Presentation on International and Cultural issues on OER By: Patrick McAndrew CC-BY

1. Are Open Educational Resources Cultural Colonisation? Patrick McAndrew OLnet.org

2. Cultural content

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNhHTfDyJjU

6. More neutral More local

7. More neutral More local

8. Cultural discourse

9. Discourses in OpenLearn Andreia Santos – opened2007 – a.i.santos@open.ac.uk

11. The Discourse of collaboration Andreia Santos – opened2007 – a.i.santos@open.ac.uk What does the Open University bring to the open content field? […] A vast quantity of high quality learning materials: we specialise in content and support designed for distance and e-learning; this includes self-assessment tools, collaboration forums and a personalised learner experience […] Extract 3: from OpenLearn website

13. The Institutional Discourse Andreia Santos – opened2007 – a.i.santos@open.ac.uk OpenLearn… […] Could be a way of building markets and reputation […] Extract 7: from OpenLearn website - power point presentation introducing the initiative

14. The Institutional Discourse Andreia Santos – opened2007 – a.i.santos@open.ac.uk MIT department heads believe that MIT OCW is a tool that indirectly aids in recruitment Extract 8: from MIT’s OpenCourseWare ‘How to’ website

16. OU Culture

18. Implementation view

19. Implementation view XML/Moodle Targets Media team

21. HTML Research team Research Agenda

22. Cultural mix

24. OCWC membership

25. OCWC membership Japan Affiliates USA Spain UK

27. 8m visitors since launch

28. User augmented content

29. Collaborations

30. Out

31. In

33. The interfaces UnisulVirtual OpenLearn

35. All part of the solution http://www.lumaxart.com/

37. Open Educational Resources are Cultural Communication