Open Access Week New Zealand and Knowledge Resource Centre September 29, 2010
More from Wayne on OAW
Wayne has pointed me in the direction of more activities from Open Access Week - this time from New Zealand - though as he commented "the time difference is not ideal for those in the uk" - or Nigeria of course.
I've copied the session informaion below (although the formatting will probably be a bit weird), and copied his email too.
Wayne suggested I might be interested in the session about OERs in secondary schools - I guess he means the Monday session - building a national commons of reusable and portable content for the school sector - but I anticipate that the difference between schools in New Zealand and around Fantsuam in Nigeria is so enormous that there will be little overlap and relevance. I think if I do try to catch a session it is more likely to be Wayne's on Sunday
Wayne will highlight "cost-effective ways organisations can leverage new financial models to launch their own OER initiatives. During this presentation, the OER Foundation will also announce a new project which aims to nurture sustainable OER ecosystems through improved collaboration between the Open Access and OER movements."
Relevance to the Knowledge Resource Centre (KRC) and our "OERs"
I wonder if the financial models would be relevant for us at the KRC - or if it would just be for more traditional educational establishments.
Thinking on those lines I started to review what materials we have already produced (and I began to wonder how far they are from being share-able as OERs). Regarding content, there is more than I had realised - and an interesting variety. I guess we could go back to all the Teachers Talking and Trainers Talking resource, and our Self Directed Learners things too. Then there are the Cameras for Communication course materials that Ricardo produced in collaboration with Kelechi and others. Marcus produced some introductory notes on permaculture to support his training at Fantsuam after the Benin trip, and (even more impressive in my estimation) after building the eco-dome he provided some notes which Perry translated into Hausa. We still have the demonstration eco-dome at Attachab (plus the one Perry built for himself) plus photos of work in progress and local experience of helping Marcus to build the original demo dome. What a lovely package that would be along with Perry's notes in Hausa. Most of these resources have already been shared in one way and another, but obviously we'd need to check about permissions and perhaps make more formal statements if we did make our stuff into "proper OERs".
Obviously it would take time and effort to find these various resources and spruce them up into OERs - and there would no point unless there was anyone ready and able to make use of them - so it's definitely not something to rush out and do now. But it is interesting to think just how far we have come down that road of producing useful teaching and training resources.
Pamela
Following is copied from http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Open_Access_Week_2010 (The formatting will probably be a bit weird.)
Crossing the OER chasm: From "sharing to learn" to "learning to share"
Wayne Mackintosh, member of the Board of Directors of the OER Foundation will launch the Foundations' activities for Open Access Week. It cost more than $30 million dollars to establish MIT OpenCourseware initiative, putting institution-based OER projects beyond the financial reach of the majority of organisations, Wayne will highlight cost-effective ways organisations can leverage new financial models to launch their own OER initiatives. During this presentation, the OER Foundation will also announce a new project which aims to nurture sustainable OER ecosystems through improved collaboration between the Open Access and OER movements. |
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 | Pass the baton: How to run a faster race
Paul Seiler is Manager of Student Management Systems (SMS) and Managed Learning Environments (MLE) for the New Zealand Ministry of Education. Under Paul's direction and leadership, New Zealand has commenced work in building a national commons of reusable and portable content for the school sector. New Zealand is joining countries like the Netherlands and Brazil in fostering OER approaches for sharing teaching materials. Paul will highlight New Zealand's OER efforts and how this integrates with Aotearoa's education system. |
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 | OERder out of Chaos - creating credentials with OER.
Paul Stacey is Director, Communications, Stakeholder and Academic Relations at BCcampus based in Vancouver, Canada. Since 2003 BCcampus has been providing funding to BC public post secondary institutions for development of OER in the form of online learning resources. Paul will share strategies BCcampus has used to generate an OER value proposition that sees BC public post secondary multi-institutional use of these OER in for-credit offerings leading to credentials. |
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 | Generating strategic and competitive advantage: OER for sustainable education practice.
Phil Ker is Chief Executive of Otago Polytechnic. Phil is a visionary strategic leader supporting Otago Polytechnic on their journey to implement a quantum shift for sustainable education on multiple fronts using open education approaches. During this interview we will discover the what, why and how of Otago Polytechnic's commitment to OER. |
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| OER: Beyond the rhetoric.
Bronwyn Hegarty and Sarah Stewart are educators who work for the Educational Development Centre at Otago Polytechnic. Bronwyn and Sarah will share their experiences of developing OER and facilitating open online courses. During this session they will tell us about their successes and discuss what has not worked so well. |
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 | An intellectual property policy for the times: Otago Polytechnic's open journey.
Robin Day is Deputy Chief Executive of Otago Polytechnic and Founding Chair of the Board of Directors of the OER Foundation. Robin is no stranger to the WikiEducator family with more than 1,000 edits! Robin was instrumental in leading the ground breaking adoption of a default Creative Commons Attribution Intellectual Property Policy for Otago Polytechnic. During this interview we will learn how the Polytechnic got this right and reflect on the benefits and lessons learned. |
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Remixing Aotearoa.7. International time | NZST ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Hi Pam, Certainly everything I post is in the public domain ;-). You may be interested in attending the session hosted by one of our representatives from the Ministry of Education which focuses on OER in the school sector here in New Zealand: http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Open_Access_Week_2010 . Although the time difference is not ideal for those in the uk. Thanks for spreading the word. Cheers -- Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and elected Community Council Member, Wikieducator Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
