UK HEIs and the OERu

      End-of-SCORE fellowship
presentation at the OU, 31 May 2012
           Gabi Witthaus
Introduction


Testing the OER
university Concept:
a National Study


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Research methodology
• Interviews with OERu network partner
  members (14)
• Interviews with UK HEI thought leaders (9)
• Survey among UK HEIs (42 respondents)
• Weightings allocated by “expert group” to
  generate “compatibility” benchmarking tool
• Sample institutional compatibility scores
  calculated
The survey
Bournemouth University     University of Bath,
Coventry University        University of Cambridge
De Montfort University     University of Huddersfield,
Institute of Education     University of Hull,
King's College London      University of Leeds,
Leeds Met University (2)   University of Leicester (5)
Loughborough University    University of Manchester
Middlesex University       University of Nottingham (2)
Newcastle University       University of Oxford
Open University (4)        University of Southampton
Southampton Solent         University of Surrey
   University              Plus eight others
The respondents (N=42)
Is your institution in the OERu network?
The interviews
• Leicester: Christine Fyfe (PVC), Dave Hall
  (Registrar), Prof. Grainne Conole (Director, BDRA)
• OU: Andrew Law (Dir, Open Media)
• Salford: Prof. Martin Hall (VC)
• Edinburgh: Prof. Jeff Haywood (CIO)
• Nottingham: Prof. Wyn Morgan (Dir, Teaching &
  Learning)
• JISC: Amber Thomas
• JISC (personal capacity): David Kernohan
Response theme (1)
Response theme (2)
With many thanks to…
Andy Lane, Vivien Rolf, Terese Bird, Grainne
  Conole, Christine Fyfe, Fred Garnett, Graham
  Gibbs, Dave Hall, Martin Hall, Jeff Haywood,
  David Kernohan, Andrew Law, Wayne
  Mackintosh, Patrick McAndrew, Angela
  Murphy, Ming Nie, Amber Thomas and
  Stephen Walker for all the help and support in
  carrying out this research.
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Score end of-fellowship presentation

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    UK HEIs andthe OERu End-of-SCORE fellowship presentation at the OU, 31 May 2012 Gabi Witthaus
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    Introduction Testing the OER universityConcept: a National Study http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/7188563020/
  • 3.
    Research methodology • Interviewswith OERu network partner members (14) • Interviews with UK HEI thought leaders (9) • Survey among UK HEIs (42 respondents) • Weightings allocated by “expert group” to generate “compatibility” benchmarking tool • Sample institutional compatibility scores calculated
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    The survey Bournemouth University University of Bath, Coventry University University of Cambridge De Montfort University University of Huddersfield, Institute of Education University of Hull, King's College London University of Leeds, Leeds Met University (2) University of Leicester (5) Loughborough University University of Manchester Middlesex University University of Nottingham (2) Newcastle University University of Oxford Open University (4) University of Southampton Southampton Solent University of Surrey University Plus eight others
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    Is your institutionin the OERu network?
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    The interviews • Leicester:Christine Fyfe (PVC), Dave Hall (Registrar), Prof. Grainne Conole (Director, BDRA) • OU: Andrew Law (Dir, Open Media) • Salford: Prof. Martin Hall (VC) • Edinburgh: Prof. Jeff Haywood (CIO) • Nottingham: Prof. Wyn Morgan (Dir, Teaching & Learning) • JISC: Amber Thomas • JISC (personal capacity): David Kernohan
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    With many thanksto… Andy Lane, Vivien Rolf, Terese Bird, Grainne Conole, Christine Fyfe, Fred Garnett, Graham Gibbs, Dave Hall, Martin Hall, Jeff Haywood, David Kernohan, Andrew Law, Wayne Mackintosh, Patrick McAndrew, Angela Murphy, Ming Nie, Amber Thomas and Stephen Walker for all the help and support in carrying out this research.
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