D. Quirk, R. McGreal, T. Anderson Athabasca University

1. OER in Canada: A POERUP Report
D. Quirk
R. McGreal
T. Anderson
Athabasca University
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(some images fair dealing)

4. CANADA
INDONESIA
Size comparison
36 million
245 million

7. Policies for OER UPtake

8. Partners
SERO

9. Focus
• Stimulating uptake of OER through policy
• Building on previous initiatives (eg. OPAL, Olnet)
• Through country reports and case studies
• Evaluate successful OER communities

10. Outputs
• Inventory > +300 OER initiatives
• 11 country reports ; 13 mini-
reports
• 7 in-depth case studies
• 3 EU-wide policy papers
• 7 options brief packs for EU
nations/regions

11. UNESCO Survey
• few OER policies
• confusion over OER
• Not realizing the potential of OER
• Content accessible- not openly licensed
(UNESCO, 2012, p. 25)

12. •OER
•Open access
•Open user-generated works
•Open data
•Open Glam(Galleries, Libr.,
Arch. Museums)
•Open government
•Open policies
•Open licences
•Open licence tools (CC)
•Open standards
•Open Source
Paul Stacey

13. Paul Stacey

14. •Can create own materials
• Can be developed as ‘stand-alone’ wikis
• Can transcend a course
• Can reduce need to create new materials
• Can be accessed worldwide or locally
OER
Tony Bates

15. Open Access & OER
• Scholarly journals
• Research
• Could be used as OER
• Respondents found it difficult to
distinguish
• AU first in Canada with OA Policy

16. Open Access & OER
“Despite the mounting support for
open access, Canada has lagged
behind with only a handful of pilot
projects from the federally-funded
research agencies . . . it is time for
those agencies to make a firm
commitment to open access.”

17. Canada Report
• Provincial
• No Government policies
• Few initiatives
• Policy proposals (HEIs)

18. Methodology
• 93 contacts/ 21 responses (govt.,
HEI, private sector)
• Email & telephone interviews
• 3 primary contacts:
– Athabasca University
– BCcampus
– OCAD University

19. Research Questions
1. OER initiatives/Collaborations?
2. Policy documents on OER?
3. Are OER policies important?
4. Major barriers/incentives for OER
5. Are you aware of other OER
initiatives?

20. Creative Commons Canada

21. Open Data Canada
• Innovation
• Leveraging public information
• Develop consumer/commercial
products
• Better use of broadband
• Research
• Informed decisions for consumers

22. • First in Canada with OA Policy
• First in Canada to join OCWC
• Policy proposals (HEIs)
• TEKRI
• UNESCO/COL Chair in OER

24. •OCWC repository
• OER research
• Mapping of international OER activity
•Open education/open access activities
•OER Knowledge Cloud
• OER Global Graduate Network;
• OER awareness survey (internal)
•OERu courses, e-texts
•OER evaluation
•Open Education MOOC

25. • Canada’s first open access university
press
• Peer reviewed publications
• Quality control

27. WORKPLACE ENGLISH for ITC
Mohamed Ally

28. Leadership among
students in Canada

29. Fred Mulder
Global OER Graduate Network

30. Susan D’Antoni

32. • BC Campus licence
• Online Programme Development Fund
• 40 First year post-secondary courses as OER

34. Flexible learning for open education
“OER presents an optimal learning
environment to meet the needs of all
learners, including those with
disabilities.”
J. Treviranus

35. •Outreach & awareness
• Collaboration
• Enabling specific learning needs
• Supporting OER producers to
create/label transformable content

36. • Inclusiveness in OER repositories
• Inclusive resource alternatives
•Inclusive aids into common tools
•Assisting OER community to be
inclusive

37. • PLAR (RPL)
• Challenge exams
•OERu member
• Credit transfer

41. Barriers: Fear
• Competition
• Loss of students/jobs
• Loss of revenue/control
• Criticism by peers
• lack of economic models
• Accountability
With Paul Stacey

42. Barriers: Confusion
• Business model
• How open licences work
• Collaboration strategies
• Autonomy
• Evidence of effectiveness
• Terminology (OA,OER, PD etc.)
With Paul Stacey

43. Barriers: Effort
• Finding OER
• Finding quality resources
• How it saves time or money?
• Specific academic contexts
• Localisation
With Paul Stacey

44. Barriers: Special Interests
• Publishers
• Copyright collectives
• Textbook authors $$$
• “Not invented here”
• Copyright officers
• ????
With Paul Stacey

45. Incentives: YES
• Updating at any time - quality
• Copy, paste, annotate highlight,
print
• Mix, mash, alter, localise
• Format shifting
• Move content/share/collaborate
• Cost savings – open texts
With Paul Stacey

46. Incentives: YES
• Increased access to education
• Students can better assess/plan
• Showcase profile/brand
• Convert lurkers into students
• Accelerate learning
• Reduce faculty preparation time
With Paul Stacey

47. Incentives: No’s
• NO Cost
• NO DRM (TPM)
• NO Licences
• NO permissions required
• NO technological restrictions
• NO geographical restrictions
With Paul Stacey

48. OER University
Concept
Jim Taylor

49. Education Our
Content
Our
Support
Our Students
Friesen & Murray, 2011

51. The Cat’s out of the Bag

52. OER Critics

54. http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=446
rory@athabascau.ca

55. rory@athabascau.ca
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