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The document discusses the role of librarians and libraries in promoting and managing Open Educational Resources (OER) in the educational landscape. It highlights the collaboration between Jisc and the Higher Education Academy in the UK aimed at expanding access to high-quality, free online educational materials. The document also reflects on the necessary skills for librarians to effectively support OER initiatives and the evolving challenges faced in this context.
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- 1. Librarians and OpenEducational Resources: a match made in...Learn to Share to Learn,A joint conference from the South Western Regional Library Service and the JISC Regional Support Centre South West.Taunton Rugby Club March 23rd 2011R. John Robertson JISC CETIS, Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement, University of [email protected]@kavubobThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence.[please note individual logos or photos may have separate licences where indicated]
- 2. OutlineIntroductionContextA role forlibrariansA role for librariesSurvey resultsReflections 2
- 3. Introduction: JISC CETISJISCCETIS is a JISC Innovation Support Centre, supporting the sector through: participating in standards bodies, providing community forums for sharing experiences in using particular technologies and standardsproviding specific support for JISC funded development programmes such as the UKOER programme.
- 4. Introduction: UKOER ProgrammesTheOpen Educational Resources Programme is a collaboration between the JISC and the Higher Education Academy in the UK. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) provided an initial £5.7 million of funding, for a pilot programme (April 2009 to March 2010) and a subsequent £5 million of funding (August 2010- August 2011) for a follow-up programme both of which explore how to expand the open availability and use of free, high quality online educational resources.
- 5. Context: changes inhow we get and use resources of all typesIndependent and corporate provision is now more likely to be operating of resources is likely to be operating at a western if not global scaleLocal provision, and control of resources is changingWider context of (limited) opennessSome of the skills to navigate this new environment are new but many should be familiar5
- 6. Context: an openlandscapeOpennessOpen Source softwareOpen AccessOpen Data (& Open Gov)Open Licensing: in particular Creative CommonsExisting practices of sharing Potential business models6
- 7. Context: a roughguide to Open Educationcharacterised by a commitment to create, share and use/remix educational resources.no set choices of platform, standard, format, or type of material, but lots of lightweight and informal approaches use of clear licensing and some avoidance of resources with restricted license. Beginning to move towards the educational mainstream?
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- 10. OER initiatives (3/3)MITOpenCourseWareOU OpenLearnCarnegie Mellon Open Learning InitiativeOpenMichiganCCLearn/ Creative CommonsUKOERiTunesU (not necessarily open)10
- 11. Context: What isan Open Educational Resource? (1/2)It can be an image or a whole course with learning design, outcomes, and contentsExample formats of OER are:pdf, course designs ppt, lecture videos, images, animationsquestion itemstextbooks11
- 12. Context: What isan Open Educational Resource? (2/2)Distinguishing features...Open license (frequently CC)Usually non-transactional granting permissions without further requestEducational origin/ association/ purpose/ function...12
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- 15. ReflectionWhat skills doyou think are needed to find, use, and manage OER?15
- 16. A Role forLibrarians16
- 17. What is librarianshipall about...“Libraries are not about books! Books are merely the manifestation of the real object of librarianship -- processes surrounding information”Eric Lease Morgan, University of Notre Dame http://twitter.com/ericleasemorgan/status/4490331993578291217
- 18. The Open Accessparallel?University libraries are highly involved in Open Access:AdvocacyEstablishing permissions and managing IPRRunning and supporting software requiredProviding services to faculty and students to support OA and adding valueOften, increasingly ties into institutional research management and may contribute to raising research profile18
- 19. Reflection revisitedWhat skillsand knowledge are needed?19
- 20. Relevant LIS skills?ReferenceEnquiriesMetadata and resource descriptionInformation management and resource disseminationDigital or Information literacy (finding and evaluating OERs)Subject-based guides to finding resourcesManaging Intellectual Property Rights and promoting appropriate open licensing Preservation20
- 21. Digital literacy –exampleWhat do students need to know to find and use OERs?Find itEvaluate itUnderstand what they actual needKnow how to engage with/use it in a way that will help them21
- 22. Digital literacy –example part 2Some of those skills and knowledgefit directly with ‘traditional’ information literacy courses which librarians often provide and it would be possible to easily include OERs as examples in those classesSome of those skills and knowledge fit naturally with ‘traditional’ study skills providing by others (units on campus, schools, council intiatives)An opportunity for libraries to collaborate and embed in wider processes22
- 23. Knowing our limits?Educationalcontext/ understanding pedagogyAssessing educational needs (vs information literacy enquiry)Supporting student study skills (libraries are just part of the picture)-> Partnerships needed23
- 24. Possible pitfallsLibraries canbe slow to adapt and support new services or modify existing onesOERs are often ephemeral and require a lighter touch and different forms of access than traditional research materials [a danger of cataloguing to death]New applications of skills may be requiredOERs require a degree of risk management , not just risk avoidance – libraries are traditionally risk averse24
- 25. A Role forLibraries25
- 26. What do learnersneed?26
- 27. What do learnersneed?Access to ITSpace – (formal and informal)AdviceResourcesLinks to /part of educationalWhat are the challenges?27
- 28. Academic Libraries andOERs: a survey28These laws are:Books are for use.Every reader his [or her] book.Every book its reader.Save the time of the reader.The library is a growing organism.
- 29. In conclusion:Ranganathan [adapted]Theselaws are:OER are for use.Every user his [or her] OER.Every OER its user.Save the time of the user.Open collections are growing organisms.29
- 30. Further Informationhttp://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/johnr/oers-and-libraries/http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk//topic/oerhttp://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Educational_Content_OERBelliston, C.Jeffrey. Open Educational Resources: Creating the instruction commons C&RL News, May 2009 Vol. 70, No. 5 http://tinyurl.com/yhoezak
- 31. Libraries and OERssurvey: audience and caveatsResponses and incompletesAudiencesurvey of OER initiatives (not libraries as such)Mainly academic audiencebut went out more widelyDesign of last question caused some confusion in responses31
- 32. Survey respondents: 3632About52% librarians, all based in libraries
- 33. Academic Libraries andOERs survey33
- 34. Academic Libraries andOERs survey34
- 35. Academic Libraries andOERs survey35
Editor's Notes
- #5 Please note: Logos may be under different licences – their respective owners policies should be consulted before their use.
- #9 http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
- #10 http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
- #11 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources
- #29 Ipr major activity, and staff student support, disseminationMetadata and ‘quality’/ indexing least
- #31 http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Educational_Content_OERhttp://jisc.cetis.ac.uk//topic/oerContact detailsrobert.robertson at strath.ac.ukLmc at strath.ac.ukPhilb at icbl.hw.ac.uk
- #34 Even spread of findings; high involvement in release – what types of skills? Content management, ipr?
- #35 Comapratively low use : library’s not supporting use as much as release
- #36 Better trend, slightly more involvement in use