SCOP 2007 ‘Open Educational Resources as an Instrument for achieving Education for All’ Towards European-wide Quality and Benchmarking of Open Educational Resources Kees-Jan van Dorp & George Ubachs European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) [email protected][email protected]
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SCOP 2007 ‘Open Educational Resources as an Instrument for achieving Education for All’
Towards European-wide Quality and Benchmarking of Open Educational Resources
Kees-Jan van Dorp & George Ubachs
European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)
Consortium introduction Consortium stages Consortium progress Consortium outlook
Part – Two: Proliferating Quality and Benchmarking
The problem at hand Some results Tool support needed E-xcellence
Consortium introduction
Consortium philosophy
A new generation open educational resources Stimulate, extend, and expand the use of OER in Europe Provide lifelong learning with a new gateway to university education Widen the participation in higher education in line with the Lisbon agenda Brand lifelong open and flexible learning throughout Europe Share and build on scientific and expert knowledge of OER
Consortium aspiration
A new generation open educational resources No traditional face-to-face educationDidactic model based on distance education Specifically designed, developed for distance learning Courses with intrinsic broad pedagogical coverage Unique pathway: from non-matriculated to matriculated Successive multilingual versioning and localisation Content and registration: a distributed model Content mobility and virtual mobility Strong partnership
Consortium introduction
Consortium “tangibles”
Members providing a broad offer of open courses Universities increasingly into mode of informal learning Interconnectivity between formal and informal learning (bridging two modes of learning)
Transfer of courses between member institutions (translation and localisation)
Overarching portal pointing to national OER portals Best practice and progress support for the partners (variety of attitude, commitment, and growth path)
Policy-making: institutionally, nationally, and European
InformalInformal
Utilise open resources Utilise open resources
Enter formal programmeEnter formal programme
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Off-campuslearning
Academic appetite
Learning privileges
Consortium extends “Open” invitation to learn
Consortium introduction
• European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
• The Open University (English)
• Open Universiteit Nederland (Dutch)
• FernUniversität in Hagen (German)
• Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance (French)
• Network per l'Universita Ovunque (Italian)
• Universidade Aberta (Portuguese)
• Moscow State University of Economics, S and I (Russian)
• Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spanish)
• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spanish/Catalan)
Characteristics of organisations’ strategies, structure and funding methods Changing organisational needs and perceptions Current ICT infrastructure context Maturity of new technologies available Commitment and support within different echelons Staffing, experts and project experience
Content-relatedContent-related
Availability, size and complexity (rework) Technical and definitional issues (exchange strategies) Intellectual property rights (third party rights) Availability of pacing and learning schedules (learner support) Content “shelf-life” and annual releases (renewal) Quality assurance systems
Process-relatedProcess-related
Project costs and funding Planning and time-span Governance structure Project management Project team expertise Project staffing stability
Operations
Consortium progress
Core group meetings - ‘Core Group Meeting’ (June 30, 2006) at The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes- ‘Core Group Meeting’ (August 25, 2006) at FernUniversität Hagen, Germany - ‘Core Group Meeting’ (November 9, 2006) at European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)- ‘Core Group Meeting’ (December 20, 2006) at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium ‘Core Group Meeting’ (February 2, 2007) at at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
Task Force meetings ‘Task force’ Meeting (February 22, 2006) at EHSAL, Brussels ‘Task force’ Meeting (September 13, 2006) at EHSAL, Brussels ‘Task force’ Meeting (January 15, 2007) at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium ‘Task force’ Meeting (May 14, 2007) at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
EC Consultations DG Information Society and Media, eContentPlus Workprogramme 2006,Consultation meeting, Luxembourg, 6 April 2005Preparatory stakeholder meeting Directorate General Education and Culture (DGEAC)preceding the meeting to the Cabinet of Mr. Ján FIGEL', Brussels, 3 March 2006 Stakeholder meeting EADTU and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to the Cabinet of Mr. Ján FIGEL', Brussels, 14 March 2006 DG Information Society and Media, eContentPlus Workprogramme 2008Meeting of education stakeholders, Luxembourg, 27 April 2007Stakeholder meeting EADTU to Principle Administrator DG Information Society and Media
on eContentPlus Workprogramme, Luxembourg, 3 April 2007 Stakeholder meeting EADTU to the Cabinet of Mr. Ján FIGEL', Brussels, 23 May 2007
Strategy &
policy
Politics
Consortium progress
Achievements: awareness, commitment, embedding
Building a consortium model Ways of working, sharing, partneringIndividual partners, collective strength Addressing benefits of OER Initial framework for adoption
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has been a true process catalyst for mobilising individual partners and to provide for dissemination, sparring and support
Achievements: wide-spread dissemination
Press, Blogs, etc: foregrounding membersForums, conferences, national and European Frontrunner dissemination by EADTU membersPropagating OER in Conferences:
Achievements: satellite initiatives and spin-offs
Institutes touching ground with ‘local’ OER Task Forces Increased look-out for funding opportunitiesInstallation and appointment of OER professionals (EADTU, ICDE, UNESCO, etc.)Inflow in national bodies & international consortiaHigh-end consultations with Commission’s Cabinet ODL into OCW Consortium recognition
Online Educa Berlin 2006(UK OU, UOC, EADTU)
EU e-Learning Conference Helsinki 2006(UK OU, Miskolc NHRDC, OUNL, EADTU)