Scottish Open Education

Declaration Update

and

EDINA• http://edina.ac.uk/ • 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

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

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/

Original Open Scotland Partners

Progress• 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.• Funding provided by OEPS to complete second draft.• Declaration being used at institutional level.

Response from Scottish Government

“The Open Education Declaration and its aim at implementing wider and more equitable access to education and to lead the way in Europe is a noble initiative with potential to enhance diversity as well as many of our key aims, including widening access to education through free access to high quality education and to redraw traditional boundaries between informal and formal learning.”

- Jamie McIntyreHigher Education and Learner Support Division

Response from Scottish Government

“As well as the OEPs project, SFC also funds Jisc which supports the development and use of Open Educational Resources through platforms, repositories, and projects…Scottish Government’s funding represents a demonstration of our commitment to helping support Open Education going forward.”

- Jamie McIntyreHigher Education and Learner Support Division

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.

Open Culture

OER16 will be hosted by the University of EdinburghScottish education has a distinctive tradition of openness, social inclusion and widening participation.Over the past four years Scotland has seen a surge of engagement in open education at institutional, sector and national level.

The conference will focus on the value proposition of embedding open culture in the context of institutional strategies.

The conference will be chaired by

Melissa Highton &

Lorna M. Campbell

OER16: Open CultureConference themes:• The strategic advantage of open and creating a culture

of openness;• The converging and competing cultures of open

knowledge, open source, open content, open practice, open data and open access;

• Re-use practice in hacking, making and sharing;• The reputational challenges of open-washing;• Openness and public engagement;• Innovative approaches to opening up cultural heritage

collections for education.

19th & 20th April 2016at the

John McIntyre Conference Centre

Get involved

You can get involved in the OER16 conference by joining the Conference Committee.

Sign up here:http://go.alt.ac.uk/OER16

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Open Culture19th & 20th April 2016

University of Edinburgh