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Open Scotland
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Open ScotlandOpen Scotland is a cross sector initiative that aims to raise awareness of open education, encourage the sharing of open educational resources, and explore the potential of open policy and practice to benefit all sectors of Scottish education.
http://openscot.net/
Original Open Scotland Partners
Now funded by
With support from
Open Scotland Bloghttp://openscot.net/
Scottish Open Education Declarationhttp://declaration.openscot.net/
Response from Scottish Government
“The Open Education Declaration and its aim at implementing wider and more equitable access to education and to lead the way in Europe is a noble initiative with potential to enhance diversity as well as many of our key aims, including widening access to education through free access to high quality education and to redraw traditional boundaries between informal and formal learning.”
- Jamie McIntyreHigher Education and Learner Support Division
Response from Scottish Government
“…SFC also funds Jisc which supports the development and use of Open Educational Resources through platforms, repositories, and projects…Scottish Government’s funding represents a demonstration of our commitment to helping support Open Education going forward.”
- Jamie McIntyreHigher Education and Learner Support Division
Open Culture19th & 20th April 2016
University of Edinburgh
The conference will focus on the value proposition of embedding open culture in the context of institutional strategies.
The conference will be chaired by
Melissa Highton &
Lorna M. Campbell
OER16: Open CultureConference themes:• The strategic advantage of open, creating a culture of
openness, and the reputational challenges of openwashing.
• Converging and competing cultures of open knowledge, open source, open content, open practice, open data and open access.
• Hacking, making and sharing.• Openness and public engagement.• Innovative approaches to opening up cultural heritage
collections for education.
Keynotes
Catherine Cronin
Jim Groom
Emma Smith
Melissa Highton
John Scally
Registration
oer16.oerconf.org
#OER16
Open Culture19th & 20th April 2016
University of Edinburgh
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