romania, on 11 March 2016 - which was also streamed
Presentation of a new initiative called VMPASS which will test practical tools to enable recognition of learning enabled by OER, virtual mobility and/or learning, by and between European universities.
Presentation delivered at EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2013 in Barcelona.
Alan Tait is the Director of International Development and Teacher Education at The Open University in United Kingdom. See his presentation at the #EDEN2015 Annual Conference here. His talk is captured on video and will be published on the EDEN Youtube channel.
Read about EDEN: http://www.eden-online.org
Pre-incubation program @ Tallinn University of TechnologyCaroline Rute
"Pre-incubation program @ Tallinn University of Technology" was presented on 2 March 2016 at the Startup Estonia's office by Anu Oks. The presentation was part of the "Community Meeting on Startup Education". More information about Startup Estonia can be found at http://startupestonia.ee/ and https://www.facebook.com/startupestonia
ELIG-Pearson Interactive Learnshop: How to Guide Innovation in a Changing Education Ecosystem?
Case: EFQUEL
Online Educa Berlin 2013; Friday 6th December 2013: 11:45 - 13:30
Facilitators: Kelwyn Looi, Vaithegi Vasanthakumar, Fadi Khalek, Dr. Adam Black, Dr. Andreas Meiszner, Elmar Husmann
The presentation looks at the successes of QA approaches in diverse educational sectors, particularly Higher Education, and how these might be applied to the implementation of EQAVET in Europe.
Delivered at the EQAVET seminar in Vienna, July 2011.
Mainstreaming Open Educational Resources - General Conclusions of the Policy ...Anthony Fisher Camilleri
The powerpoint summarises the general conclusions of the Seminar organised by the OPAL and CONCEDE Projects, held at UNESCO on 18th November 2011, on the topic of Mainstreaming Open Educational Practices.
The presentation examines the role of stakeholder involvement in the design and operation of quality systems, and gives a brief overview of theories for stakeholder involvement.
Presented at the third EQAVET Projects conference, in Bucharest Romania.
In response to an increased demand from education providers, including offshore educational providers, the Maltese Government has decided to examine the design of a national accreditation system for e-learning in Higher Education, with particular emphasis on non-traditional forms of education such as MOOCs. This presentation describes the first two steps of a design thinking approach, to consider the challenges and opportunities which are informing the thinking of policy-makers, and examines the scenarios which may arise out of each one, with the aim of providing a basis for future ideation, prototyping and testing of an accreditation system.
Delivered at the EDEN Annual Conference in Budapest, 17th June 2016
Working on the Relationship: Quality Assurance as a Tool for Improving Labour...Anthony Fisher Camilleri
While ensuring student employability, improving cooperation with the labour market and acting as engines for economic growth are increasingly core missions for universities, they are still often weakly represented in Quality Assurance procedures. Using data from a number of EU projects, including PHExcel, HAPHE and Beehives, as well as the upcoming ISO Management Systems for educational organizations (ISO 21001), the presentation will consider a variety of quality approaches which can help institutions in designing, implementing, monitoring and improving their relationship with the labour market, and give tips on their practical implementation.
Delivered at the SPACE Annual Conference in Ghent, on 20.04.2016.
In three parts the presentation considers:
What challenges are there in assessing the new European Standard and Guideline for Quality Assurance in Higher Education on Student Centred Learning?
What indicators an be used to measured Student Centred Learning in Higher Education Institutions?
What does an increased focus on student-centred learning mean for the Higher Education sector more generally?
Presented at the PASCL Final Conference in Brussels on 27/05/2016
A Rapporteur's Summary and opinion of the State of Digital Education, based on the proceedings of the conference of the same name held in Attard, Malta on 19th-20th January 2017.
Presentation on how students and student representatives can affect the Quality Assurance Processes, at each stage of Quality Assurance, from determining requirements, to internal quality assurance to external quality assurance.
Delivered at the QA Peer Learning Stakeholders Workshop organised by the National Centre for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA) in Yerevan, Armenia on 25-01-2017.
The Future OER Ecosystem - On Building a Community for OER in EuropeRobert Farrow
Group presentation/workshop from Open Education Global 2022
The European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education (ENCORE+) project (2021-2023) is an Erasmus+ funded initiative which aims to raise awareness of open education, coordinate stakeholder and support new strategies for the proliferation of OER (https://encoreproject.eu/).
