The powerpoint summarises the general conclusions of the Seminar organised by the OPAL and CONCEDE Projects, held at UNESCO on 18th November 2011, on the topic of Mainstreaming Open Educational Practices.

1. General Conclusions
From the OPAL / CONCEDE Policy Forum
Anthony F. Camilleri UNESCO, Paris - 14th November 2011
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2. What we talked about....
• User generated content
• Pedagogical techniques
• Quality systems
• Efficiency of Education Systems
• Assessment and Accreditation
• (licenses) Strict definition of
Open Educational Resources
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3. What we really talked about
Inherent Topic Policy Area
Universal Access to Education Human Rights, Millennium
Development Goals, etc.
Student-centred learning Qualification Frameworks, Credits
etc.
Less Hierarchical System of Peer- Rankings
review
Individual Freedom to Innovate Innovation Policy
Ongoing need to ensure and ESGs, quality assurance development
enhance quality
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4. In short...
The transition from OERs to
Open Educational Practices &
Open Learning Architectures
has already happened!
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5. Some confusion....
• Between tools and practices
• OERs and distance learning
• Internal Quality systems and certification
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6. Addressing a Current Problem
Today’s education systems are:
- Unsustainable
- Not scalable
- Not cost-effective
(Rory McGeal)
Higher education is not performing well enough to provide
Europe with enough people with the right kinds of skills to
create jobs and growth
(EC Modernisation Agenda)
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7. A possible solution
With regards to use of OEP, we have:
- Robust evidence
- Volumious research
- Practical tools
(Grainne Connole)
We Need to Win Hearts and Minds
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8. What we started to talk about
ASSESSMENT
(N.B. LOOK AT OERTEST)
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9. What we’re not talking about
(enough):
• Sustainability of large-scale OEP
adoption
– Financially
– Politically
– Pedagogically (teacher training)
• Threat of Vested Interests
• Concrete Evidence of Benefits
• Uniting Disparate Initiatives
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10. Recommendations from
the Workshops
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11. Pedagogy
• OER Learning activities should have explicit
learning aims and objectives so that both
learners and teachers can define their own
initial, formative and summative assessment
• Pedagogies in learning activities should be
clear so that adopters of the material can
• understand how best to use then and to
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enable appropriate adaptation
• Opportunities need to be made available for
practitioners top experiment and innovate
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12. Motivation
• Use different strategies to motivate different
organisations and different stakeholders within
them
• Motivation through knowledge
• Work on the Pull and Uptake side of things
• Benchmarking and OE-Ranking
Keywords: leadership through example, lists of pros
and cons, use concepts like social justice, freedom
of education, reducing costs, reach more students
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13. Quality Concepts
• Quality should be considered as a
negotiation – extension of UGC
• Quality literacy should be provided to
users as a necessary conditions
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14. Knowledge and Skills
• Exploit competences and skills required
outside the formal system
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