1. Higher Education Academy Annual Conference Nottingham July 5-6th 2011
Developing the Inclusive Practitioner A workshop exploring the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) to support the continuing development of ‘Professional Values’ in HE
Professor Christine Hockings
Institute for Learning Enhancement
University of Wolverhampton

2. Aims
To explore the ways institutions support the development of professional values in HE;
To discuss and evaluate a selection of OER developed to enhance inclusive learning and teaching.

3. Professional Values Respect for individual learners
Commitment to development of learning communities
Commitment to encouraging participation in higher education, acknowledging diversity and promoting equality of opportunity
Review of The UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) for Higher Education 2010

4. Key research questions
How do teachers academically engage all students within diverse groups?
How can we facilitate development of inclusive learning environments?
What are the implications for policy and practice in university teaching?
Learning and teaching for social diversity and difference in HE

5. Principles of inclusive L&T
Create safe, inclusive spaces
Get to know students as individuals
Establish ground rules for collaborative learning
Develop strategies that harness students’ experience and knowledge
Start with what students know, then apply theory (biographical turn)
Connect with students’ lives, backgrounds and future aspirations
Facilitate uncertainty, confusion & difference
Encourage public articulation of thinking & collaborative problem solving
Teach reflexively and with sensitivity to individual & cultural differences
Mindful of own beliefs and identity and their impact on student learning
Coordinate interaction, mixing different student (with a purpose)
Anticipate students’ requirements and interests
Respond flexibly to emerging needs and interests of student

6. Developing inclusive L&T - current
To what extent do you/your colleagues practice inclusive L&T already? How do you know?
What factors help or hinder inclusive practice in your institution?

7. Demo of OER module illustrating inclusive principles
Learning to Teach Inclusively Module
Human resources
Strategies that harness students’ experience and knowledge (16/30)
Mathematics.
Articulating thinking publically (17/30)
Digital Media
Sensitive to the cultural diversity of the group (22/30)
Unit 2

8. Developing Inclusive practice - future
What changes will you make to your existing programmes to develop inclusive practice in your institution?
What role could OER play in developing professional values around inclusive L&T in your institution?

9. Learning to Teach Inclusively Project User engagement & collaboration
End of Project Conference – 20th September 2011
Download and test the materials and module
Participate in module / video review and development
Open to all ideas and suggestions.
See project website: or
contact me:

10. Some recent papers on inclusive L&T
Hockings, C (2011) Hearing voices, creating spaces: the craft of the ‘artisan’ teacher’ in a mass higher education system. Critical Studies in Higher Education
Hockings, C. (2010). Inclusive learning and teaching in higher education: a synthesis of research. York HEA.
Hockings, C., Cooke, S., & Bowl, M. (2010). Learning and teaching in two universities within the context of increasing student diversity: complexity, contradictions and challenges. In M. David (Ed.), Improving learning by widening participation. London: Routledge.
May, H & Bridger, K. (2010) Developing and embedding inclusive policy and practice in HE. York: HEA [