Open Educational Practices (OEP) #CamLibs18

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Open Educational PracticesCatherine Cronin @catherinecronin #CamLibs18 11 Jan 2018

Catherine Cronin

open educator, open resercher

CELT, National University of Ireland, Galway

@catherinecronin catherinecronin.net

Le spectre de la rose Jerome Robbins Dance Division

from the New York Public Library (public domain)

To hope is to give

yourself to the future,

and that commitment

to the future

makes the present

inhabitable.

Rebecca Solnit (2004)

Hope in the Dark

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https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-01-04-as-campuses-move-

to-embrace-oer-college-libraries-become-key-players

OER / OEP + libraries

openbenefits +

tensionsOER / OEP

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open educationgoal philosophy collective term

resources, tools and practices

that employ a framework of open sharing

to improve educational access

and effectiveness worldwide

- The Open Education Consortium

OER Open Educational Resources

OEP Open Educational Practices

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OEP

(Open Educational

Practices)

OER

(Open Educational

Resources)

Free

Open Admission (e.g. Open Universities)

INTERPRETATIONS

of ‘OPEN’

Free + Permissions

for use, adaptation & redistribution by others

CC BY 4.0 David Wiley, OER 101

Open Educational Resource (OER)

“the 5Rs” = permissions

OEP

(Open Educational

Practices)

OER

(Open Educational

Resources)

Free

Open Admission (e.g. Open Universities)

INTERPRETATIONS

of ‘OPEN’

OER + open pedagogies,

open sharing of teaching

practices, open tools

Free + Permissions

for use, adaptation & redistribution by others

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collaborative practices that include the creation, use

and reuse of OER and pedagogical practices

employing participatory technologies and social

networks for interaction, peer-learning, knowledge

creation & sharing, and empowerment of

learners.

Open Educational Practices (OEP)

References: Andrade, et al. (2011); Beetham, et al. (2012); Czerniewicz, et al.

(2016, 2017); Ehlers (2011); Geser (2007); Hodgkinson-Williams (2014)

networked

educators

networked

students

Physical

Spaces

Bounded

Online

Spaces

Open

Online

Spaces

Image: CC BY-SA 2.0 Catherine Cronin, built on Networked Teacher image CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Alec Couros

higher education

In courses organized as networks…

course activity takes place in distributed online fora.

…positioning knowledge around social connections

rather than around content, enabling scholars to

re-envision teaching, instruction, their role as

teachers, and the ways that knowledge is acquired

in modern society.

“Networked Participatory Scholarship”

Veletsianos & Kimmons (2012)

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INTERPRETATIONS

of ‘OPEN’

Policy/

Culture

Values

Practices

Activities

LEVELS of

OPENNESS

OEP

(Open Educational

Practices)

OER

(Open Educational

Resources)

Free

Open Admission (e.g. Open Universities)

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(i) whether, why, how, and to what extent

academic staff use OEP for teaching, and

(ii) shared characteristics of ‘open educators’, if any.

my PhD research

Openness and praxis:

Exploring the use of OEP by academic staff

in higher education

Balancing

privacy and openness

Developing

digital literacies

Valuing

social learning

Challenging traditional

teaching role expectations

4 dimensions shared by open educators

Balancing privacy & openness

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Balancing privacy and openness

will I share openly?

whom will I share with? (context collapse)

who will I share as? (digital identity)

will I share this?

MACRO

MESO

MICRO

NANO

For individuals, the use of OEP is:

complex

personal

contextual

continually negotiated

OER / OEP + libraries

openbenefits +

tensionsOER / OEP

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It has never been more

risky to operate in the open.

It has never been more vital

to operate in the open.

Martin Weller (2016)

OEP: Potential benefits

• Increased access to education

• Decreased cost (e.g. OER, open textbooks)

• Developing digital, data, & network literacies

• New forms of dialogue and global collaboration

• Student agency & empowerment

• Bridging formal & informal learning

• Public outreach and engagement

• Enhancing & expanding the scope of learning

OEP: Barriers & tensions

• Lack of…

o awareness

o understanding (e.g. permissions, attribution)

o skills (e.g. digital/information literacies)

o support

• Coordination across the institution

• Incompatibility between existing institutional cultures

& the philosophy of open education

OER / OEP + libraries

openbenefits +

tensionsOER / OEP

Resources

LOEL Research Report (2017)

https://libraryasleader.org

“It is important for librarians to be a part of the ongoing

conversation about OER at our colleges.”

Civic Switchboard (2017)

https://civic-switchboard.github.io/

@civicswitch

Encourages partnerships between libraries and local data

intermediaries; these partnerships will better serve data users,

further democratize data, and support equitable access to

information.

The project will create a toolkit for libraries interested in

expanding (or beginning) their role around civic information.

Opening up Education (2016)A Support Framework for Higher Education Institutions

Source: Santos, A.I., Punie, Y., & Muñoz, J.C. (2016)

Open education is a tool

for social change.

Santos, A.I., Punie, Y., & Muñoz, J.C. (2016)

Opening up Education: A Support Framework for Higher Education Institutions

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Thank You!

Catherine Cronin

@catherinecronin

catherinecronin.net

Le spectre de la rose Jerome Robbins Dance Division

from the New York Public Library (public domain)

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