OER: The Policy Context Dr Ming Nie University of Leicester Open Education Week 11 March 2013

POERUP focus on… Building on previous OER initiatives – OPAL: – OLnet: Producing country reports and case studies Evaluating successful OER communities Stimulating the uptake of OER through policy

POERUP produced… An inventory of more than 300 OER initiatives 11 country reports and 13 mini-reports Wiki: 7 in-depth case studies 3 EU-wide policy papers POERUP will produce…

This presentation is based on… Country reportsMini reports AustraliaArgentina BelgiumDenmark CanadaFinland FranceGreece HungaryGulf States ItalyMexico New ZealandNorway PolandPortugal The NetherlandsRomania UKSouth Africa USASpain Sweden Thailand

The following presentation is structured… Countries with OER policies Countries active in OER activities Countries driving Open Education Movement

Countries with OER polices CountryOER policies/strategies The Netherlands National strategy: Wikiwijs Programme Full spectrum of education (with the exception of ISCED 4) CC-BY or CC-BY-SA licence USA A wide range of OER activities occurring in different sectors:  Schools  Universities (OCW, MERLOT, Connexions)  Community colleges  Non-profit organisations (The Khan Academy, P2PU)  Private/commercial organisations (iTunes U) Recommendations to OER are included as part of educational strategy planning documents, such as the National Education Technology Plan (2010)

Countries with OER polices CountryOER policies/strategies Romania OER in Government policies: The Government Programme for , support the innovative integration of Web2.0 and OER in education OER in educational policies: As part of the public policies for ICT integration in the pre-university system, promotion the use of open/free resources, and development and sharing of resources by teachers are adopted. South Africa The Department of Higher Education and Training has included the development of an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) policy framework in its strategic plan for 2010–2014, which will include OER. The Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for Teacher Education Development requires that all educational resources developed through funded projects have to be released under a CC licence. The Southern African Development Community is currently developing an ODL policy and strategic plan that will see the region sharing learning materials at all levels of education. Mexico OER strategy: Institutions of higher education involved in distance learning are developing an OER strategy OER in national/educational policies: The Education Sector Programme and the National Development Plan make reference to OER

Countries active with OER activities CountryOER activities Australia Various OER activities: Open government (AusGOAL) Free for Education movement (not necessarily OER) OER for schools: National Digital Learning Resource Network, Scootle OER for HE: A university consortium to develop an OER protocol; The Australasian Council on Open, Distance and E-learning to promote the uptake of OER; USQ has a formal OER strategy, and joined OCW and OERu New Zealand Significant OER development: Government Open Access and Licensing framework (NZGOAL) WikiEducator OERNZ: Develop an OER commons for schools OER university Otago Polytechnic has adopted an OER policy Spain An immense amount of OER activities: OER for primary and secondary education (ISCED 1-3) Strong representation of Spanish universities in the OCW consortium, and participation in MOOCs.

Countries active with OER activities CountryOER activities Poland Digital School Programme: Schools will be computerized and all educational materials for Grade 4-6 will be produced and released in CC BY 3.0 licence Polish schools will soon be fully adopting the open education model UK Active in higher education in England: JISC/HEA OER Programme: 69 projects funded; massive number of OERs in a variety of subjects released SCORE: Provide support to OER-related activities, events, and service Canada Active in the tertiary level. In British Columbia: The BCcampus initiative Funding from the Ministry since 2003 to provide openly licensed educational resources for post-secondary institutions and students Announcement of 40 OER courses to be produced for first year students in universities

Countries driving Open Education Movement CountryActivities driving Open Education Movement Italy Book in progress: A nation-wide school network, producing low-cost textbooks for secondary schools, covering a range of subjects: Italian, English, History, Geography, Sciences, Chemistry CC licence is not adopted Greece Digital School initiative: Funded by the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport Official repository of textbooks in e-books format for all levels of education Textbooks are not OER France Digital universities: 7 thematic digital universities in ,000 resources (video, courses, exercises, MCQ, etc.) Not all resources are OERs Hungary Denmark Finland Norway Promoting sharing and free use of digital resources Open Access or open publication The Budapest Open Access Initiative – An international movement started in Hungary

Challenges & opportunities Economic crisis – Decrease in investment in education & innovation – Promotion of OER becomes more challenging – National programmes are declined, downsized, or not started Lack of in-depth research into end-users of OER The rise of MOOCs – a new business model FutureLearn in the UK

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