OER the Welsh Experience by Paul Richardson, Jisc RSCCymru, presentation at #Cetis14 conference

1. Paul Richardson: Jisc Regional Support Centre Wales
Debbie Baff: University of South Wales
27/06/2014
Open Educational Resources: the Welsh Experience

2. References
All the references in this presentation may be found here:
https://pinboard.in/u:paulbrichardson/t:%23ALTOERWales/
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3. What does ‘Open’ mean?
A: It is available online
B: It is available free of charge
C:You can download it
D:You can download and repurpose it
E:You can download, edit, and reuse it

4. What does ‘Open’ mean?
A: It is available online
B: It is available free of charge
C:You can download it
D:You can download and repurpose it
E:You can download, edit, and reuse it

5. • How should educational organisations
act in response to recent and
anticipated developments?
• Do governments have a role? If so, what
is this?
Questions…

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LiYuan and Stephen Powell (2013): ‘MOOCs and Open Education: Implications for
Higher Education’. http://publications.cetis.ac.uk/2013/667

11. © Copyright Meirion:
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2539251

12. https://hwb.wales.gov.uk/home/Pages/Home.aspx

13. https://www.porth.ac.uk/cy/

14. www.cadarn.ac.uk/

16. http://www.open.ac.uk/choose/ou/openlearnwales

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http://wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetstatements/2013/onlinedigitallearning/?lang=en

18. http://wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/publications/reports/report-of-the-online-digital-learning-group/?lang=en

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http://gwallter.com/digital/moocs-and-other-animals-open-
online-report-published.html

20. “The Working Group took a balanced view of
the significance of MOOCs. Its members
could find no evidence that they were likely to
overturn established higher education practice
or sweep away existing institutions, as
predicted by their more excited advocates.
On the other hand the advent of high quality
online courses and resources, available easily
to anyone, free and world-wide, is clearly
significant”
Andrew Green
April 2014

21. Open & Online: Recommendations
To the Minister for Education and Skills:
• Widening access to higher education to those with low participation
backgrounds
• Developing skills for the workplace and theWelsh economy
• DevelopingWelsh language skills for employment
To the higher education institutions:
• Reviewing institutional policies, monitoring developments and
exploiting opportunities
• Strengthening institutional reputation and brand
To the Minister and the higher education institutions:
• Improving the skills of higher education staff
• Licensing and sharing open educational resources
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/publications/reports/report-of-the-online-digital-learning-group/?lang=en

22. http://wiki.creativecommons.org/OER_Policy_Registry

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“AsVice-Chancellors representing universities inWales, we are
committed to:
Promoting and using OER to widen access to higher education
for non-traditional learners, to contribute to social inclusion and
engage the rich diversity of the learner inWales and across the
world.”
http://www.hew.ac.uk/wales-signs-declaration-of-intent-to-lead-the-way-on-the-use-of-online-education-resources/

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26. http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/wales
p.b.r.richardson@swansea.ac.uk. @paulbrichardson