Introducing Open Educational Resources in a private, for-profit Brazilian university: a case study Introducing Open Educational Resources in a private, for-profit Brazilian university Presentation to the OERRH Dr. Giselle Ferreira University Estácio de Sá Rio de Janeiro, Brazil January 2014
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Introducing Open Educational Resources in a private, for-profit Brazilian university: a case study
Introducing Open Educational Resources in a private, for-profit Brazilian
university
Presentation to the OERRH
Dr. Giselle Ferreira
University Estácio de Sá
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
January 2014
Context Umbrella project Aims and Objectives Methodology So far…
Overview
• HE in Brazil: widening participation through positive action; exponential growth of HE, particularly private HEIs, eligible for numerous public funding streams
• Public vs. Private
• Growth of OER movement nationally • Estácio de Sá: second largest HEI in BR; >280k
students; >50k DL; UNESA (5 PG programmes, inc. Education)
Context (1/2)
• New Teaching and Learning Model • Centrally selected and produced resources, for centrally-
determined curricula; unified assessment
• Distance Education • Knowledge Factory
• ‘Open courses’ • Post-graduate training in Education
Context (2/2)
(with Dr. Laélia Moreira)
Introducing OER in a for-profit university: between the atelier and the factory
(proposed as a 2-year project, started in January 2013)
Umbrella project
Aims and objectives
• Integration of OER practices into research training in Education (action research)
• Exploration of institutional impact of ‘openness’ values
Sendo livre você aprende mais (Being free you learn more): http://www.voceaprendemais.com.br/
Ateliê de Pesquisa (Research Atelier):
http://ateliedepesquisa.wordpress.com
Related initiatives
Methodology
• Participant observation • AR
• Interviews and focus groups • March 2014 – May 2014 • Stakeholder groups: senior management; teaching
staff (post-graduate)
• Institutional survey
• Literature review (in Portuguese) • Atelier site launched
• Integration plan – in development
• Institutional survey – in preparation
So far…
• Conceptualisations of ‘open’ • Relationships with (awareness/knowledge of)
IP-related issues • Clashing cultures/discourses: academic
requirements – corporate management – governmental regulation
• (local idiosyncrasies?)
Emerging themes
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