Presentation on Open Educational Practices and the focus areas of OLnet (slides first presented at IITE Conference St Petersburg 16 November 2010 by Patrick McAndrew). CC-BY Video embedded version on Vimeo at: http://www.vimeo.com/17498110

1. olnet.org
Fostering Open Educational Practices
Patrick McAndrew, Associate Director (Learning & Teaching)
Institute of Educational Technology
The Open University, UK

2. Experience

3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bartelomeus/4184705426/
OLnet aims to
search out the
evidence for
use and
reuse
of open
educational
resources
olnet.org
Research

4. www.open.ac.uk
Understanding openness

5.  Enhance OU reputation
 Extending reach
 Widening participation
 Experiment with courses
 Accelerate technologies
 Catalyst for collaboration
 Research base
 Recruitment of students
http://oro.open.ac.uk/17513/

6. Investment in OER
olnet.org
Funding of OER projects (m$) 2001-2010
McAndrew, P. and Cropper, K. (2010). Open Learning Network: the evidence of OER impact. In: Open Ed
2010: The Seventh Annual Open Education Conference, November 2-4, 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/document.cfm?docid=13221

7. The Open Educational Practice
cube model
THE DIMENSION: What?
Strategies and Policies
Barriers and Success Factors
Tools and Tool Practices
Skills Development and Support
THE CONTEXT: Where?
Macro level (society)
Meso level (organisation)
Micro level (individuals)
MATURITY: How well is it established?
Initial (not yet started)
Managed
Defined
Optimizing (embedded / advanced)
DIMENSION
CONTEXT
MATURITY
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8. OER factors
olnet.org
Infrastructure/tools
Attraction/use
Design
Adoption
Policy
Contexts

9. Tools for sharing

10. Attracts:
• Quality
• Unique
• Fresh
• Fast
• Small
• Relevant
OER Content as an attractor

11. Design for openness

12. Ways to use OER

13. “OER is a
catalyst for Deeper
Learning”
Barbara Chow, Hewlett Foundation
Jim Fruchterman http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrandomf/4506044752
Open Policy

14. olnet.org
OER in different contexts

15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/scissorhands33/3430164569/
olnet.org
Fellowships
for researchers and
practitioners who
wish to contribute to
the understanding of
the OER design and
use worldwide

16. Fellowships
olnet.org

17. olnet.org
Open Future?
 Embrace openness:
operation, teaching &
research
 OER as the catalyst for
change
 Work across boundaries
 Open research as a new
approach
McAndrew, P., Scanlon, E., Clow, D. (2010) “An Open Future for Higher Education”
Educause Quarterly, http://oro.open.ac.uk/21894/

18. Patrick McAndrew
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
olnet.org
p.mcandrew@open.ac.uk / olnet@open.ac.uk
olnet.org