This document summarizes a presentation about developing strategy workshops to support open educational resource (OER) policymaking in Dutch higher education. It describes the current state of OER policies, which found that half of institutions lack an OER policy. The workshops are designed to help institutions develop an OER vision and policy through facilitated discussion of trends, implications, and action planning. An example case describes a workshop for a university to incorporate OER into its new strategic plan. The workshops aim to translate opportunities into goals and concrete actions to support OER policy development.

1. BY SURF AND THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OER
Supporting OER policy making in Dutch
Higher Education: strategy workshops
Nicolai van der Woert (Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, NL)
OCWC Global 2013, May 8th 2013, Bali, Indonesia

2. Introduction
• Nicolai van der Woert, MSc Ed, MSc Elmac
• Senior consultant educational innovation,
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
• Core committee of Special Interest Group OER
• Editor of OER trendreport 2012, 2013

3. OER support structure in the Netherlands
SURF: national organisation for ICT in Education
• Three year program for OER
• Innovation and support
• Conferences and workshops
Special Interest Group OER
• Volunteers/experts from HE institutions, core group of 8 persons
• 400 members on linked-in
• Community, cooperation, co creation
• Workshops, lectures, conference presentations
• Blogging about conferences
• Sharing knowledge and news
• Trendreport 2012, 2013
• Tips for using and producing OER
• Assisting institutions with policy development

4. This presentation:
• Why did we decide to develop a strategy workshop for
policy making?
• What is the workshop about? Features.
goals,
content,
setup.
• Case description: university "X"

5. Why a workshop?
Dutch spring scene, by Jacob H.

6. State of openness @ Dutch higher education
• How does Dutch higher education stand as regards OER?
> study carried out by the Dutch Open University
> commissioned by SURF and Wikiwijs
• Two main questions:
1.To what extent do Dutch higher education institutions have a
policy on the development, sharing and use/reuse of OER?
2.What OER are already available (or potentially available) in
Dutch higher education?

7. Does your educational institution have a shared
vision for OER?
0
3.8%
7.7%
23.1%
65.4%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Don‟t know.
Yes, there is a clear, shared vision.
Other, namely…
Yes, a shared vision is starting to take
shape.
No, there is no shared vision.

8. Does your educational institution have an OER
policy, comprising specific activities to achieve the
institution's vision for OER?
Yes, we have a
policy and it is
actually being
implemented
institution-wide.
4%
Yes, we have a
policy and it is
actually being
implemented by
entities within the
organisation.
4%
No, but a policy is
currently being
developed within
organisational
entities.
19%
No, but a policy is
currently being
developed
institution-wide.
23%
No, we do not have
a policy.
50%

9. Reasons for OER policy (top three)
1. Raise the institution‟s profile (internationally) (86%).
2. Attract the right students and help them choose the right programme
(57%).
3. Reach new target groups (57%).

10. Reasons for no OER policy (top three)
1. Our institution does not have expertise in the area of OER (21%).
2. Don‟t know (21%).
3. The Executive Board at our institution does not see any added value in
OER (16%).
 Other priorities prevent us paying attention to OER.

11. STRATEGY WORKSHOPS:
FEATURES
CC-BY Hester Jelgerhuis

12. Goal
SURF wants to help institutions in developing a vision and policy on Open
Online Education. Goal of the workshop is to facilitate this.
• Inform about possibilities of OER and OCW, open education
• Develop a vision on the use of OER
• Design institutional policy for OER
• Conclusions and priorities >> agenda for next steps
• Follow up actions are for the university to carry out

13. For whom?
All Dutch universities (academic and professional education) which want to develop
a vision and/or policy on Open Online Education
• Target group: Managers, deans and provosts, consultants, educationalists, policy
makers, teachers, students.
• 9-25 participants
• In 2013 max. 10 strategy workshops
• “Sold out” after 3 weeks

14. By whom?
• The SURF OER program: initiative and funding
www.surf.nl/openeducationalresources
• 1 workshop facilitator, 2 OER experts from the special interest group OER.

15. Some characteristics
• Location: always on Campus of the institution.
• Tailor made. Specific situation and questions of the university are leading.
Strategic focus of the university gives direction.
• Intake session >> goals >>design >> workshop >> report of results >>
evaluation
• On basis of the workshops: development of toolkit
- How to set up and design strategy workshops for open online education
- Example Outcomes and follow-up of the 10 workshops

16. EXAMPLE CASE

17. Case University X
• 40 participants, 2 board members, deans, educational management, support
management, teachers
• 3 hour workshop
• Goal: answering the question how the university will incorporate the strategic use
of Open Online Education in the new 4-year planning period
• Policy context: will be part of the new strategic plan

18. 10.00 Welcome by board of the university
10.10 Toelichting doel en opzet workshop door moderator SI1
10.15 Presentation „Trends in educational innovation‟
10.35 Presentatie „Trends in open online education and the impact
for Dutch Higher Education‟
11.15 Workshop „Implications of these trends for the university‟
4 groups with moderator
- Most important conclusions?
- Implications and impact?
- Chances?
12.10 Lines of action - 4 groups with moderator
Translate chances to ambitions, goals, and concrete actions.
12.55 Wrap up, closure by the board
workshop program

19. • Definition of new target populations (Life Long
Learners, Alumni, international students, international masters)
• Use Open Online Education for adressing strategic educational problems
like
- Quality of education
- Number of students (IN, OUT)
- Efficiency
• Invest in niche markets instead of a broader range of products >>
innovation
• Finding the right students, finding talent, motivating them to come and
study
• Connect to new educational philosophy, mark of distintion
• Branding and showing quality
• Extra materials for weak students and excellent students
Some outcomes

20. • Connecting the new insights to other elements of the 4 year
plan, alignment
• Prioritising and allocating money from the budget
• Finding the right people to carry out the changes
• Teacher education
• From policy to concrete results
Some challenges

21. • Many institutions want to start with Open Online Education, but need help to start
formulating a vision and policy
• Policy level and institutional strategy are a good basis to start talking,
• Connect to educational innovation, 4-6 year horizon
• Time is right to make a move, Open Online Education is on the agenda
• Active community helps a lot
• OER >> Open Online Education
• Next steps for SURF:
- Scenario study
- Study tour for board members
- Toolkit
Take home messages

22. W
Nicolai van der Woert
N.vanderWoert@rz.umcn.nl
https://twitter.com/OER_NL
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http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Dutch-Special-Interest-Group-Open-3681051
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Nicolai van der Woert
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