Scottish Open Education Declaration

The Scottish Open

Education Declaration

Lorna 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.

The Scottish Open Education Declaration, OEPS Forum, 19 March 2015.

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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 Declaration

http://declaration.openscot.net/


http://declaration.openscot.net/

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.



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.


• Reclaim Hosting

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• Comment Press

http://futureofthebook.org/commentpress/

• The Institute for the Future of the Book

http://futureofthebook.org


http://reclaimhosting.com/

http://futureofthebook.org/commentpress/

http://futureofthebook.org

“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.”


Education as a public good


Support for open source software



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


Cross sector sharing


“a stronger commitment to openness”


Response

• Very positive response but initially assumed to be a formal policy.

• Positive response from Mike Russell.

• Considerable interest internationally.

• Added to the CC OER Policy Registry.

• Featured in the Open Education Consortium Newsletter.

• Presented at OERde.

• Incorporated into the POERUP open education policy guidelines for Scotland.


Scottish Open Education Declaration 0.2

• Second draft of Declaration launched

21/11/2014.

• Funding provided by the Open University’s

Opening Educational Practices in Scotland

project.

• Incorporates input from the POERUP project

open education policy guidelines for Scotland.


Scottish Open Education Declaration 0.2

“Support capacity building to encourage sustainable open

education practice and the development of quality open

educational resources. Establish adequately funded

professional development programmes to help teachers

and other key personnel to understand the benefits of all

forms of open education and to encourage them to produce

and share high-quality, accessible educational content,

resources and experiences, while taking into account local

needs and the full diversity of learners.”


The way forward?

• Declaration has been sent to Angela Constance.

• SFC still appear to regard the Declaration as a

worthwhile initiative.

• Evidence of Declaration being used at

institutional level.

• ALT Scotland SIG event planned in June.

• Not clear what Jisc’s plans are with relation to

open education.


Laura Czerniewicz:

“Policy is great, but policy without a

budget can be problematic.”


Evidencing the Declaration

• Can you help to provide evidence to good

practice across all sectors of Scottish education

to illustrate each point of the declaration?


declaration.openscot.net


Licence

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By Lorna M Campbell, [email protected]

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