A view from Canada on open educational resources (OER) David Porter, Executive Director BCcampus,...

A view from Canada on open educational resources (OER)

David Porter, Executive DirectorBCcampus, British Columbia, CANADA

BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.

British Columbia - Canada

25 autonomous public post-secondary institutions

High-speed networks connect all BC regions, cities and communities

Online learning is considered a requirement for providing access, choice, flexibility and mobility for BC citizens

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BCcampus mission

“BCcampus is a collaborative online learning initiative...”

BCcampus is a publicly-funded organization that uses information technology to connect the expertise, programs and resources of all British Columbia post-secondary institutions under a collaborative service delivery framework. Berdea [CC-BY-SA-3.0]

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New drivers of strategy require us to consider new patterns for digital content use

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Jobs, programs and courses...


Open Curricula Development

$9.5M CA in grants144 grants awarded100% participation83% partnerships


Online Program Development Fund 2003 – 2011

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Open Curricula Development

Development across all academic domainsBCcampus OPDF contributed in whole or in part to 47 credentials355 courses, 12 workshops, 19 web sites/tools and 396 course componentsBCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. 7Page |

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http://rwsl.nic.bc.ca

Open Science Instrumentation

http://rwsl.nic.bc.ca/

02 There are multiple entry points for “open” thinking and open practices

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Open access - research

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Open access publishing

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Athabasca University has been a leader in Canada in modeling open access publishing of scholarly journals both online and in print

The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Communities of practice

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Open pedagogies and open teaching practices

Open textbook development consortia

03 Some important principles, policy directions and practices remain as targets

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We are recommending to governments and colleagues across Canada that they:

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Principles, policies and practices

• Adopt the principle that curriculum resources paid for with public funds should be open and reusable

• Use Creative Commons licenses as the basis for licensing open content

04 Innovative ideas and practices are also blossoming over the horizon

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Washington State in the USA has recently passed legislation supporting open resource use in its K-12 schools

Its Open Course Library is building 81 open resources to support high-enrollment courses and reduce student costs

These practices serve as exemplary models for us all

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Close neighbors provide new models


OER university

On a global stage, OERu is seeking to make post-secondary education more accessible and more affordable

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OERu – a global opportunity

The OER university is building a sustainable OER network among accredited educational institutions to provide access to the formal

system with pathways to academic credit.

Athabasca UniversityThompson Rivers UniversityBCcampus (non-teaching)

Empire State College (SUNY)Southern New Hampshire University

BAOU Gujarat's open university

Nelson Marlborough Institute of TechnologyNorthTec

Open PolytechnicOtago Polytechnic

University of Canterbury

University of South Africa

University of Southern QueenslandUniversity of Wollongong

Commonwealth of Learning

UNESCO, Pacific States

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05The need to socialize open practices and actively build partnerships continues to grow

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David PorterExecutive Director

BCcampus.ca

[email protected]

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