Although the Coronavirus pandemic and the resulting online ‘pivot’ increased opportunities for integrating OER into education and training, general awareness of open alternatives remains low. Many educators and learners have been in crisis mode, using whatever resources they can to fulfil their needs. While this can include OER, the demands put upon practitioners makes it hard to strategise and move systematically towards meeting the five action areas of the UNESCO OER resolution.
ENCORE+ is a coordinated European approach to strengthening the value of OER as a catalyst and multiplier. The goal is to move from a series of individual OER initiatives into a European OER Ecosystem. This will be done through addressing and contributing to European and International policy priorities, stimulating innovation in businesses through learning and training, supporting the modernization and digitalization of higher education in Europe, as well as bridging non-formal & formal education by advancing recognition of open learning.
ENCORE+ has established 4 thematic circle communities for OER in Europe on the thematic focus areas of OER Technology, Quality, Innovation & Business Models and Policies. The circle communities convenes and collaborate on issues related to the circle theme. The four communities will convene for its second round of circle events in the first week of May.
This workshop aims to take the content and discussions held within the 4 thematic circle communities in ENCORE+ to the global stage. This workshop marks halfway through the project, and the ENCORE+ team will share and discuss experiences, issues and solutions found with the delegates at the conference. The stakeholders of ENCORE+ is truly global, connecting international stakeholders from academia and business together into a collaborative OER Ecosystem solving challenges of education through OER.
The European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education (ENCORE+) project (2021-2023) is an Erasmus+ funded initiative which aims to raise awareness of open education, co-ordinate stakeholder and support new strategies for the proliferation of OER (https://encoreproject.eu/). The UNESCO OER Recommendation (https://en.unesco.org/themes/building-knowledge-societies/oer/recommendation) sets out five areas for action:
Building the capacity of stakeholders to create, access, re-use, adapt and redistribute OER;
Developing supportive policy for OER;
Encouraging inclusive and equitable quality OER;
Nurturing the creation of sustainability models for OER; and
Promoting and reinforcing international cooperation in OER.
Although the Coronavirus pandemic and the resulting online ‘pivot’ increased opportunities for integrating OER into education and training, general awareness of open alternatives remains low. Many educators and learners have been in crisis mode, using whatever resources they can to fulfil their needs. While this can include OER, the demands put upon practitioners makes it hard to strategise and move systematically towards meeting the five action areas of the UNESCO OER resolution.
ENCORE+ proposes that we understand the strategizing of OER at the level of the ‘ecosystem’, emphasizing that while there are viable, established strategies for OER there is no integrated European OER university-business ecosystem able to identify, catalyse and share best practices. How can collaboration be encouraged? How can confidence in operational models which use OER be encouraged beyond the usual advocacy networks in higher education?
Following a short general introduction, this workshop is organised around the following 4 x 10 minute discussion areas, each of which reflects an activity area of ENCORE+.
Focus area 1: Bleeding edge technologies for OER integration
Focus area 2: New paradigms for OER quality
Focus area 3: Strategies and policies for OER uptake and integration
Focus area 4: Innovation, Business Models & Sustainability
In each focus area relevant results from the ENCORE+ project were briefly presented to support an inclusive plenary discussion.
Dialogue was facilitated and moderated by relevant experts from ENCORE+. Feedback and reflection was gathered through a 'World Cafe' approach designed around stakeholder interactions and perspective sharing.
ENCORE+ Innovation and Business Models Circle 2Robert Farrow
Slides used in the delivery on an online discussion workshop for the ENCORE+ project including a brief introduction to the project and links to the outputs from group discussions
The future OER Ecosystem - On building a community for OER in EuropeRobert Farrow
The European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education (ENCORE+) project (2021-2023) is an Erasmus+ funded initiative which aims to raise awareness of open education, coordinate stakeholder and support new strategies for the proliferation of OER (https://encoreproject.eu/).
Although the Coronavirus pandemic and the resulting online ‘pivot’ increased opportunities for integrating OER into education and training, general awareness of open alternatives remains low. Many educators and learners have been in crisis mode, using whatever resources they can to fulfil their needs. While this can include OER, the demands put upon practitioners makes it hard to strategise and move systematically towards meeting the five action areas of the UNESCO OER resolution.
ENCORE+ is a coordinated European approach to strengthening the value of OER as a catalyst and multiplier. The goal is to move from a series of individual OER initiatives into a European OER Ecosystem. This will be done through addressing and contributing to European and International policy priorities, stimulating innovation in businesses through learning and training, supporting the modernization and digitalization of higher education in Europe, as well as bridging non-formal & formal education by advancing recognition of open learning.
