Project Overview & Proposal to Extend to 2017

Debbie Baff Project Manager OER Wales Cymru

Topics

Background

Project Overview

Achievements

Next Steps

Proposal Extend to 2017

An Open Education Nation

Key Aspects

Promote OER Flexible Pathways

Improve Quality of Learning & Teaching

Outcomes

Enhance partnerships & Collaboration

Students as Co-Creators

Welsh Medium Materials

Promote Open Licences

Embed Open Practice Support Staff

Project Overview to June 2015

• Best OERs Across WalesShowcase Portal

• Student Survival• Students as Co-Creator

sMOOC

• Workshops• Embed Open Practice

Network of Champions

• April 14th & 15th International StageOER15 Conference

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sMOOC Students“...it was useful and would have been useful for me before I started”

“I thought it was really good for helping you

start university”

Very nice to have a

Welsh version – easier

to follow for Welsh

speaking students

“...I’ve learnt the important things to do for the University – on

the Financial and social side”

“Each week offers something different and expands my experiences.”

Open Digital Badges

OER Showcase

OEP Champions Workshops

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Champions Network

Webinars & Workshops

Showcase Portal

Co-ordination

Open Education

Week...and

Next Steps ...

OER15 Conference 14th & 15th April 2015 Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

http://oer15.oerconf.org/

£150k

2 Years

2017 Wales

as Open Education

Nation

National Approach Needs National Co-ordination

Proposal – Extend to 2017

£150k over 2 Years

• Extend PM Contract• Review

Showcase Portal

• Maintenance• Social Media

sMOOC

• Delivery August 2015 and beyond• Develop Other Versions

Embed OEP

• Co-ordinate Champions Network• Workshops• Yearly Conference

Two Year Plan - 2017Showcase Portal

MaintenanceSocial Media

Presence

Delivery of the sMOOC

Co-ordination of Champions Network

& Activities

Further Embedding of

OEP

Champions Yearly

Conference

OER Strategic Guidelines

Collaborative OER Production

Underpinning Open

Declaration Goal

Thank You

Debbie Baff@debbaffhttp://about.me/debbaff