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Open education down under: Some national and
institutional initiatives.
Dr Carina Bossu
[email protected]
This presentation
– Australian higher education sector
– Open Education initiatives at national level
– Adoption of OER in Australia – early study
– Current Institutional Initiatives
– Research and Collaboration
– OE at University of Tasmania
JJ Harrison (2010) - CC BY-SA 3.0
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Some geographical context…
Australia, down under
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AustraliaWorldMap.png
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Australian higher education sector
Adapted by Beale Van Der Veer (2015), original from Tyler Glaude from the
Noun Project (http://thenounproject.com/term/graduate/40364/). CC BY 3.0
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OE initiatives in Australia – national level
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Open Access in Australia – introduced in 1998
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2002 – the Australian Government adopted and funded “Backing Australia’s
Ability” program
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The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) - http://www.ands.org.au/
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The Guide to Open Source Software for Australian Government Agencies http://www.finance.gov.au/policy-guides-procurement/open-source-software/
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Government 2.0 - http://www.finance.gov.au/policy-guides-procurement/gov20/
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OE initiatives in Australia – national level
• Major research funding bodies:
• Australia Research Council (ARC)
• National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
• Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT)
• Research Output/Data X Educational Resources
Adapted by Wayne Mackintosh (2013) – CC BY 3.0 Unported
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Adoption of OER - project
Project: Adoption, use and management of open educational
resources to enhance teaching and learning in Australia
2010 – 2012: Office for Learning and Teaching
Project Resources
http://www.olt.gov.au/resource-adoption-use-management-openeducational-resources
By Sunshine Connelly, 2008 – CC BY 3.0 Unported
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Feasibility Protocol
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Other project findings
PDPics (2013) – CC0 Public Domain
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Current institutional initiatives
http://oeru.org/
http://www.oeconsortium.org/
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By AJC1 (2012) – CC BY SA 2.0
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Current institutional initiatives
• Open learning object repositories
• Open textbooks
• Capacity building initiatives
By opensourceway (2010), CC BY 2.0 Generic
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Research and collaboration
By skeeze (2015). CC0 Public Domain
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Curriculum design for open education
http://wikieducator.org/course/Curriculum_design_for_open_education/
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Effective open licensing policy and practice for
Australian universities.
http://www.oel.edu.au/
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Students, universities and open education
This project inserts the missing voice of students in
understanding emerging technology-based open educational
practices (OEP). It has the following aims:
– Determine how student learning outcomes can be
enhanced with open education practices;
– Develop case studies that captures University Practice;
– Develop a National Policy Roadmap for Australia, fostering
relevant uptake of open educational resources (OER) and
open courses.
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Tasmania is down, down under
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The capital of Tasmania (Hobart) is further
down, down under
Hobart
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Open Education at the University of Tasmania
http://www.teaching-learning.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/439013/TechnologyEnhanced-Learning-and-Teaching-White-Paper-Academic-Senate-15-November-2013.pdf
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UTAS institutional strategies
– The adoption of Open Educational
Practices is encouraged in the Deputy
Students and Education Divisional
Planning.
– Embracing Open Educational Practices is
a UTAS curriculum principle.
http://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_
file/0006/567744/7825_A3_CurriculumPrinciples1.pdf
By obsidianphotography (2014). Licensed as CC0 Public Domain
- pixabay.com/en/chess-intelligence-game-strategy-581110/
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OE reward and recognition
Using Open Educational Practices
counts towards teaching performance
expectations.
http://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf
_file/0008/447443/7815A-RevisedTeaching-Performance.pdf
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license by
Sean MacEntee (2012) at
http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0091009/photos/smemon/7118787133/
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Development and integration
Breadth Units’ Guidelines.
A breadth unit may be defined as a
unit that:
Can be readily adaptable to Open
Educational Practice to build on UTAS’
planning and strategies.
Life-Of-Pix (2014) – CC0 Public Domain
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Funded under the UTAS Projects of Institutional Significance Funding Scheme
By Lotte Grønkjær (2009) - CC BY NC SA 2.0 Generic
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Australian National OER Symposium
3rd and 4th Nov 2014 in Hobart, hosted by the University of Tasmania and organised by TILT
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Approximately 70 participants
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10 Institutional Showcases
Country
Institutions
Represented
Australia
16
Canada
3
Fiji
1
New Zealand
3
South Africa
1
Other Organisations represented at the Symposium:
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Council of Australian Governments (COAG)
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OER Foundation
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Pearson
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William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
By Jes (2007) - CC BY 2.0
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Despite the developments…
many challenges remain
Geralt (2014) – CC0 Public Domian
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Questions & discussion?
Phoenix-Panarh (2015). Licensed as CC0 Public Domain
- http://pixabay.com/en/exclamation-question-sign-491244/
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