ENCORE+ has established 4 thematic circle communities for OER in Europe on the thematic focus areas of OER Technology, Quality, Innovation & Business Models and Policies. The circle communities convenes and collaborate on issues related to the circle theme. The four communities will convene for its second round of circle events in the first week of May.
This workshop aims to take the content and discussions held within the 4 thematic circle communities in ENCORE+ to the global stage. This workshop marks halfway through the project, and the ENCORE+ team will share and discuss experiences, issues and solutions found with the delegates at the conference. The stakeholders of ENCORE+ is truly global, connecting international stakeholders from academia and business together into a collaborative OER Ecosystem solving challenges of education through OER.
ENCORE+: The Open Educational Resources (OER) Innovation EcosystemRobert Farrow
Slides to accomany a workshop at the I-HE2022 Conference in Athens, Greece (Oct 2022). The slides provide an overview of the ENCORE+ project logic and theoretical perspectives on innovation through open education.
https://i-he2022.exordo.com/programme/presentation/75
Slides used for summary of OERu progress and input resources as OERu 2011.11 Meeting held in Dunedin, 9-10 November 2011. EFQEL slides used under provisions of fair dealing.
This presentation accompanied a face-to-face workshop at the OER22 conference where delegates were encouraged to brainstorm and interact around key themes and suggestions from the ENCORE+ project (https://encoreproject.eu/) regarding OER implementation, strategisation and improvement.
QA in e-Learning and Open Educational Resources (OER)Jon Rosewell
Introductory slides for a workshop on updating the e-learning quality assurance benchmarks of the E-xcellence NEXT project http://www.eadtu.nl/e-xcellencelabel
Ramirez-Montoya (2020) recently presented a review of literature pertaining OER and educational innovation, noting that although definitions of openness vary across sectoral spaces, the crossover between openness and innovation is an area of increasing interest. A core part of the story of open educational resources is that they can be used to create spaces for innovation in teaching and learning (Orr et al., 2015; Pitt & Smyth, 2017; Weller et al., 2015). As Coughlan et al. (2018) argue, there has been a lack of detailed analysis of the specific function of OER as a driver of innovation, and a single model has not yet captured the multi-faceted relationship between openness and innovation.
This presentation will present an overview of several major theories of innovation as they relate to contexts of open education, making clear connections to open educational practice and showing how innovation theories can apply to OER. The presentation is likely to be of interest to practitioners wishing to have a stronger theoretical and practical understanding of how OER can support innovative practice.
• Task-Artefact Cycle (Carroll, Kellog & Rosson, 1991)
• The diffusion of innovations theory (Rogers, 2010)
• SAMR framework (Puentedura, 2006; Orr et al., 2015)
• Cyclic Innovation Model (Berkhout, 2007)
• Forms of innovation in OER (Coughlan, Pitt & Farrow, 2018)
This work contributes to the European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education (ENCORE+). ENCORE+ is a pan-European Knowledge Alliance funded under the Erasmus+ programme. The project will run from 2021 to 2023 to support the modernisation of education in the European area through OER.
ICDE Report: UNESCO Chairs in OER, International Meeting Krakow, Poland April...icdeslides
The UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER) Chairs Meeting is being held within the framework of the Open Education Global Conference 2016 in Poland.
Participants in this global conference were able to hear from thought leaders in open education and had the opportunity to share ideas, practices and discuss issues important to the future of education worldwide. Sessions cover new developments in open education, research results, innovative technology, policy development and implementation, and practical solutions to challenges facing education around the world.
Building the 21st Century OER EcosystemRobert Farrow
This presentation offers insights into realizing a European-wide OER Ecosystem. ENCORE+ (European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education, www.encoreproject.eu) is building a regional Ecosystem for OER, focused along four engaging circle communities on the following four topics: OER Technology, Policies & Practice, Quality and Innovation & Business Models. The initiative is open to anyone interested in furthering the implementation of the OER Recommendation.
The presentation will highlight results from a pan-European stakeholder survey on OER to give a state of play for the sector. The survey, due completed in September 2021, will be mapping the perceived value of using open educational resources, including its potential and current implementation. At the time of the conference, the project will have hosted two events, specifically events for the circle communities on Policies & Practice and Innovation & Business Models. Results and discussions from these two events will be shared with the Open Education Conference audience, giving an opportunity to continue the discussions after the presentation.
The collaborative community model, described as circle communities, is the ENCORE+ approach to engaging a wide range of stakeholders in and outside Europe. The community will be coming together to solve issues and catalyse change through identifying innovation potential, collaboration opportunities and in general increasing the awareness, implementation and potential of OER.
