Accessible OER Where to Start? · •Increased focus on open textbooks has led to neglect of OER...
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Smart OER: Bridges for Sustainable Education
Professor Asha KanwarPresident & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning
Dr Ishan AbeywardenaAdviser: Open Educational Resources
Dr Sanjaya MishraEducation Specialist: eLearningInnovation Arabia 11 | Dubai, UAE | 11-13 March 2018
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OER for Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education
From Commitment to Action
2nd World OER Congress| 18-20 September, 2017 | Ljubljana, Slovenia
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The Road to Ljubljana
ASIA
Asia eUniversity: December 2016
EUROPE
Malta Ministry for Education and Employment: February 2017
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Qatar Foundation: February 2017
AFRICA
Ministry of Education, Mauritius: March 2017
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
University of Campinas: April 2017
PACIFIC
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand:May 2017
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OER: Then and Now
Focus was on Governments
Policies
Commitment
Additional focus on stakeholders
Mainstreaming OER
Concrete Actions
2012
2018
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OER Global Report 2017
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Global Trends Policies
• Increasing support, not accompanied by policies
•Despite lack of national OER policies, institutional policies have grown
•Regions with extensive OER activities, not always reliant on national policy as the driving force
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•OER repositories created in the global north more used than those from the global south
•Majority of the repositories are at tertiary level
•Repositories are available in diverse fields, including early childhood education
Global Trends Repositories
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•Many governments and stakeholders not clear about OER
• Increased focus on open textbooks has led to neglect of OER for lifelong learning
•Governments are supporting MOOCs, which are not necessarily “open”
Global Trends Awareness
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Priorities for OER
• Greater effort needed in creating awareness of the meaning, purpose and advantages of OER
•Capacity building for the use and integration of OER for teachers
• Promote policy development at both regional/national and institutional levels.
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SMART OER: Bridges for Sustainable Education
• Bridging the Technological Divide
• Reaching People with Disabilities
• Crossing Linguistic Barriers
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Bridging Technological Divide
Average Number of Daily Sessions,
Traditional App vs. Chat App2014 - 2015
9
2
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Using Appropriate Technologies
• WeChat shows the way: communication, video/audio, interactive sessions, payments built-in
• Messaging-based learning platforms and Apps will have wider uptake in the developing world
• Costs to learners (bandwidth) will be lower
• COL currently building a Messaging-based online course management platform with a partner to serve formal and informal learning
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Using Affordable Technologies
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Principles of Accessibility
•Perceivable
•Operable
•Understandable
•Robust
Source: WCAG 2.0, https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/intro.html#introduction-fourprincs-head
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How Accessible are OER?
Source: http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/textbook-listings/accessibility-reviews
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LJUBLJANA OER ACTION PLAN 2017
•Provide OER in accessible formats that support its effective use by all, including persons with disabilities, by using existing international guidelines for accessibility.
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LJUBLJANA OER ACTION PLAN 2017
• Ensure that OER accessed through different media, including mobile devices, are available andaccessible in formats which allow for its use, adaptation, combination and sharing
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Using local language to share knowledge
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OER Platform in Tamil
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SMART OER are
Specific to the Context
Measurable in terms of impact on learning outcomes
Accessible, adaptable and available
Reusable and relevant
Transformative
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