Presentation by Jackie Graham and Garry Cameron from the the College Development Network on open repositories at the Jisc RSC Scotland Open Education event on 26th November 2013

1. Open Repositories: Re:Source
Open Education
Tuesday 26 November 2013
Garry Cameron & Jackie
Graham

2. Why?
• New regional sector
• Funding on a regional basis – regional
outcome agreements
• The time is right for colleges to open up their
educational content
• Curriculum alignment
• Quality and efficiency

3. The Good...
• Awareness of the benefits of open sharing
• Colleges want and need high quality resources
for repurposing, reworking and reformatting
with copyright clearance having been granted
• College Development Network resources
developed through project activity are
published under open licences

4. The Good...
• Existing resources are being updated
and relicensed under open licences as
appropriate
• Strong partnership approach
• Focus now on collection creation
• Open Scotland summit

5. The Not So Good...
• Reaching senior managers who have the
vision to publish under open licence
• Support that facilitates OER
• Using Re:Source to share content
• It is great to start small with content
creation
• Winning hearts and minds

6. The Not at All Good...
• Structural, organisational and attitudinal
barriers for adoption of OER
• Lack of recognition for college staff who
may consider developing and publishing
OER
• Lack of a planned, managed, supported
and encouraged process

7. However...
• Re:Source has the potential to be a
massive success story in the new
regional structure
• We know what needs to happen to
continue the discussions started at the
Open Scotland summit
• We are starting small!

8. Your suggestions to help...
• What more can we do to promote OER
in the sector?

9. Contact Details
Tel: 01786 892000
info@collegedevelopmentnetwork.ac.uk
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