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Open Educational Resources in Australia: Across Sector Environmental Scan
This document outlines an environmental scan project on Open Educational Resources (OERs) in Australia. The project aims to analyze current OER policies and resources, survey the higher education sector to understand OER use, and incorporate feedback to inform future OER policies and practices. The project will also develop a feasibility protocol and opportunities for involvement include providing input at a symposium in September 2012.
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- 1. Open Educational Resources(OERs) in Australia:A Cross Sector Environmental ScanA/Prof Mark Brown (MU)Dr Carina Bossu (DEHub – UNE)
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- 4. Why this isimportant?Contribute to the development of a sector framework of OERs.Meet current expectations and demands of learners and educators.Promote social inclusion, life long learning and connect non-formal, informal and formal learning.Develop a better understanding and awareness of OERs.Join and collaborate with a worldwide movement.
- 5. What is theResearch Design?
- 6. What do weaim to achieve?The major aims to:Analyse current policies and resourcesUndertake an extensive sector survey to uncover the state of play of OERsSeek and incorporate feedback from higher education institutions in Australia and the Pacific Region
- 7. Project OutcomesPromote furtherunderstanding of OER trends and impacts for Australia and the Pacific Region.Enhance institutional knowledge about the issues, barriers, opportunities and successes surrounding OERs.
- 8. Project Outcomes (continued)Informinstitutional and government policies and practices for OERs.Develop a Feasibility Protocol.
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- 10. Where we areup to?Literature review and policy analysisSector wide survey
- 11. How can Iget involved?SymposiumWhere:Sydney, Australia
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- 13. Activities: Discussion, debateand feedback on the preliminary findingsWhere can I get more info?Contribute to this project on:WikiResearcher = http://wikiresearcher.org/User:Carina_BossuOr contact Carina: [email protected]