Keynote presentation at Open Educational Repositories – Share, Improve, Reuse, Intrallect Conference 2009.

1. Good Intentions: improving the evidence base in support of sharing learning materials Lou McGill Sarah Currier Charles Duncan Peter Douglas Open educational repositories: share, improve, reuse Thursday 26th March 2009

2. Resource producer http://www.flickr.com/photos/royalty-free-images/139142408/

3. Primary consumer http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenny-pics/2432117840/

4. Resource http://www.flickr.com/photos/markhillary/829573216/

5. Resource Supplier http://www.flickr.com/photos/saar_cmd/509088837/

6. Resource consumer http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericmmartin/3222306911/

7. Resource sharing http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanwick/2283058460/

8. Resource exchange http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/131012552/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/laura_a/530116949/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/antonioacuna/394608502/

9. Repurposed resource http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarlson/418350700/

10. Context of use/re-purposing http://www.flickr.com/photos/imipolexg/266653753/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gilgamesh/6712077/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/klara/21294855/

24. Business model template

25. Finance models

26. Service models

27. Supplier/consumer models

28. Issues affecting models

34. General benefits to global community Open CoP Subject-based Institutional National Informal Supporting subject-discipline communities to share Encourages innovation and experimentation Shares expertise and resources between developed and developing countries Supports re-use and re-purposing Supports community input to metadata through tagging, notes, reviews Supports effective retrieval through professionally created metadata Ensures trust through appropriate licensing

35. Business cases - Global Case Subject Open Supporting subject-based communities to share   Encourages innovation and experimentation  Shares expertise and resources between developed and developing countries  Supporting re-use and re-purposing   Supporting continued development of standards and interoperability   Supporting continued development of tools for sharing and exchange   Supporting sharing and reuse of individual assets   Helps develop critical mass of materials in particular subject areas   Supporting ease of access through search engines such as Google 

36. Business cases - National Case Subject Open Cost efficiencies   Decrease in duplication   Supports cross-institutional sharing   Provides access to non-educational bodies such as employers, professional bodies, trade unions, etc  Supports a broad vision of sharing across the country  Promotes the concept of lifelong learning  Supports shared curricula  Supports discovery of most used/highest quality resources   Supports the notion that educational institutions should leverage taxpayers money by allowing free sharing and reuse of resources  Mitigates the cost of keeping resources closed  Mitigates the risk of doing nothing in a rapidly changing environment  Supports sustained long-term sharing 

37. Business cases - Institutional Case Subject Open Increased transparency and quality of learning materials   Encourages high quality learning and teaching resources   Supports modular course development   Maintaining and building institution’s reputation - globally  Attracting new staff and students to institutions – recruitment tool for students and prospective employers  Shares expertise efficiently within institutions  Supports the altruistic notion that sharing knowledge is in line with academic traditions and a good thing to do  Likely to encourage review of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment  Enhancing connections with external stakeholders by making resources visible 

38. Business cases - Teachers Case Subject Open Increased personal recognition   Supports sharing of knowledge and teaching practice  Encourages improvement in teaching practice   Supports immediate one-off instances of sharing   Supports attribution  Encourages multi-disciplinary collaboration and sharing  Supports CPD and offers evidence of this 

39. Business cases - Learners Case Subject Open Easy and free access to learning material for learners  Increased access options for students enrolled on courses (particularly remote students)  Easily accessed through student-owned technologies  Increased access for non-traditional learners (widening participation)  Likely to encourage self-regulated and independent learning  Likely to increase demand for flexible learning opportunities  Likely to increase demand for assessment and recognition of competencies gained outside formal learning settings  Likely to encourage peer support, mentorship and ambassadorial programmes 