The presentation focuses on findings from research and circle community events on community needs, collaboration and innovation potential within OER. This will give the participants unique insights into real experiences of building a cross-sectoral, multistakeholder community for OER. The presentation will be split into shorter segments, giving broad insights into the ongoing work with the Ecosystem. Engagement with the audience, through available channels, during and after the presentation will give an opportunity for the participants to elaborate and discuss points of the presentation, including findings, and the ecosystem model overall.
https://opened21.sched.com/event/moQZ/building-the-21st-century-oer-ecosystem
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Policy Actions for OER, and a Focus on Recognition
1. Policy Actions for OER
and a focus on recognition
Anthony F. Camilleri Open Education Week Webinar
Hosted by University of Leicster – 6 March 2012
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3. EFQUEL
• Membership Organisation focusing on
Quality in e-Learning and Innovation in
Learning more generally
• Primarily European Membership –
expanding globally quickly
• Main Activities
– Quality certifications for e-learning and
excellent TEL Institutions
– Advancing the state-of-the-art through
research / promotion projects
– EFQUEL Innovation Forum
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4. OER Policy
Roadmap
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5. A Cynic‘s (but not
View of OER
inaccurate)
• OERs are not used anywhere near as
much as is their potential
• A mainstream economic-sustainability
model has yet to emerge for OER
• OEP is still a niche activity in the majority
of educational institutions
• The proof that OERs increase access is
too anecdotal
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6. Creating new life requires a
perfect combination of
elements
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7. To flourish OEP needs:
held together by
a community
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8. Our recommendations
Enabling Incentivise OEP through Legislation
Legislation to Reduce Legislative Burdens through Harmonisation
Facilitate OEP
Rethink Intellectual Property Law for the 21st Century
Suggested Measures:
Open Access Mandates, Cost-Efficiency Rules for Teaching Resources,
Harmonised EU Open Access Licenses, major consultation exercise on ‚IP for
Innovation‘
Empowering Addressing Fragmentation and Trust Issues in Learning
Learners to take Resources
up OEP Promoting the provision of Open Educational Assessment
Suggested Measures:
Creating Learning Exchanges or ‚Trusted Repositories‘; Unbundling course
design, provision and certification
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9. Our recommendations
Strengthening Helping Institutions nurture OEP
the Evidence Addressing Sustainability concerns (finance, governance
Base for OEP & technical)
Making the Societal Benefit Explicit
Suggested Measures:
best practice-exchange, feasibility analysis of provision models, policy-level
peer-learning events, indicators for impact of open access on society
Culturing Supporting Truly Open Collaboration
Innovation Build a Coalition of Stakeholders aroud Principles of
through Openness
Networks
Suggested Measures:
Create formal multi-stakeholder consultative body on OER, increase diversity
of stakeholders engaged in the discussion.
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10. Our recommendations
Improving Trust Integrate OEP into Institutional Quality Procedures
in OEP Create Open Academic / Scientific Trust Infrastructures
Suggested Measures:
Find ‚launch partners‘ to mainstream quality pilots, support the creation of an
independent and non-profit academic impact service (pilots & implementation)
A la carte adoption of recommendations
is not an option
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11. Some thoughts
on recognition
More information available from:
http://www.oer-europe.net
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12. Different Approaches Emerging
MITx
OER university
Stanford Engineering Everywhere
Recognition of Prior Learning
Traditionally Assessed OERs
Peer to Peer University
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13. The one problem....
Please just give me a simple
certificate I actually understand!
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14. A Possible Solution
Leverage existing Tools
ECTS, EQF and Recognition of Prior Learning (e.g. Ireland, France)
give us an existing framework to work with
Take advantage of the possibilities
of Open Provision
Open Licenses Allow Unlimited Unbundling of Course Design,
Provision, Certification and Recognition. Imagine each stage offered by
a different or even by a multitude of institutions.
Provide an Easy-to-Use Translation Tool
OERTest is creating a simple recognition and transparency tool
modelled on the European Diploma Supplmenet
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16. we need to reach out to achieve our
ideal of openness
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17. Credits for this presentation...
www.oer-quality.net
www.oer-europe.net
both projects financed by the Lifelong Learning Programme
of the European Commission
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18. „Policy Actions for OER, and a focus on
recognition“
THANK-YOU
for your attention
Anthony F. Camilleri
anthony@camilleri.com
http://www.slideshare.net/anthonycamilleri/
Feedback is welcome!
Presentation delivered at Open Education Week Webinar
06.03.2012 Hosted by University of Leiceter
www.efquel.org
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