OER15 Keynote, 14 April 2015, Cardiff. Josie Fraser on mainstreaming open educational resources and practices.

1. OER on Main Street
Tuesday 14 April 2015
#OER15
@josiefraser

2. Leicester!

3. "Mainstreetflorida" by Speedway licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

4. Eternal September - Image #180,391, unknown author, Know Your Meme

5. DigiLit Leicester

6. Digital Literacy in Practice

7. Current School Practice
• Relationship of many school staff to copyright
on spectrum of ‘quiet anxiety’ to ‘giddy
exceptionalism’
• Majority of staff haven’t heard of open
licencing, OER, or Creative Commons
• Many staff not aware of IP issues

8. Current School Practice
• Culture of sharing – informal & uncredited
• High quality, excellent resources are being
produced & built on

9. OER Schools Guidance
& Practical Resources
“Produce accessible guidance for school staff
which supports schools staff in understanding
and making use of Open Licensing, as well as
creating and sharing their own Open
Educational Resources.”

10. http://schools.leicester.gov.uk/ls/open-education/

11. http://schools.leicester.gov.uk/ls/open-education/

14. OER Schools Conference – resources & reports

20. Using Wikipedia to
create free topic
books for learners

22. Leicester City Council has given
permission for staff at community &
voluntary controlled schools in the city
to openly license the educational
resources they produce in the line of
their employment.

23. Leicester City Council recommends
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International (CC BY 4.0)
OER on Main Street: by Josie Fraser/Leicester
City Council licensed under CC BY 4.0
Credited images included under their own licence terms

25. Developing the Guidance
• Definition of OER
• Open education community
• Accessibility of text
• Licence recommendation
• Legal position of staff
• Presence of multiple dolphins

26. School FAQ
• What is an open
licence & how
does it work?
• IP & employment
• Quality, control,
management

27. OER in Practice

29. Key questions for schools
• Do staff know about open licensing?
• Are all staff aware of IP in relation to
employment?
• Which is your schools preferred open licence?
• What resources should/could schools and staff
be sharing?
• How can staff be supported to share work
openly?

30. OER on Main Street
Staff:
• Awareness
• Licencing agreements
Students:
• Modelling practice
• Curriculum opportunities
• IP rights management

31. Diolch yn fawr!

32. Additional Images
Eternal September - Image #180,391, unknown
author, Know Your Meme
"Mainstreetflorida" by Speedway licensed under
CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Spinner Dolphins, Big Island, Hawaii, by Steve
Dunleavy, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0