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1 Koalicja Otwartej Edukacji OER conference Warsaw, 23 April 2009 Open Educational Resources: Building a Culture of Sharing Susan D’Antoni UNESCO
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2 I Open Educational Resources: Building a culture of sharing
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3 Challenges… Challenges facing societies –Globalization –Rise of knowledge-intensive societies Demand for increasingly skilled population Challenges to education systems –Extend reach of education –Improve quality and flexibility Could technology offer the solution?
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4 New developments… An important convergence –Increasing connectivity –Growing numbers of low-cost devices –Expanding body of open digital content Together they facilitate the sharing of knowledge
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5 Open Educational Resources What are they? –Digitized educational materials offered freely and openly for use and re-use in teaching, learning and research Why are they important? –Contribute to building a culture of sharing
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6 II The growing OER movement: Evidence of a culture of sharing
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7 MIT OpenCourseWare 1999: faculty response to challenge of online education 2000: OCW initiated Goal: make accessible all primary course material on the web 2002: launched 50-course pilot 2009: almost 1,900 courses available
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8 2002 UNESCO meeting Academics convened to assess potential of open courseware for developing countries Positive response Participants coined the term Open Educational Resources for this “universal resource for the whole of humanity”
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9 Growth of a movement… OpenCourseWare Consortium 2005: consortium established to assist the OCW movement Goal: support collaboration among 200+ member institutions worldwide mid-2008: 6,200 courses available
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10 OpenER… responding to national objectives Goal: 50% participation in higher education by 2010 2006: Open University of the Netherlands launches OpenER Objectives –Bridge gap between informal and formal learning –Reduce barriers to higher education 2008: Minister of Education launches national OER infrastructure
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11 III UNESCO action: Promoting awareness of OER
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12 The need for awareness raising Potential of OER to contribute to building knowledge societies – especially knowledge-sharing societies But… No awareness of availability resources not utilized and potential not realized
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13 Building the OER Community Objectives –Increase awareness –Support capacity building and decision making Activities –2005: first forum 500 participants from 90 countries –2005-2007: regular topic-specific discussions –2007: Way Forward consultation
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14 Characteristics of the community 600+ members 98 countries 67 developing countries
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15 Community members… organizations represented Over 50% from higher education institutions Over 20% from international organizations and NGOs
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16 Community members… positions held Almost 40% held high- level positions Almost 20% teaching professionals
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17 2007 consultation: 14 issues Advancing the movement Awareness raising Communities and networking Research Enabling creation and re-use Policies Standards Technology tools Quality assurance Capacity development Enabling learning with OER Learning support services Assessment of learning Removing barriers to OER Accessibility Copyright and licensing Financing Sustainability
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18 What are the priorities?
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19 6 priorities Awareness raising and promotion Communities and networking Capacity development Sustainability Quality assurance Copyright
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21 Who should take action? Academics Higher education institutions International organizations National government
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22 IV Strengthening a culture of sharing at the national level
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23 The need for stimulus funding Need for new funding models Examples from Europe –Funding for OpenER from Dutch ministries –UK funding call: £4.7m for pilot OER programmes Educational materials developed through public funding should be available to all
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24 The importance of accessibility Investment needed in infrastructure and technology Challenge to public archives: respond to increasing demand for storage and access Reach new audiences and enable new use through collaboration with online platforms (Flickr, Wikimedia Commons…)
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25 The need for enabling policy A national culture of sharing must be enabled by policy Output of government-supported work should be open Degree of openness could be used to determine awarding of grants and contracts
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26 The need for champions A key stakeholder role: –OER champion! A role taken up with energy and commitment in Poland: –Modern Poland Foundation –Open Education Coalition
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27 Thank you for your attention Join the Community Email s.dantoni@unesco.org Consult the resources Wiki http://oerwiki.iiep-unesco.org
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