Moving from Institutional OER Guidance to Changing Landscapes [777] Home : OER15

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Wed, Apr 15 2015, 11:30am – 1:00pm

Authors: Rebecca Dearden

Room: Studio 1 Second Floor Main Building

Theme: Open Education Practice (OEP) and Policy

Type: Short Paper

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In November 2012 institutional OER guidance at the University of Leeds was agreed, encouraging staff and students to use, create, and publish OER, and recommending that written and interactive digital teaching resources should be deposited in JORUM.In March2014 the Leeds’ Open Window was launched. The Window is powered by Jorum and offers a direct portal to Leeds content. It features the University’s own customisation and branding. The Window was the first of its kind in the UK HE sector and “is a key element to delivering goals of Leeds’ policy on OER andultimately their digital learning strategy”. These two developments in institutional Open Education policy need to be seen in the wider context of a wide ranging institutional blended learning strategy which includes (within relevant disciplinary contexts) realising the potential for transformation: in terms of course design, methods, and students’ engagement with learning material by a considered and appropriate mixture of face-to-face interaction, carefully designed online course materials and tools, and enhanced contact with a wider distributed learning environment through relevant technologies. This paper will give an account of how the University is moving towards mainstreaming open education practice through: a) Development of policy on audio or video recording for educational purposes that provides clarity on intellectual property rights, copyright, and data protection issues taking account of all possible permutations for producing and publishing audio and video recordings for educational purposes i.e. staff recording students; students recording staff; staff recording staff, students recording students, and staff and students recording visitors or members of the public. b) Investment in a programme of work to enhance student education through the increased use of audio and video,providing the capability to capture, manage, store and deliver multimedia resources created during teaching, events, interactive teaching sessions, video conferencingcalls or at desktops. c) Commitment to an institutional staff development programme (Changing Landscapes) of online resources and face to face events to support staff in the discovery of new technologies and approaches in their own context and the development of practical competences in using the tools. This paper will also discuss progress on the different areas of the strategy and the challenges ahead, reflecting in particular on the following issues: a) The relationship between a growing culture of digital production for learning and teaching and research dissemination; b) The role of academics in society; c) Students as producers of digital content; d) The transformation of learning and teaching methodologies, practices and learning expectations; e) The development of distinctive channels for digital dissemination of different types of outputs; f) Social media engagement References:Leeds Window to Jorumhttp://leeds.jorum.ac.uk/ OER Guidancehttp://www.leeds.ac.uk/qat/policyprocedures/OERs.pdf ChangingLandscapeshttp://www.sdduonline.leeds.ac.uk/changinglandscape/ Audio Visual Policyhttp://www.leeds.ac.uk/secretariat/documents/0Audio_Visual_Policy_2014.pdf

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