Open Scotland Declaration

The Scottish Open Education DeclarationLorna M. Campbell

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.

Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.

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



Open Scotland

Open 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.


Open Scotland


Open Scotland Summit

• Brought together senior

managers, policy makers

and key thinkers

to explore the

development of open

education policy and

practice in Scotland.

• National Museum of

Scotland, Edinburgh, June

2013.


How can openness help to address strategic priorities and challenges?

• Can openness address the government’s “Big Ticket” strategic agendas?

• Post-16 education.

• Knowledge transfer.

• Curriculum change.

• School – college –

university

articulation.


UNESCO Paris OER Declaration


Scottish Open Education Declarationhttp://declaration.openscot.net/


http://declaration.openscot.net/


• Reclaim Hostinghttp://reclaimhosting.com/

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

• The Institute for the Future of the Book

http://futureofthebook.org


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http://futureofthebook.org/commentpress/




http://futureofthebook.org/

http://futureofthebook.org/

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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.


“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 Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.

Education as a public good


Support for open source software


Scottish Open Education Declaration

K. Promote the adoption of procurement

policies that give equal consideration to

open source software and openly licensed

materials, and support the development in

education and related sectors of processes

and practices to provide a level playing field

for open source software and open

education resources in procurement.


Technology as an enabler, not a driver


Culture shift and capacity building


Culture shift & capacity building


Cross sector sharing


“Scotland is a wee place”

cf. Opening up Slovenia http://openscot.net/event-reports/inspiration-from-openingupslovenia/

http://openscot.net/event-reports/inspiration-from-openingupslovenia/



“a stronger commitment to openness”

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#OpenScot


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Open Scotland Declaration

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