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Open education down under: Some national and institutional initiatives.
Dr Carina [email protected]
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This presentation
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– Australian higher education sector
– Open Education initiatives at national level
– Adoption of OER in Australia – early study
– Current Institutional Initiatives
– Research and Collaboration
– OE at University of Tasmania
JJ Harrison (2010) - CC BY-SA 3.0
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Some geographical context…
Australia, down under
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AustraliaWorldMap.png
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Australian higher education sector
Adapted by Beale Van Der Veer (2015), original from Tyler Glaude from the Noun Project (http://thenounproject.com/term/graduate/40364/). CC BY 3.0
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OE initiatives in Australia – national level
• Open Access in Australia – introduced in 1998
• 2002 – the Australian Government adopted and funded “Backing Australia’s
Ability” program
• The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) - http://www.ands.org.au/
• The Guide to Open Source Software for Australian Government Agencies - http
://www.finance.gov.au/policy-guides-procurement/open-source-software/
• Government 2.0 - http://www.finance.gov.au/policy-guides-procurement/gov20/
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OE initiatives in Australia – national level
• Major research funding bodies:
• Australia Research Council (ARC)• National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)• Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT)
• Research Output/Data X Educational Resources
Adapted by Wayne Mackintosh (2013) – CC BY 3.0 Unported
Adoption of OER - project
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Project: Adoption, use and management of open educational resources to enhance teaching and learning in Australia
2010 – 2012: Office for Learning and Teaching
Project Resources
http://www.olt.gov.au/resource-adoption-use-management-open-educational-resources
By Sunshine Connelly, 2008 – CC BY 3.0 Unported
Feasibility Protocol
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Other project findings
PDPics (2013) – CC0 Public Domain
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http://oeru.org/
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Current institutional initiatives
http://www.oeconsortium.org/
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By AJC1 (2012) – CC BY SA 2.0
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• Open learning object repositories
• Open textbooks
• Capacity building initiatives
Current institutional initiatives
By opensourceway (2010), CC BY 2.0 Generic
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Research and collaboration
By skeeze (2015). CC0 Public Domain
Curriculum design for open education
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http://wikieducator.org/course/Curriculum_design_for_open_education/
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Effective open licensing policy and practice for Australian universities.
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http://www.oel.edu.au/
Students, universities and open education
This project inserts the missing voice of students in understanding emerging technology-based open educational practices (OEP). It has the following aims:
– Determine how student learning outcomes can be enhanced with open education practices;
– Develop case studies that captures University Practice;
– Develop a National Policy Roadmap for Australia, fostering relevant uptake of open educational resources (OER) and open courses.
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Tasmania is down, down under
This image attributed to Wikimedia Commons is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
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The capital of Tasmania (Hobart) is further down, down under
This image attributed to NordNordWest/Wikipedia is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 DE license.
Hobart
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Open Education at the University of Tasmania
http://www.teaching-learning.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/439013/Technology-Enhanced-Learning-and-Teaching-White-Paper-Academic-Senate-15-November-2013.pdf
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UTAS institutional strategies
– The adoption of Open Educational Practices is encouraged in the Deputy Students and Education Divisional Planning.
– Embracing Open Educational Practices is a UTAS curriculum principle.http://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/567744/7825_A3_Curriculum-Principles1.pdf
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By obsidianphotography (2014). Licensed as CC0 Public Domain - pixabay.com/en/chess-intelligence-game-strategy-581110/
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Using Open Educational Practices counts towards teaching performance expectations.
http://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/447443/7815A-Revised-Teaching-Performance.pdf
OE reward and recognition
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license by Sean MacEntee (2012) at http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0091009/photos/smemon/7118787133/
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Development and integration
Breadth Units’ Guidelines.
A breadth unit may be defined as a unit that:
Can be readily adaptable to Open Educational Practice to build on UTAS’ planning and strategies.
Life-Of-Pix (2014) – CC0 Public Domain
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Funded under the UTAS Projects of Institutional Significance Funding Scheme
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By Lotte Grønkjær (2009) - CC BY NC SA 2.0 Generic
Australian National OER Symposium
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3rd and 4th Nov 2014 in Hobart, hosted by the University of Tasmania and organised by TILT
• Approximately 70 participants
• 10 Institutional Showcases
By Jes (2007) - CC BY 2.0
CountryInstitutions
Represented
Australia 16
Canada 3
Fiji 1
New Zealand 3
South Africa 1
Other Organisations represented at the Symposium:
• Council of Australian Governments (COAG)
• OER Foundation
• Pearson
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Despite the developments…
many challenges remain
Geralt (2014) – CC0 Public Domian
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Questions & discussion?
Phoenix-Panarh (2015). Licensed as CC0 Public Domain - http://pixabay.com/en/exclamation-question-sign-491244/