OER in Canada: A POERUP Report

D. QuirkR. McGrealT. Anderson

Athabasca University

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CANADA

INDONESIA

Size comparison

36 million

245 million

Policies for OER UPtake

OER

Partners

SERO

Focus• Stimulating uptake of OER through policy• Building on previous initiatives (eg. OPAL, Olnet)• Through country reports and case studies• Evaluate successful OER communities

Outputs• Inventory > +300 OER initiatives• 11 country reports ; 13 mini-

reports• 7 in-depth case studies• 3 EU-wide policy papers• 7 options brief packs for EU

nations/regions

UNESCO Survey• few OER policies• confusion over OER • Not realizing the potential of OER• Content accessible- not openly licensed

(UNESCO, 2012, p. 25)

•OER•Open access•Open user-generated works•Open data•Open Glam(Galleries, Libr., Arch. Museums)•Open government•Open policies•Open licences•Open licence tools (CC)•Open standards•Open Source

Paul Stacey

Paul Stacey

• Can create own materials• Can be developed as ‘stand-alone’ wikis • Can transcend a course• Can reduce need to create new materials• Can be accessed worldwide or locally

OER

Tony Bates

Open Access & OER• Scholarly journals• Research• Could be used as OER• Respondents found it difficult to

distinguish• AU first in Canada with OA Policy

Open Access & OER“Despite the mounting support for

open access, Canada has lagged behind with only a handful of pilot projects from the federally-funded research agencies . . . it is time for those agencies to make a firm commitment to open access.”

Canada Report

• Provincial• No Government policies• Few initiatives• Policy proposals (HEIs)

Methodology

• 93 contacts/ 21 responses (govt., HEI, private sector)

• Email & telephone interviews• 3 primary contacts:

– Athabasca University– BCcampus– OCAD University

Research Questions1. OER initiatives/Collaborations? 2. Policy documents on OER? 3. Are OER policies important?4. Major barriers/incentives for OER5. Are you aware of other OER

initiatives?

Creative Commons Canada

Open Data Canada• Innovation• Leveraging public information • Develop consumer/commercial

products• Better use of broadband• Research• Informed decisions for consumers

• First in Canada with OA Policy• First in Canada to join OCWC• Policy proposals (HEIs)• TEKRI• UNESCO/COL Chair in OER

Challenge Exams

Credit transfer

• OCWC repository• OER research• Mapping of international OER activity•Open education/open access activities• OER Knowledge Cloud • OER Global Graduate Network;• OER awareness survey (internal)• OERu courses, e-texts•OER evaluation •Open Education MOOC

• Canada’s first open access university press

• Peer reviewed publications• Quality control

WORKPLACE ENGLISH for ITC

Mohamed Ally

Leadership among students in Canada

Fred Mulder

Global OER Graduate Network

Susan D’Antoni

OER Mapping

• BC Campus licence• Online Programme Development Fund• 40 First year post-secondary courses as OER

First Major OER initiative

Flexible learning for open education

“OER presents an optimal learning environment to meet the needs of all learners, including those with disabilities.”

J. Treviranus

• Outreach & awareness• Collaboration • Enabling specific learning needs• Supporting OER producers to create/label transformable content

• Inclusiveness in OER repositories • Inclusive resource alternatives •Inclusive aids into common tools•Assisting OER community to be inclusive

• PLAR (RPL)• Challenge exams• OERu member• Credit transfer

Barriers: Fear• Competition• Loss of students/jobs• Loss of revenue/control• Criticism by peers• lack of economic models • Accountability

With Paul Stacey

Barriers: Confusion• Business model• How open licences work • Collaboration strategies • Autonomy• Evidence of effectiveness • Terminology (OA,OER, PD etc.)

With Paul Stacey

Barriers: Effort• Finding OER• Finding quality resources • How it saves time or money?• Specific academic contexts • Localisation

With Paul Stacey

Barriers: Special Interests• Publishers • Copyright collectives• Textbook authors $$$• “Not invented here” • Copyright officers• ????

With Paul Stacey

Incentives: YES• Updating at any time - quality• Copy, paste, annotate highlight,

print• Mix, mash, alter, localise• Format shifting• Move content/share/collaborate

• Cost savings – open textsWith Paul Stacey

Incentives: YES• Increased access to education• Students can better assess/plan • Showcase profile/brand• Convert lurkers into students• Accelerate learning • Reduce faculty preparation time

With Paul Stacey

Incentives: No’s• NO Cost• NO DRM (TPM)• NO Licences• NO permissions required• NO technological restrictions • NO geographical restrictions

With Paul Stacey

OER University Concept

Jim Taylor

Education Our Content

Our Support

Our StudentsFriesen & Murray, 2011

The Cat’s out of the Bag

OER Critics

John Frank & Fraser Mustard G&M 05-01-95

"Societies that have a strong coherent sense of what is important, and a collective will, will probably be most successful"

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Suksma

Terima Kasih

rory@athabascau.ca

rory@athabascau.ca

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