Open Education OER and

Marieke Guy Marieke.guy@okfn.org OER Schools Conference, 29th January 2015

Around the world

Open Knowledge Promoting open knowledge in a digital age

●  A community-based, not-for-profit with projects and partnerships throughout the world 

●  We build tools, apps and communities to create, use and share open data and content - information that everyone can use, share and build on

●  We believe that by creating an open knowledge commons and developing tools and communities around this we can make a significant contribution to improving governance, research and the economy

●  Collaboration not control, empowerment not exploitation, open not closed

https://okfn.org/

Open Education

About removing barriers to education https://www.flickr.com/photos/subcircle/500995147/

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Open Education Part of a wave of cultural change

•  Long history: Public library movement, state provided education, civil rights movement, open universities

•  Next step in the evolution of education: You need to be aware of open education as educators

•  Credible global movement: Obama announcement in U.S. Open Government Partnership National Action Plan, European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes Opening Up Education initiative

•  Tools are often enablers rather than drivers : “Technology is available to develop either independence and learning or bureaucracy and teaching” (Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society, 1971)

Open Education

A welcoming and accessible community https://www.flickr.com/photos/eelssej_/413385838/ .

Traditional Education More than learning and teaching..

•  Learning: whether through instruction, guided activity or self-directed learning;

•  Teaching: mentoring and all non-instructivist activities around the deliberate nurturing of knowledge;

•  Assessment: any combination of summative, formative and/or diagnostic;

•  Accreditation: recognising learner or educator accomplishment; •  Policymaking: influencing curriculum, funding and procedures in

education; and •  Administration: dealing with recruitment, admissions, retention,

progression, graduation, timetabling, reporting, and management.

•  Policy •  Open Education

Resources •  Accreditation •  Licences •  Tools •  Data •  Learning and

teaching practice

Open Education Pie

Open Education Working Group

…established to bring together people and groups interested in open education. Its goal is to initiate global cross-sector and cross-domain activity that encompasses the various facets of open education.

http://education.okfn.org

Open Education Around the World Series of posts •  Greenland •  Japan •  United Kingdom •  Scotland •  Tanzania •  India •  South Africa •  Rwanda •  Holland …

Europe: Poerup Project

http://www.poerup.info/

UK: OER Research Hub

http://oerresearchhub.org/

http://oermap.org/sector/school-k12/

Ireland: Open Text books

http://bit.ly/1y7A8Gf

Iceland: Education Plaza

http://menntamidja.is/

Germany: Learn:Line

http://www.learnline.schulministerium.nrw.de/

Finland: Edu.fi

http://edu.fi/

US: Washington OER

https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/washington

Phillipines: LRMDS

http://lrmds.deped.gov.ph/

Japan: eboard

http://www.eboard.jp/

South Africa: Siyavula

http://www.siyavula.com/

Africa: OER Africa

http://www.oerafrica.org

India: Opening books

http://in.okfn.org/open-education/

Keyword Hypothesis

Performance OER improve student performance/satisfaction

Openness People use OER differently from other online materials

Access OER widen participation in education

Retention OER can help at-risk learners to finish their studies

Reflection OER use leads educators to reflect on their practice

Finance OER adoption brings financial benefits for students/institutions

Indicators Informal learners use a variety of indicators when selecting OER

Support Informal learners develop their own forms of study support

Transition OER support informal learners in moving to formal study

Policy OER use encourages institutions to change their policies

Assessment Informal assessments motivate learners using OER

From Beatriz de los Arcos, OER Research Hub http://slidesha.re/1xKl7H6

Benefits of OER

From Closed to Open With Open Educational Resources

Closed content is the default and people need compelling reasons to replace it with OER. When the norms have changed, OER will be in the mainstream…. If we want OER to become the default, we need people to use OER and to know that they are using OER.”

TJ Bliss, Williama and Flora Hewlett Foundation http://tjbliss.org/the-doctor-and-the-gym/

Marieke Guy Marieke.guy@okfn.org Twitter @mariekeguy