Common Ground

A view of the open education landscape in

Scotland

Lorna M. CampbellCetis / EDINA

lorna.m.campbell@icloud.com

Cetis• Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability

and Standards http://www.cetis.ac.uk/

• A national UK technology advisory centre providing

strategic, technical and pedagogical advice on

educational technology and standards to funding

bodies, standards agencies, government, institutions

and commercial partners.

EDINA• http://edina.ac.uk/ • Jisc centre for digital expertise and online

service delivery.• Part of Information Services at the University

of Edinburgh• Develops and delivers shared services and

infrastructure to support research and education in the UK

Higher Education: Policy

Higher Education: Policy

http://www.gcu.ac.uk/library/usingthelibrary/copyright/reusingcontent/

Higher Education: Research

http://www.gcu.ac.uk/academy/current/exploerer/

Higher Education: MOOCs

https://www.coursera.org/edinburgh

Higher Education: MOOCs

https://www.futurelearn.com/partners/university-of-dundee

Higher Education: Event based courses

http://www.gcu.ac.uk/gameson/

Further Education: College Development Network

http://www.collegedevelopmentnetwork.ac.uk/

Further Education: Re:Source

http://resource.blogs.scotcol.ac.uk/

Further Education: Open Badges

http://www.borderscollege.ac.uk/news-and-events/college-leads-the-way-with-online-badges/

Open Badges in Scottish Education Group

http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?page_id=2223

Schools

http://www.edutalk.info/

Third Sector

http://www.open.edu/openlearnworks/course/view.php?id=1688

Opening Educational Practices in Scotland

• Open University project funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC).

• £1.27 million allocated over 3 years.

http://oepscotland.org/

ALT

• ALT Scotland SIG.

• ALT Open Education SIG.

• Run annual events across Scotland.

Wikimedia UK

https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Women,_Science_and_Scottish_History_editathon_series

Wikimedia UK• Wikimedians-in-residence at the National Library of Scotland and

Museums Scotland.

• Wide range of editathons taking place across Scotland.

• Scottish Women on Wikipedia, Glasgow Women’s Library.

• Scottish Women in Contemporary Art, Duncan of Jordanstone

College of Art and Design.

• Women, Science and Scottish History, University of Edinburgh.

• EduWiki Conference 2014, University of Edinburgh.

Open Knowledge

• Open Knowledge is a non profit organisation founded in

Cambridge in 2004 which promotes open knowledge, open

data and open content.

• Local OK Scotland Group established.

• Regular free and informal meetups in Edinburgh.

• Open Knowledge Open Education Working Group.

• Open.Ed: Open Knowledge at the University of Edinburgh.

Open ScotlandOpen Scotland is a cross sector initiative that aims to raise awareness of open education, encourage the sharing of open educational resources, and explore the potential of open policy and practice to benefit all sectors of Scottish education.

http://openscot.net/

Open Scotland Partners

UNESCO Paris OER Declaration

Paris OER Declaration

C. Reinforce the development of strategies and policies

on OER: Promote the development of specific policies

for the production and use of OER within wider

strategies for advancing education.

Scottish Open Education Declaration

C. Reinforce the development of strategies and policies

for open assessment practices, open educational

resources and open online courses. Support the

adoption of open licences for all publicly funded

educational content. Promote the development and

use of open educational resources within wider

strategies for advancing education.

• Wordpresshttps://wordpress.com/

• Reclaim Hostinghttp://reclaimhosting.com/

• Comment Presshttp://futureofthebook.org/commentpress/

• The Institute for the Future of the Book

http://futureofthebook.org

Open Infrastructure

Scottish Open Education Declaration

http://declaration.openscot.net/

Response• Very positive response but initially assumed to be a formal

policy.• Positive response from Cabinet Secretary for Education and

Lifelong Learning.• Considerable interest internationally.• Engaged with Open Policy Network. • Added to the CC OER Policy Registry. • Featured in the Open Education Consortium Newsletter.• Incorporated into the POERUP open education policy

guidelines for Scotland.• Declaration being used at institutional level.

The way forward?

• Scot Gov and SFC appear to regard Declaration as a worthwhile initiative, but reticent about providing funding or support.

• Harmonising Declaration with current policy.• Evidencing the Declaration.• Evidence of impact.• Engaging Universities Scotland.• Engaging schools, colleges and third sector.

Laura Czerniewicz

“Policy is great, but policy without a budget can be problematic.”

© University of Cape Townhttp://www.cilt.uct.ac.za/news/cilt-boasts-new-director-laura-czerniewicz

“Open education can promote knowledge transfer while at the same time enhancing quality and sustainability, supporting social inclusion, and creating a culture of inter-institutional collaboration and sharing. In addition, open education can expand access to education, widen participation, create new opportunities for the next generation of teachers and learners and prepare them to become fully engaged digital citizens.”

Open Scotland Declarationhttp://declaration.openscot.net/

Questions?