Prof. Neil MorrisDirector of Digital Learning

Chair in Educational Technology, Innovation and Change

University of LeedsNational Teaching Fellow

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Email: n.p.morris@leeds.ac.uk Twitter: @Lt_tech_he, @unileedsonline

Towards a culture of open online learning at Leeds

Session overview

• The changing landscape of Higher Education• Embedding OERs institutionally• Developing strategies and policy• Jorum Window• iTunes U• MOOCs

Increased student

expectations

Highly competitive recruitment

market

Greater need to demonstrate distinctiveness

Multi-channel content

Lack of digital skills in staff and students

Prevalence of multi-

functional mobile devices

Multi-faceted pressures on

staff

Focus on graduate

employability

Public metrics e.g.

KIS

The changing landscape of Higher Education

Teacher as content provider

Teacher as content

advisor or curator

Student learning

Face to face teaching

Other learning materialsOther

learning materials

Restricted online

material

Publically available

online material

Learning materialsStudent sourced

contentStudent produced

content

The change nature of academic practice

Embedding OERs Institutionally

• Raise institutional awareness of the potential and usefulness of open educational resources through a series of workshops for academics and teaching support staff from a diverse range of disciplines;

• Work with individual academics in a range of disciplines to locate, evaluate and embed appropriate open educational resources in their teaching practice;

• Produce a series of written and audio-visual case studies of practitioners’ experiences of using open educational resources for the first time;

• Develop an institutional strategy for the use of Open Educational Resources.

OERs @ Leeds

http://dspace.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/17539

Guidance on OERs

Available on AQST website (policy A-Z):http://www.leeds.ac.uk/aqst/documents/policy/OERs.pdf (internally)Available externally within Jorum at: http://dspace.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/10949/17559

Key points:

1. Staff are encouraged to make use of OERs in student education.2. Staff are encouraged to produce and release OERs into the community.3. Staff are encouraged to understand and make use of Creative Commons

licences for OERs.4. Staff are reminded to ensure all materials are copyright compliant.5. Students can be consumers and producers of OERs.

Guidance on OERsBringing the policy to life

Guidance on OERsStaff and student advice and guidance

SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds

2013 at a glance!

• NEW Digital Strategy for Student Education • NEW Blended Learning Strategy• Digital Learning Team established• Lecture capture and multimedia management projects initiated• First Leeds MOOC successfully delivered• Leeds iTunesU channel successfully delivered

Guidance on OERsThe results of the OER policy

SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds

Blended Learning StrategyBlended Learning is the considered, complementary use of

face-to-face teaching, technology, online tools and resources to enhance student education.

Vision Each programme will define and embed into a research-led curriculum an

appropriate blended learning approach which supports learning, enhances the student experience, and inspires students to reach their full potential so that they

can have an impact on our global and digital society.

Guidance on OERsDriving strategic change

Digital learning channel portfolioGuidance on OERsPromoting online learning channels

Only available to Registered Students Available to all learners

Online Courses

Individual Learning Objects

Learning Objects complementing face-to-face provision (Blended Learning)

SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds

Engage new global audiences with accessible content

Showcase the University to prospective UG / PG students

Provide digital materials for disadvantaged learners

Provide additional learning resources for current students

Guidance on OERsKey messages to staff

Guidance on OERsJorum window

• Open window to Jorum from University of Leeds to showcase open educational resources

• Launching March 2014

iTunesUGuidance on OERsiTunes U

iTunesUGuidance on OERsCreative Commons content on iTunes U

SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds

iTunesU partnerships

Academics (content

providers)

Our vision for FutureLearn:

The online platform provided by Futurelearn will give the University of Leeds the opportunity to make our inspirational, high-quality educational resources

available to any individual with access to the Internet. By raising the University’s profile nationally and internationally, it will provide a key

recruitment tool; by setting a standard for Leeds Open Educational Resources (OERs), it will enhance blended learning for resident students and drive the

development of innovative distance and mixed-delivery programmes.

MOOCs

second is is

Nature and fairness: When worlds collide

10,000+Total comments

5,000+Enrolled learners

97%of learners would recommend the course

90%of learners rated the course as

excellent or very good

Key Facts

24 minsPer visit

15 pagesPer visit

FutureLearn governance

Digital Learning Governance

Senate

Taught Student Education Board

Blended Learning Steering Group

Blended Learning and Learning Technology

innovation GroupFaculty level

Blended Learning committees

Research and Innovation Board

Faculty Management Group

Vice-Chancellor’s Executive Group

Policy / decision making body

Oversight of blended and digital learning strategy

Horizon scanning, innovation group

Academic champions

Highlights

• Integrated, strategic approach

• Forward thinking and proactive

• Strong leadership and vision

• Academic buy-in

• Evidence based approach

• Local ownership

Guidance on OERsDiscussion

Discussion / questions?

Morris, N.P. (2013) © University of Leeds 2013. This work (excluding all logos and MOOC adverts) is made available for reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

More information:See the Digital Learning Team website: www.digitallearning.leeds.ac.uk

Acknowledgements1. The OER project was funded under the HEA/JISC Phase 3 OER call. The project was

supported by the University of Leeds. The project team consisted of Prof. Neil Morris (project manager), Dr David Lewis, Ms Rebecca Dearden and Dr Chris Butcher, all from the University of Leeds. Administrative support for the project was provided by Mrs Helen Greenwood.

2. iTunesU, Jorum and MOOCs are all managed by the Digital Learning Team at Leeds.