OER: What’s happening Rory McGreal Athabasca University November 2014

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eMundus EuroProject MENON Network BE U of Leicester UK U. La Rioja ES Fundação de Apoio a Universidade de São Paulo - BR U Autonoma Metropolitana MX Open Educational Resources - OER Foundation NZ Athabasca U - CA Universitas Siswa Bangsa IN Moscow U Economics, Statistics & Informatics- RU

Policies for OER UPtake OER

OER in Canada: A POERUP Report D. Quirk R. McGreal T. Anderson Athabasca University Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (some images fair dealing)

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Learners who access OER and acquire knowledge/skills cannot have their learning assessed and accredited OER Pathways +30 institutions/orgs on 5 continents

Open Data Canada Innovation Leveraging public information Develop consumer/commercial products Better use of broadband Research Informed decisions for consumers

THE BIG Canadian SPLIT School Level vs Higher Education Ministries Paris Declaration on OER

OER universitas members X Kwantlen CC Thompson Rivers U. X X Athabasca U O Portage College X Ecampus Alberta Contact North X X BCcampus

Three Western Provinces OER MOU

Washington State

Utah

California

101/where-to-find-open-textbooks/ HE courses - partner with California

Alberta $2 million for OER? Post-secondary

Assessment Credibility/authenticity essential On-campus exams individual invigilator/proctor Computerized – biometrics Eportfolios and projects Reduces labour costs

Recognition of Prior Learning PLAR or PLA (Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition) Portfolios Challenge for credit (exams) Credit transfer Breaking down silos with MOOCs

Recognition of prior Learning (RPL) No standards Idiosyncratic at each institution (& within institutions) Unnecessary duplication Not cost-effective

Challenge for Credit Few institutions Bologna Process in Europe Problematic in most jurisdictions Standards are lacking Is it RPL?

Prior Learning Assessment Experience available Comprehensive Labour intensive

Challenge for Credit Assessment – computerized testing – Multiple-choice & essays – peer assessment? – portfolios – projects

What’s wrong with cost-effectiveness?

A sustainable MOOC scenario? Course price:$650 Course cost: $700 Loss: $ -50 Challenge exam price:$150 Challenge exam cost:$ 50 Profit:$100

Opportunity If public institutions do not adapt then the gap can and will be filled by private, for profit entrepreneurs

“the real squeeze exerted by MOOCs may not be on the campus F2F learning format, but rather on the paid- for online formats” Haggard, S. (2013, September). Maturing of the MOOC Vol. Research Paper number 130. Retrieved from

Virtual Mobility Using ICT to connect students in different countries to activities, courses & programmes

Virtual Mobility Online learning replaces travel even within cities

“Global competition in telecommunications is an overwhelming and irreversible tide. We can neither go against, alter nor shut out this tide. We will simply be bypassed and rendered irrelevant.” - Singapore government Globe & Mail Aug 6, 1994 education Virtual Mobility

Credit Transfer Easy in North America in first two years Problematic for specific programmes & in upper years

Canadian Virtual University Credit transfer agreement among 12 universities in five provinces Athabasca University Credit Transfer

Credit transfer North American 3 credit system Bologna Process in Europe Problematic in most jurisdictions Standards are lacking Labour intensive

Transnational Qualifications Framework for the Virtual University of the Small States of the Commonwealth procedures and guidelines to translate national accreditation for recognition

“Experience without a formal representation has very limited exchange value -- as those whose only degree is from the university of life well know” – Brown & Duguid (1996)

Immigrants

The right to have your knowledge and skills recognized is a Human right

“ Affordability in the future may be the first requirement not an afterthought.” Whitesides (2011) The race may not be to the swift, but to the cheap

Distance Education Hampton,G.