Presentation at Cambridge Libraries Conference #camlibs18: Open Educational Practices (OEP)

1. Image: CC BY-NC 2.0 owaief89
Open Educational Practices
Catherine Cronin  @catherinecronin  #CamLibs18  11 Jan 2018

2. Catherine Cronin
open educator, open resercher
CELT, National University of Ireland, Galway
@catherinecronin  catherinecronin.net

3. 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
“

4. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-01-04-as-campuses-move-
to-embrace-oer-college-libraries-become-key-players

5. OER / OEP + libraries
open
benefits +
tensions
OER / OEP

6. pen
Image: CC0 by Nadine Shaabana

7. open education
goal  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

8. OER Open Educational Resources
OEP Open Educational Practices

9. Image: CC BY-SA 2.0 Marcel Oosterwijk
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

10. CC BY 4.0 David Wiley, OER 101
Open Educational Resource (OER)
“the 5Rs” = permissions

11. 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
Image: CC BY-SA 2.0 Marcel Oosterwijk

12. 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)

13. 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

14. 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)
“

15. 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)
IndividualInstitutional
Image: CC BY-SA 2.0 Marcel Oosterwijk

16. (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

17. Balancing
privacy and openness
Developing
digital literacies
Valuing
social learning
Challenging traditional
teaching role expectations
4 dimensions shared by open educators

18. Balancing privacy & openness
Image: CC BY 2.0 woodleywonderworks

19. 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

20. For individuals, the use of OEP is:
 complex
 personal
 contextual
 continually negotiated

21. OER / OEP + libraries
open
benefits +
tensions
OER / OEP

22. Image: CC0 Stijn Swinnen
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)

23. 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

24. 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

25. OER / OEP + libraries
open
benefits +
tensions
OER / OEP

26. Resources

27. 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.”

28. 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.

29. Opening up Education (2016)
A Support Framework for Higher Education Institutions
Source: Santos, A.I., Punie, Y., & Muñoz, J.C. (2016)

30. 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
“

31. Thank You!
Catherine Cronin
@catherinecronin
catherinecronin.net
Le spectre de la rose Jerome Robbins Dance Division
from the New York Public Library (public domain)

32. all sources and references available at:
http://bit.ly/oep-CamLibs18