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A view from Canada on open educational resources (OER)
David Porter, Executive DirectorBCcampus, British Columbia, CANADA
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British Columbia - Canada
25 autonomous public post-secondary institutions
High-speed networks connect all BC regions, cities and communities
Online learning is considered a requirement for providing access, choice, flexibility and mobility for BC citizens
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BCcampus mission
“BCcampus is a collaborative online learning initiative...”
BCcampus is a publicly-funded organization that uses information technology to connect the expertise, programs and resources of all British Columbia post-secondary institutions under a collaborative service delivery framework. Berdea [CC-BY-SA-3.0]
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New drivers of strategy require us to consider new patterns for digital content use
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Jobs, programs and courses...
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Open Curricula Development
$9.5M CA in grants144 grants awarded100% participation83% partnerships
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Online Program Development Fund 2003 – 2011
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Open Curricula Development
Development across all academic domainsBCcampus OPDF contributed in whole or in part to 47 credentials355 courses, 12 workshops, 19 web sites/tools and 396 course componentsBCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. 7Page |
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http://rwsl.nic.bc.ca
Open Science Instrumentation
02 There are multiple entry points for “open” thinking and open practices
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Open access - research
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Open access publishing
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Athabasca University has been a leader in Canada in modeling open access publishing of scholarly journals both online and in print
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Communities of practice
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Open pedagogies and open teaching practices
Open textbook development consortia
03 Some important principles, policy directions and practices remain as targets
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We are recommending to governments and colleagues across Canada that they:
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Principles, policies and practices
• Adopt the principle that curriculum resources paid for with public funds should be open and reusable
• Use Creative Commons licenses as the basis for licensing open content
04 Innovative ideas and practices are also blossoming over the horizon
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Washington State in the USA has recently passed legislation supporting open resource use in its K-12 schools
Its Open Course Library is building 81 open resources to support high-enrollment courses and reduce student costs
These practices serve as exemplary models for us all
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Close neighbors provide new models
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OER university
On a global stage, OERu is seeking to make post-secondary education more accessible and more affordable
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OERu – a global opportunity
The OER university is building a sustainable OER network among accredited educational institutions to provide access to the formal
system with pathways to academic credit.
Athabasca UniversityThompson Rivers UniversityBCcampus (non-teaching)
Empire State College (SUNY)Southern New Hampshire University
BAOU Gujarat's open university
Nelson Marlborough Institute of TechnologyNorthTec
Open PolytechnicOtago Polytechnic
University of Canterbury
University of South Africa
University of Southern QueenslandUniversity of Wollongong
Commonwealth of Learning
UNESCO, Pacific States
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05 The need to socialize open practices and actively build partnerships continues to grow
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David PorterExecutive DirectorBCcampus.ca
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Principles and policies
