The document discusses the Scottish Open Education Declaration, which aims to promote open education in Scotland. It provides background on Open Scotland and an initial summit in 2013. It describes how openness could address strategic priorities around post-16 education, knowledge transfer, and curriculum change. The Declaration aligns with principles of the UNESCO Paris OER Declaration and received a positive response, though some note that without dedicated funding, policy alone may not be effective. It discusses next steps to gather evidence and illustrate how the Declaration is being implemented.

1. The Scottish Open
Education Declaration
Lorna M. Campbell

2. Cetis
• Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and
Standards http://www.cetis.ac.uk/
• A national UK technology advisory centre providing
strategic, technical and pedagogical advice on
educational technology and standards to funding bodies,
standards agencies, government, institutions and
commercial partners.
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

3. Open Scotland
Open Scotland is a cross
sector initiative that aims to
raise awareness of open
education, encourage the
sharing of open educational
resources, and explore the
potential of open policy and
practice to benefit all sectors
of Scottish education.
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

4. Open Scotland
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

5. Open Scotland Summit
• Brought together senior
managers, policy makers
and key thinkers to explore
the development of open
education policy and practice
in Scotland.
• National Museum of
Scotland, Edinburgh, June
2013.
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

6. How can openness help to address
strategic priorities and challenges?
• Can openness address the government’s “Big
Ticket” strategic agendas?
• Post-16 education.
• Knowledge transfer.
• Curriculum change.
• School – college –
university articulation.
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

7. UNESCO Paris OER Declaration
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

8. Scottish Open Education Declaration
http://declaration.openscot.net/
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

9. Paris OER Declaration
C. Reinforce the development of strategies and
policies on OER: Promote the development of
specific policies for the production and use of OER
within wider strategies for advancing education.
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

10. Scottish Open Education Declaration
C. Reinforce the development of strategies and
policies for open assessment practices, open
educational resources and open online
courses. Support the adoption of open licences for
all publicly funded educational content. Promote
the development and use of open educational
resources within wider strategies for advancing
education.
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

11. • Reclaim Hosting
http://reclaimhosting.
com/
• Comment Press
http://futureofthebook
.org/commentpress/
• The Institute for the
Future of the Book
http://futureofthebook
.org
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

12. “Open education can promote knowledge
transfer while at the same time enhancing
quality and sustainability, supporting social
inclusion, and creating a culture of inter-
institutional collaboration and sharing. In
addition, open education can expand access
to education, widen participation, create new
opportunities for the next generation of
teachers and learners and prepare them to
become fully engaged digital citizens.”
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

13. Education as a public good
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

14. Education as a public good
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

15. Support for open source software
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

16. Scottish Open Education Declaration
K. Promote the adoption of procurement policies
that give equal consideration to open source
software and openly licensed materials, and
support the development in education and related
sectors of processes and practices to provide a
level playing field for open source software and
open education resources in procurement.
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

17. Technology as an enabler, not a driver
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

18. Technology as an enabler, not a driver
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

19. Cross sector sharing
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

20. “a stronger commitment to openness”
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

21. Response
• Very positive response but initially assumed to
be a formal policy.
• Positive response from Mike Russell.
• Considerable interest internationally.
• Added to the CC OER Policy Registry.
• Featured in the Open Education Consortium
Newsletter.
• Presented at OERde.
• Incorporated into the POERUP open education
policy guidelines for Scotland.
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

22. Scottish Open Education Declaration 0.2
• Second draft of Declaration launched
21/11/2014.
• Funding provided by the Open University’s
Opening Educational Practices in Scotland
project.
• Incorporates input from the POERUP project
open education policy guidelines for Scotland.
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

23. Scottish Open Education Declaration 0.2
“Support capacity building to encourage sustainable open
education practice and the development of quality open
educational resources. Establish adequately funded
professional development programmes to help teachers
and other key personnel to understand the benefits of all
forms of open education and to encourage them to produce
and share high-quality, accessible educational content,
resources and experiences, while taking into account local
needs and the full diversity of learners.”
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

24. The way forward?
• Declaration has been sent to Angela Constance.
• SFC still appear to regard the Declaration as a
worthwhile initiative.
• Evidence of Declaration being used at
institutional level.
• ALT Scotland SIG event planned in June.
• Not clear what Jisc’s plans are with relation to
open education.
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

25. Laura Czerniewicz:
“Policy is great, but policy without a
budget can be problematic.”
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

26. Evidencing the Declaration
• Can you help to provide evidence to good
practice across all sectors of Scottish education
to illustrate each point of the declaration?
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

27. declaration.openscot.net
The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

28. Licence
The Scottish Open Education Declaration.
By Lorna M Campbell, lorna.m.campbell@icloud.com
of Cetis http://www.cetis.ac.uk is licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence
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