1. olnet.org Fostering Open Educational Practices Patrick McAndrew , Associate Director (Learning & Teaching) Institute of Educational Technology The Open University, UK

2. Experience

3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bartelomeus/4184705426/ OLnet aims to search out the evidence for useand reuse of open educational resources olnet.org Research

4. www.open.ac.uk Understanding openness

5.

• Enhance OU reputation

• Extending reach

• Widening participation

• Experiment with courses

• Accelerate technologies

• Catalyst for collaboration

• Research base

• Recruitment of students

http://oro.open.ac.uk/17513 /

6. Investment in OER olnet.org Funding of OER projects (m$) 2001-2010 McAndrew, P. and Cropper, K. (2010). Open Learning Network: the evidence of OER impact. In: Open Ed 2010: The Seventh Annual Open Education Conference , November 2-4, 2010, Barcelona, Spain. http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/document.cfm?docid=13221

7. The Open Educational Practice cube model

• THE DIMENSION: What?

• • Strategies and Policies

• • Barriers and Success Factors

• • Tools and Tool Practices

• • Skills Development and Support

• THE CONTEXT: Where?

• • Macro level (society)

• • Meso level (organisation)

• • Micro level (individuals)

• MATURITY: How well is it established?

• • Initial (not yet started)

• • Managed

• • Defined

• • Optimizing (embedded / advanced)

DIMENSION CONTEXT MATURITY

8. OER factors olnet.org Infrastructure/tools Attraction/use Desig n Adoption Policy Contexts

9. Tools for sharing

10. OER Content as an attractor

• Attracts:

• Quality

• Unique

• Fresh

• Fast

• Small

• Relevant

11. Design for openness

12. Ways to use OER

13. OER is a catalyst for Deeper Learning Barbara Chow, Hewlett Foundation Jim Fruchterman http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrandomf/4506044752 Open Policy

14. olnet.org OER in different contexts

15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/scissorhands33/3430164569/ olnet.org Fellowships for researchers and practitioners who wish to contribute to the understanding of the OER design and use worldwide

16. Fellowships olnet.org

17. olnet.org Open Future?

• Embrace openness: operation, teaching & research

• OER as the catalyst for change

• Work across boundaries

• Open research as a new approach

McAndrew, P., Scanlon, E., Clow, D. (2010) An Open Future for Higher Education Educause Quarterly, http://oro.open.ac.uk/21894/

18. Patrick McAndrew The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA

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