OLnet: a network for OER

Patrick McAndrew, Candace Thille, GrainneConole & Andreia Santos

Designs

Findin

http://cloudworks.open.ac.uk/node/980

Stages

“… we chose the Creative Commons licence as the licensing mechanism that best allows us to deliver the outcomes of the OpenLearn project.”

Richard McCracken

LicencingBeing open has not caused us any problems - but• Commercial organisations may add conditions• Clean licencing is difficult• Mixed licencing is uncertain

• Need to accept some uncertainty

+ = ?

Institutional impact• 4m new “users”• 232 countries• 9000 “sign ups”• >10 funded projects• >30 collaborations• Developed technology• Established methods• Changed image• Won awards• New plans

Finding out

Content

Content v social

User augmented content

Collaborations

Time

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/60496147/

• Grow awareness• Carry out good intentions• Establish practice• Get feedback• Understand options

OLnet: Open Learning network

Network

Research

Fellowships

From producing open resources to use of open resources•Build capacity•Find evidence•Refine the issues

OER cycleSpecialised toolResource

Generic tool

Schema

Select

Design

Use

Evaluate

VLE

Class aggregated resources

Analysis toolsStudent survey

Openlearn

Cloudworks

Google

CompendiumLDTopic OER

Mapping schema

Uses

Producers

Researchers

OER cycle

Specialised toolResource

Generic tool

Schema

Towards a network...

People/networks

Tools, methods, approaches

Meta-analysis/synthesis

Designs, evaluations, case studies

Gather data

Dr Patrick McAndrewInstitute of Educational TechnolgogyThe Open UniversityWalton HallMilton KeynesMK7 6AAolnet.org olnet@open.ac.uk